“What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God.”

“Our talents are the gift that God gives to us... What we make of our talents is our gift back to God”

“Accountability is the natural product of agency and is the basis of the plan of life. We are responsible for our own actions and accountable to God for what we choose to do with our lives. Life is God’s gift to us, and what we do with it is our gift to him.”

“What you are is God's gift to you, what you become is your gift to God.”

“By placing all our focus on receiving God's blessings and gifts, we behave just like the arrogant young man in the story [Parable of the Prodigal Son] - we value what God can do for us but not God himself. We seek a relationship with God as a utilitarian means to an end. And although we may praise him with our words, our hearts are set on what we hope to get from him. We become jerks cloaked in religiosity.”

“We are nothing with all our gifts be they ever so great, except God assist us.”