I've found that God's peace can be a relief to me. God's joy can be a peace to me. Understanding the love of God can be a relief to me. Just knowing that God is in control, no matter how chaotic life gets, can be a relief to me. I don't need to substitute that.

The greatest thing you can do for your spouse, your kids, their spouses, their kids is give them to the Lord.

The difference between a friend and an enemy is that a friend's wounds can be trusted and should be seen as faithful.

The pursuit of wisdom brings security. What you're pursuing is not only going to determine the course of your life, it's going to determine how secure you are.

The decisions we make determine the path that we're on. And I would submit to you that decisions you're not making, they keep you on a path. You're still moving, something's still happening, time's still ticking, things are still happening around us.

The most radical thing you could do is not go out of your way to go against the world, but to live a godly life.

I believe so many of us struggle to walk in practical wisdom in our life because we have an undisciplined tongue. And we speak death where we should be speaking life. We speak pessimism, where we should be speaking optimism.

Don't throw away your confidence in the Lord. Don't throw away your trust in the Lord because of what you're facing. Trust him. Trust him even still, and he'll bring it to pass.

God never asked for a half of a commitment or a partial commitment. You have to choose to be all in.