The man who attempts Christianity without the church shoots himself in the foot, shoots his children in the leg, and shoots his grandchildren in the heart.

It's not convincing to say you are a child of God if you have none of the characteristics of your Father.

So go marry someone, provided you're equally yoked and you actually like being with each other. Go get a job, provided it's not wicked. Go live somewhere in something with somebody or nobody. But put aside the passivity and the quest for complete fulfillment and the perfectionism and the preoccupation with the future, and for God's sake start making some decisions in your life. Don't wait for the liver-shiver. If you are seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, you will be in God's will, so just go out and do something.

There is no way to work your way to God. There is no way to climb up to heaven. There is only one way, and that is through Christ.

The Christian's comfort: I am not my own. I do not make my own rules or create my own identity. There is one who made me and can save me.

If there really is a perfect will of God we are meant to discover, in which we will find tremendous freedom and fulfillment, why does it seem that everyone looking for God's will is in such bondage and confusion?

If we do not worship God, God will not be the lesser for it. But we will.