When God wants to make a mushroom, he does it overnight, but when He wants to make a giant oak, He takes a hundred years. Great souls are grown through struggles and storms and seasons of suffering. Be patient with the process.
Worry is a waste of energy. It can’t change the past. It can’t control the future. It only makes today miserable.
Wearing a mask wears you out. Faking it is fatiguing. The most exhausting activity is pretending to be what you know you aren’t.
People ask me, “Are you right wing or are you left wing?” and I always say, “I’m for the whole bird.” A one-winged bird didn’t ever get off the ground.
I serve a higher power, Jesus Christ. I make no apologies in saying that.
Remember how far you’ve come, not just how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be.
A dad stands tallest when he kneels to pray with his children.
You will be tempted by the need to feed yourself.
I dare you to try trusting Jesus for 60 days. Or your money guaranteed back.
The most desired gift of love is not diamonds or roses or chocolate. It’s focused attention.
The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ came to do three things. He came to have my past forgiven, you get a purpose for living and a home in Heaven.
Never let an impossible situation intimidate you. Let it motivate you – to pray more, trust more, expect more.
Remember that your character is the sum total of your habits.
Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Don’t waste your pain; use it to help others.
God doesn’t owe us an explanation for everything and actually what I’ve found is that explanations don’t comfort. What comforts is the presence of God, not the explanation of God.
There are illegitimate parents, but I don’t believe there are any illegitimate children.
Other people are going to find healing in your wounds. Your greatest life messages and your most effective ministry will come out of your deepest hurts.
Since God intends to make you like Jesus, he will take you through the same experiences Jesus went through. That includes loneliness, temptation, stress, criticism, rejection, and many other problems.
Doing the easy thing makes you popular. Doing the hard thing makes you a leader.
You weren’t put on earth to be remembered. You were put here to prepare for eternity.