“Our minds must fit the eternal patterns of heaven, not the momentary aberrations of earth”

“The ways of this world hold nothing for us anymore. Our conformity is over. Transformation must begin.”

“When Jesus tells us to give all we have...we don't have authority to decline. We are not our own; we have no claim on our own lives.”

“There is no way to learn endurance other than simply to endure. We can’t learn it in principle or in theory; only pain can teach it to us.”

“He wants to be the One we treasure most. Most of all, He wants you. All of you.”

“A heart poured out in praise results in a heart filled with purpose.”

“If we saw things clearly, we'd be begging him to be in a relationship with us. Instead, he comes wooing, pursuing, serving. There is no other god who seeks like this, not in heaven or on earth, in truth or in fiction, not in our wildest dreams or imaginings. Only the God of the Bible stoops, whispers, touches gently.”