Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.

Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.

In every other religion the indicative flows from the imperative. Which means, ‘because I do, therefore I am... because I do this, therefore I’m a child of God.’ But only in Christianity does the imperative flow from the indicative. ‘Because I am in Christ all these things, therefore I obey.’ Exactly the opposite.

A lack of generosity refuses to acknowledge that your assets are not really yours, but God's.

It takes pride to be anxious – I am not wise enough to know how my life should go.

To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.

If a person has grasped the meaning of God's grace in his heart, he will do justice. If he doesn't live justly, then he may say with his lips that he is grateful for God's grace, but in his heart he is far from him. If he doesn't care about the poor, it reveals that at best he doesn't understand the grace he has experienced, and at worst he has not really encountered the saving mercy of God. Grace should make you just.