The more you resist something, the more aggressive it becomes.

Satan has an agenda.

He releases the curse in order to drive us to our knees and to seek him, to recognize our need for a Savior (Gal. 3:21—25). The problem is instead of being broken by the thorns and thistles of life and thus coming to Christ, we either flee, fight, or hide.

The strength he received from Christ was not the strength to change, deny, or defy his circumstances; it was the strength to be content in the midst of them, to surrender to God's loving will for him (Philippians 4:11—13).

Our most natural prayer is "My Father in heaven, hallowed be my name, may my kingdom come, may my will be done on earth." We're afraid of God's will being done because we can't control what he will do, when he will do it, how he will do it, and what the outcome might be.

I think AIDS can be won. I think we can win this fight. It is winnable. But it means behavior change.

Any complaints, any grumblings, any disputings or murmurings, any anxieties, any worries, any resentments or anything that hints of a raging torrent of bitterness--these are the things God calls me to die to daily.

Gods suppressed become devils, and often it is these devils whom we first encounter when we turn inward.

When God says to me, "obey," then I humbly bow my head, without compromising in the least my personal dignity, as a man.

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.

It is good, that you enlighten people about Harry Potter, because those are subtle seductions, which act unnoticed and by this deeply distort Christianity in the soul, before it can grow properly.

At the end of the day, the enemy is going to be sorry he ever messed with you. You're about to become his worst nightmare a million times over. He thought he could wear you down, sure that after a while you'd give up without much of a fight. Well, just wait till he encounters the fight of God's Spirit in you. Because . . . This. Means. War.