“God, remember when we defeated Goliath, when we pastured sheep or we threw, in vain, the nets, and You chose us."FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE OF ASAPH BOOK”

“If we are the sheep of His pasture, remember that sheep are headed for the altar.”

“Sometimes we chose the books we want to read and sometimes they chose us. ”

“When we arrive at the end of our own strength it is not defeat, but the start of tapping into God's boundless resources. It is when we are weak that we are strong in God.”

“Too often, we say we are defeated by this or that sin. No, we are not defeated. We are simply disobedient. It might be good if we stop using the terms victory and defeat to describe our progress in holiness. Rather, we should use the terms obedience and disobedience. When I say I am defeated by some sin, I am unconsciously slipping out from under my responsibility. I am saying something outside of me has defeated me. But when I say I am disobedient, that places the responsibility for my sin squarely on me. We may in fact be defeated, but the reason we are defeated is because we have chosen to disobey. We need to brace ourselves up and to realize that we are responsible for thoughts, attitudes, and actions. We need to reckon on the fact that we died to sin's reign, that it no longer has any dominion over us, that God has united us with the risen Christ in all His power and has given us the Holy Spirit to work in us. Only as we accept our responsibility and appropriate God's provisions will we make any progress in our pursuit of holiness.”

“Only when we eat up this planet will God give us another. We'll be remembered more for what we destroy than what we create.”