I want to focus on God's grace and give thanks for all the good things in my life. I don't want to focus on what I don't have.

Our desire for approval can only truly be met by receiving God’s acceptance and approval of us.

You can have Jesus in your spirit and have an outrageous mess in your soul, and if you don't know what that's called, it's called religion.

Here’s one of my favorite statements: We are never going to enjoy stability, we are never going to enjoy spiritual maturity until we learn how to do what’s right when it feels wrong, and every time you do what’s right by a decision of your will using discipline and self control to go beyond how you feel, the more painful it is in your flesh, the more you’re growing spiritually at that particular moment.

You have to press against the pressure that’s pressing against you!

Keep walking the walk, one step at a time.

It is impossible to be both selfish and happy.