God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.

The reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus's tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in.

All change comes from deepening your understanding of the salvation of Christ and living out the changes that understanding creates in your heart.

The common moral framework: Do anything as long as it does no harm to others. Problem: Whose definition of harm?

As things are brought back under Christ's rule and authority, they are restored to health, beauty, and freedom.

If you add anything to Jesus as a requirement for being happy, that's your real king.

Prayer-though it is often draining, even an agony-is in the long term the greatest source of power that is possible.