Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
Normally, if someone’s legacy will outlast their life, it’s apparent when they die. On the day when Alexander the Great, or Caesar Augustus, or Napoleon, or Socrates, or Muhammad died, their reputations were immense. When Jesus died, his tiny, failed movement appeared clearly at an end.
I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be.
God is so immense that if he were ‘too visible,’ people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.
As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
Ever console or scold people hurt in human relationships that satisfaction comes from God alone? Stop. Adam’s fellowship with God was perfect, and God Himself declared Adam needed other humans.
A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called ‘spiritual mindlessness.’
In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.
Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure – people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.