“God can deliver you so well that some people won’t believe your testimony.”

“You know your testimony is strong when your roots are so deep that other people’s storms will never knock you over.”

“Don’t water your testimony with your righteous expectations of church members. Their imperfection will disappoint you every time and cause you to leave every church you try to join.”

“Never mix business with religion, or you might end up losing your testimony when the business agreement is no longer something you or Christ would put up with.”

“Common people are often enough; that is why God made so many of them. Your job is to be--- EXTRAORDINARY.”

“The only real conflict you will ever have in your life won’t be with others, but with yourself.”

“I don’t understand hospital chaplains that try to rob my patients of their anger. Sometimes anger is a key motivator that gets people to take action. Anger can push a cancer patient to jump out of his hospital bed, walk down to the nurses station and scream, “I am getting the hell out of here!”. There is a misconception that God is simply sweet and passive. Actually, God can be quite cunning, manipulative and relentless with his children. What we consider as negative traits are actually helpful in molding us. He will use a negative emotion if needed to push people to do things that will change them for the better. He will allow people or situations to derail us if there is a chance that those interactions will push us forward. Personally, I don’t want a God that is going to send some church member to my deathbed with a plate of cookies and tell me to have faith. Actually, I rather have a God that screams, “Get the hell off your ass, stop feeling sorry for yourself. Walk down the hall with that Physical Therapist so you can get on with your life!" A little anger in a person can push them to do amazing things.”