God allows in His wisdom what He could easily prevent by His power.

You don't become a new person by changing your behavior; you discover who you are in Christ and your behavior changes accordingly

Problems are invitations. They allow us to have encounters and experiences that enable us to discover who God is for us.

Mediocrity is always invisible until passion shows up and exposes it.

When God’s putting His finger on the part of your life that’s not working, He’s pointing to your next miracle.

Learn to walk in God’s perception of who you are, because yours is not good enough.

Do not look for evil. Look for the goodness of God all around you. As you look for signs of His Presence, many more opportunities will occur for you to bless people and share God's true nature.

Your primary calling is to worship ... to pursue celebration and rejoicing as a way of life.

The problem is not our situation but our perception of our situation

He is not seeking a powerful people to represent Him. Rather, He looks for all those who are weak, foolish, despised, and written off: and He inhabits them with His own strength.

It is in our DNA to create space, to open up safe places, and to change the atmosphere where we live.

I imagine the ones we’ve lost as ghosts who prowl about the edges of the light, waiting for us to join them. Sometimes that’s terrifying, and sometimes it’s reassuring, a promise of homecoming.

I think sometimes people forget how to be nice to people. I try not to let it get to me.

Every creature and plant is part of her (mother nature's) amazing interconnected garden... The whole world is a garden.

When I do ties, I bid them out.

The ultimate connection is when you are connected to the creator of the universe.

Every subject at some phase of its development should possess, what is for the individual concerned with it, an aesthetic quality.

We used to call it recurrent airplay when someone had a hit

Donald Trump is going to be an unconventional president. I really think we have a great opportunity in front of us to fix problems, produce results, and improve people's lives.

Most people affirm pleasure to be the good, but the finer sort of wits say it is knowledge.

And some days I wonder why I insist on keeping myself alive.