If you seek to serve people more than to gain power, you will not only serve people, you will gain influence.

Look at Jesus Christ. Every time he was in trouble he used the Word of God. When he was tempted he used the Word. When he was suffering on the cross he used the Word.

Men, you'll never be a good groom to your wife unless you're first a good bride to Jesus.

Those who believe they have pleased God by the quality of their devotion and moral goodness naturally feel that they and their group deserve deference and power over others. The God of Jesus and the prophets, however, saves completely by grace. He cannot be manipulated by religious and moral performance--he can only be reached through repentance, through the giving up of power. If we are saved by sheer grace we can only become grateful, willing servants of God and of everyone around us.

Jesus asks for far more than you ever thought, but offers more than you ever dreamed.

The best things that have been written, almost, are by Catholics during the counter Reformation: Ignatius of Loyola, St. Francis de Sales, John of the Cross, St. Theresa of Бvila.....great stuff.

A Christian is somebody whose eyes have been opened, who admits that Jesus is not what you expected, but he’s what you need.