Only when we're thoroughly convinced that the Christian life is entirely of grace are we able to serve God out of a grateful and loving heart.

Part of me suspects that I'm a loser, and the other part of me thinks I'm God Almighty.

Life is a continual alternation of rest and action, of the need of comfort and the need of power.

One of the few greatest satisfactions of this life is to handle problems efficiently and well.

Grace is the free, unmerited favor of God, working powerfully on the mind and heart to change lives.

There is no problem in human life that apprenticeship to Jesus cannot solve.

If life were stable, I'd never need God's help.

God has the final word on your life and His word is grace.

I have since learned that the most mature believer is the one who is bent over, leaning most heavily on the Lord, and admitting his total inability to do anything without Christ. The greatest Christian is not the one who has achieved the most but rather the one who has received the most.

I discovered an astonishing truth: God is attracted to weakness. He can't resist those who humbly and honestly admit how desperately they need him. Our weakness, in fact, makes room for his power.

If the times are indeed as bad as we say they are … if the darkness in our world is growing heavier by the moment … if we are facing spiritual battles right in our own homes and churches … then we are foolish not to turn to the One who supplies unlimited grace and power. He is our only source. We are crazy to ignore him.

You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.