I was always in places where I was widely accepted, approved and loved and I was finally in a place where people did not approve of me, did not accept me and did not love me. It was killing me.

The law is God's first word; the gospel is God's final word.

Remember on your best day that Jesus had to die for you. Remember on your worst day that he did.

People who haven't experienced major setbacks sometimes feel that their hurts are somehow less legitimate or real.

Information is seldom enough to heal a wounded heart.

Because Jesus was someone, you’re free to be no one.

I was spending too much time thinking about how I was doing, if I was learning everything I was supposed to be learning during this difficult season, whether I was doing it right or not, taking my spiritual pulse, etc - my inner lawyer was working overtime.