I kept wanting to push my image as validity; I wanted to see my portrait on a wall and know it was okay.
I’ve never met a person who exaggerated God’s love. Never. It’s impossible.
Our righteousness doesn't depend on our present performance but on Jesus' finished performance.
Jesus sees our sin more clearly than anyone, yet He loves us more than anyone.
God's love is so extravagant and so inexplicable that he loved us before we were us. He loved us before we existed. He knew many of us would reject him, hate him, curse him, rebel against him. Yet he chose to love us. God loves us because he is love.
I think if Jesus had one shot at fixing us, He’d tell us how much He loves us. Jesus loves us right now, just as we are. He isn’t standing aloof, yelling at us to climb out of our pits and clean ourselves up so we can be worthy of Him. He is wading waist-deep into the muck of life, weeping with the broken, rescuing the lost, and healing the sick.
Don't you know you are the only Jesus many people will ever see? In compromising your lifestyle, you forfeit your capacity to accurately reflect God's image and endanger an entire generation's understanding of Jesus.
The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.
Kind words cost little, but accomplish much.
And out of heart's pain comes heart's peace; and out of desire, accomplishment.
As good as Miami is, we'd rather go to Miami.