While it only takes one spouse to be friendly, it takes both spouses to be friends. When both spouses are unfriendly, the marriage is marked by conflict and coldness. When one spouse is friendly and the other is unfriendly, the marriage is marked by selfishness and sadness. But when both spouses each make a deep, heartfelt covenant with God to continually seek to become a better friend, increasing love and laughter mark the marriage.

An animal will conquer others. A Spirit-filled man conquers himself - self-discipline , self-control.

God loves you enough to receive you as you are. He loves you too much to keep you as you are.

I cannot worship the hippie, diaper, halo Christ because I cannot worship a guy I can beat up.

Everyone is sinning, so it's no longer rebellious to sin. You're just a conformist if you're drunk; and naked; driving around in a loud motorcycle; smoking cigarrettes; breaking commandments; getting pregnant out of wedlock. Everyone's done that. That's so tired!

If my words don't flow out of a heart that rests in God's control, sovereignty, then they come out of the heart that seeks control so I can get what I want.

Study the Bible like a soldier on a mission, not a scholar on a sabbatical.