The gospel declares that no matter how dutiful or prayerful we are, we can’t save ourselves. What Jesus did was sufficient.
Our identity rests in God’s relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.
I could more easily contain Niagara Falls in a teacup than I can comprehend the wild, uncontainable love of God.
There is a beautiful transparency to honest disciples who never wear a false face and do not pretend to be anything but who they are.
God is enough. That is the root of peace. When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it.
The Christian with depth is the person who has failed and who has learned to live with it.
Trust is our gift back to God, and he finds it so enchanting that Jesus died for love of it.
That which is denied cannot be healed.
The first step in faith is to stop thinking about God at the time of prayer.-.
Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.
Suffering, failure, loneliness, sorrow, discouragement, and death will be part of your journey, but the Kingdom of God will conquer all these horrors. No evil can resist grace forever.
Faithfulness requires the courage to risk everything on Jesus, the willingness to keep growing, and the readiness to risk failure throughout our lives.
Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship.
My trust in God flows out of the experience of his loving me, day in and day out, whether the day is stormy or fair, whether I’m sick or in good health, whether I’m in a state of grace or disgrace. He comes to me where I live and loves me as I am.
We should be astonished at the goodness of God, stunned that He should bother to call us by name, our mouths wide open at His love, bewildered that at this very moment we are standing on holy ground.
The deepest desire of our hearts is for union for God. God created us for union with himself. This is the original purpose of our lives.
The litmus test of our love for God is our love of neighbor.
To live by grace means to acknowledge my whole life story, the light side and the dark. In admitting my shadow side I learn who I am and what God’s grace means.
The secret of the mystery is: God is always greater. No matter how great we think Him to be, His love is always greater.
Craving clarity, we attempt to eliminate the risk of trusting God. Fear of the unknown path stretching ahead of us destroys childlike trust in the Father’s active goodness and unrestricted love.