If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.

As we meditate on Christ's life, we find strength for our own.

Do you believe that God is near? He wants you to. He wants you to know that He is in the midst of your world. Wherever you are as you read these words, He is present.

Lower your expectations of earth. This isn't heaven, so don't expect it to be.

When he says we’re forgiven, let’s unload the guilt. When he says we’re valuable, let’s believe him. . . . When he says we’re provided for, let’s stop worrying. God’s efforts are strongest when our efforts are useless

Your goal is not to know every detail of the future. Your goal is to hold the hand of the One who does and never, ever let go.

All my books come out of sermons, and I'm really a pastor who writes rather than a writer who pastors.