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.

My job is not to show my children that I'm the man, but to show them that Christ is the man.

Suffering reveals to us the two things that ultimately matter: that we are weak but He is strong.

Walking with God doesn't lead to God's favor; God's favor leads to walking with God.

If we read the Bible asking first, 'What would Jesus do?' instead of asking 'What has Jesus done?' we’ll miss the good news that alone can set us free.

I didn't realize that I was in a self-made prison of human approval and human acceptance. Didn't even realize it. Most of the prisons we live in we are not conscious of.

The heart of sanctification is the life which feeds on justification.