When God wants to make a mushroom, he does it overnight, but when He wants to make a giant oak, He takes a hundred years. Great souls are grown through struggles and storms and seasons of suffering. Be patient with the process.

You drift through life and let things happen to you, or go by design and say, 'This is what I'm intended to do.' The Bible is very clear that God has a purpose. But even if I know that purpose, I can't fulfill it if I'm out of shape.

Unkind people need your kindness the most. They advertise their pain.

If you want your life to have impact, focus it! Stop dabbling. Stop trying to do it all. Do less. Prune away even good activities and do only that which matters most. Never confuse activity with productivity. You can be busy without a purpose, but what's the point?

Faith in Jesus must be personal but it cannot be private.

God is at work in the world, and He wants you to join Him....You are the only Christian some people will ever know.

At the end of your life on earth you will be evaluated and rewarded according to how well you handled what God entrusted to you.