We are fit for the work of God only when we have wept over it, prayed about it, and then we are enabled by Him to tackle the job that needs to be done.

Before we can pray, "Lord, Thy Kingdom come," we must be willing to pray, "My Kingdom go."

Faith is two empty hands held open to receive all of the Lord

THINK before you speak. Is it True, Helpful, Inspiring, Necessary, Kind?

When God wants to do an impossible task, he takes an impossible man, and he crushes him.

The conversion of a soul is the miracle of a moment, but the manufacture of a saint is the task of a lifetime.

A throne is God's purpose for you; a cross is God's path for you; faith is God's plan for you.

The best place any Christian can ever be in is to be totally destitute and totally dependant upon God, and know it.

The secret of every discord in Christian homes and communities and churches is that we seek our own way and our own glory.

We are not saved in order to be a blessing to other people--you will be that inevitably--but primarily we are saved in order to be conformed to the likeness of Jesus Christ, God's Son.

If you look up into His face and say, "Yes, Lord, whatever it costs," at that moment He'll flood your Life with His presence and power.

All I want is to preserve that wonderful something which so purely exists between us.

There is no true life. Your true life is the one you end up with, whatever it may be. You just do the best you can with what you've got.

I'm a firm believer in shades of gray.

Horrible date all through high school and college. Here's an impression of me on a date in high school. Come on, chug it!

I've learned that people will seldom let you down if they understand that your destiny is in their hands, and vice versa.

We are armed with language adequate to describe each leaf of the filed, but not to describe human character.

Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.

Aggression is an effective form of energy when focused on the right direction and shielded from all others.

I love the young people.

We often have an exaggerated sense of what nonprofits and governments are doing to help the poor, but the really inspiring thing is how much the poor are doing to help themselves.