The more we pray, the more we think to pray, and as we see the results of prayer-the responses of our Father to our requests-our confidence in God's power spills over into other areas of our life.

The most important thing in your life is not what you do; it's who you become. That's what you will take into eternity.

We don't believe something by merely saying we believe it, or even when we believe that we believe it. We believe something when we act as if it were true.

Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you.

Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.

Every church needs to be able to answer two questions. First, what is our plan for making disciples? And second, does our plan work?

One of the hardest things in the world is to be right and not hurt other people with it.

Few people arise in the morning as hungry for God as they are for cornflakes or toast and eggs.

The main thing God gets out of your life is not the achievements you accomplish. It's the person you become.

The key, then, to loving God is to see Jesus, to hold him before the mind with as much fullness and clarity as possible. It is to adore him.

The aim of spiritual formation is not behavior modification but the transformation of all those aspects of you and me where behavior comes from...Circumcision of the heart.

When death is the ultimate destination for all of us, why are we not enjoying our lives?

When your bright future, becomes a dull regret of the past, take a deep breath and move on.

Words have a genealogy and it's easier to trace the evolution of a single word than the evolution of a language.

We have to adapt and overcome, that's all we can do.

You cannot, and will not, encounter a circumstance, or a single moment, that does not serve directly and immediately the need of your soul to heal.

Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.

Before attempting to create something new, it is vital to have a good appreciation of everything that already exists in this field.

A universal ethos cannot be thought the property of any one culture.

I like to define biology as the history of the earth and all its life - past, present, and future.

I don't even remember the season. I just remember walking between them and feeling for the first time that I belonged somewhere.