It won't matter who my friends were; it won't matter my endorsements; what matters is my heart's response to him.

Jesus isn't coming for a church that's gritting her teeth, struggling to stay free from sin, secretly wishing she could indulge in a little immorality but abstaining because of being afraid of getting caught. No, Jesus is coming for a church passionately and utterly devoted to Him-one that is free on the inside.

Worship is not a twenty minute period during a church service, but a lifestyle of relating to God in a particular way.

The reason people burn out is not because people are going hard [after God]; it's because they are working and perusing with the wrong spirit-trying to do it in the eyes of men with the wrong reasons; trying to get into a room you are already in.

The enemy works overtime to keep us in shame. He knows if he can keep us in shame, he can minimize our intimacy with God.

There's no Biblical definition of contemplative prayer

Grace does not cancel out our responsibility or accountability for the things God has given us to do.