The real power in helping somebody to be transformed is not to do something to them but to join with them.

Maturity involves two elements: 1) immediate obedience in specific situations and 2) long-range character growth.

If we look for ways to get rid of necessary pain, we'll be disillusioned or misled. For people who define real change as the elimination of inevitable struggle, the final chapters will be terribly disappointing.

We have made a terrible mistake! For most of this century we have wrongly defined soul wounds as psychological disorders and delegated their treatment to trained specialists. Damaged psyches aren't the problem. The problem is disconnected souls. What we need is connection. What we need is a healing community.

The degree to which we openly express our feelings should be governed, not by fear of reprisal, but by our commitment to loving others.

It is the understanding of others and the awareness of their needs, that the ambassador of CHRIST should strive to cultivate

Godly people... nobly endure hard things. They know that their existence is meaningful and that they are destined for unlimited pleasure at the deepest level in heaven. Because they keenly feel that nothing now quite meets the standards of their longing souls, the quiet but deeply throbbing ache within them drives them not to compalint, but to anticipation and further yieldedness.