You can’t live for God until you learn how to live because of God.

Christianity is not about how much faith you have. It's about Who your faith is in.

Never be discontent with the life you've been dealt, be discontent with the way you're living it.

Good Friday was the worst Friday until Sunday.

Anything that I want, I must also be ok with not having, otherwise it's idolatry.

Christianity was never meant to be a belief system, it’s meant to be an encounter with a person.

Only when we try to love God will we see our utter inability to do so. And only when we understand that inability, will we begin to be in awe of His great love toward us.

After all, it's me that needs to change, not my circumstances.

It’s not about what we do, or what we feel, it’s about what He did and what He felt. It’s about what Christ has done for us.

When we ask God to draw near, what we're really asking is for Him to make us aware of Him.

Let yourself go. Let others in. This is the essence of being made in God's image.

Insecurities are like mosquitos, you try to get rid of them but they still come back.

We live and breathe words.

Poverty, for me, is synonymous with degradation.

To live a life of heaven on earth is a personal discovery

Most people wait until tragedy strikes before thinking about how to incorporate tragedy into their life.

Only bad writers think that their work is really good.

I wanted to be the reasonable voice of revenge for what I'd seen [my father] life come to.

The boss says 'Go'; the leader says 'Let's go!'

We only get to be one person; we don't even get to choose that person. By the time we get ahold of ourselves, we are pieces already in play.

I'd gotten away from my Buddhism. And I quit meditating.