Who are they to give stars or dots? They're Wemmicks just like you." Eli to Punchinello (p. 25)

We will never be cleansed until we confess we are dirty. And we will never be able to wash the feet of those who have hurt us until we allow Jesus, the one we have hurt, to wash ours.

Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the One who hears it and not in the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference.

God sees us with the eyes of a Father. He sees our defects, errors and blemishes. But He also sees our value.

May you live in such a way that your death is just the beginning of your life.

Conflict is inevitable but combat is optional.

You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you.

The maker of the stars would rather die for you than live without you. And that is a fact. So if you need to brag, brag about that.

When God gives an assignment, he also gives the skill. Study your skills, then, to reveal your assignment.

Da Vinci painted one Mona Lisa. Beethoven composed one Fifth Symphony. And God made one version of you.

The only mistake is not to risk making one.

Focus on giants - you stumble. Focus on God - Giants tumble.

Nothing fosters courage like a clear grasp of grace... & nothing fosters fear like an ignorance of mercy

When we see death, we see disaster. When Jesus sees death, he sees deliverance!

‎Mark it down: God loves you with an unearthly love. You can't win it by being winsome. You can't lose it by being a loser. But you can be blind enough to resist it

Christ entered our world. As a result, we can enter His.

He promises a lamp unto our feet, not a crystal ball into the future.

Sometimes, the people who make a difference are not the ones with the credentials, but the ones with the concern.

Our God is abundant in love and steadfast in mercy. He saves us, not because we trust in a symbol, but because we trust in a Savior.

Answer this: A thousand years from now, will it matter what title the world gave you? No, but it will make a literal hell of a difference whose child you are.

Fear creates a form of spiritual amnesia

Worry is to joy what a Hoover vacuum cleaner is to dirt: might as well attach your heart to a happiness-sucker and flip the switch.

But it is in storms that God does his finest work, for it is in storms that God has our keenest attention

Nothing fosters courage like a clear grasp of grace.

What the new mate, sports car, or unexpected check could never do, Christ says, "I Can." You'll love how he achieves it. He reconnects your soul with God.

Prayer lets God do what he does best. Take a pebble & kill a Goliath. Take the common, make it spectacular! Pray & see what He can do.

God does not exist to make a big deal out of us. We exist to make a big deal out of him. It’s not about you. It’s not about me. It’s all about him.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to cheer someone else up.

God cast you in His play, wrote you into His story. He has a definite direction for your life. Fulfill it and enjoy fulfillment. Play the part God prepared for you and get ready for some great days.

There's an antidote to our fears- trust. If we trust God more,we can fear less.

GRACE GRACE is the GIFT of God's Riches' the PEACE of God, The LOVE of God, The HOPE of God.

The more radical the change, the greater the joy. And it’s worth every effort, for this is the joy of God.

The sinless One took on the face of a sinner so that we sinners could take on the face of a saint.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you. (Isa. 43:2)

What I urge is that you learn to master your life by living each day in a day-tight compartment and this will certainly ensure your safety throughout your entire journey of life.

Sustaining grace promises not the absence of struggle but the presence of God.

God never promises to remove us from our struggles. He does promise, however, to change the way we look at them.

Anxiety splits our energy between today’s priorities and tomorrow’s problems. Part of our mind is on the now; the rest is on the not yet. The result is half-minded living.

You may not be down to your final heartbeat, but you may be down to your last paycheck, solution, or thimble of faith. Each sunrise seems to bring fresh reasons for fear

Fear may fill our world, but it doesn't have to fill our hearts.

Let him into the mire and muck of our world. For only if we let him in can he pull us out.

For s ledes elskede Gud verden, at han gav sin enb rne s n, for at enhver som str kker ud hos ham, ikke skal fortabes, men have evigt liv (John G. Paton's overs ttelse)

Identity: smack-dab in the middle...Neither omnipotent nor impotent. Neither God's MVP nor God's mistake.

What you think of Jesus Christ Will thoroughly color how you think about everything else.

Deliverance is to the Bible what jazz music is to Mardi Gras: bold, brassy, and everywhere.

If pride is what goes before a fall, the shame is what keeps you from getting up after one.

A person is worth something simply because he is a person.

Your difficulty, your disease, your conflict are preparing you to be a voice of encouragement to your brothers.

Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the one who hears it and not the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference.

Here's a salute to a long good life: goodness that outlives the grave. love that outlasts the final breath. May you live your life in such a way that your death is just the beginning of your life.