But it is better to enter into life maimed and lovely in God's sight than to be lovely in man's sight and lame in God's.

At the foundation of Jesus Christ's kingdom is the genuine loveliness of those who are commonplace.

My vision of God is dependent upon the condition of my character.

My worth to God publicly is measured by what I really am in my private life. Is my primary goal in life to please Him and to be acceptable to Him, or is it something less, no matter how lofty it may sound?

My worth to God publicly is measured by what I really am in my private life.

My worth to God publicly is measured by what I really am in my private life." Oswald Chambers

The world can't decide what's beautiful. So you decide, okay?

We rarely do anything with on single motive.

Your theology won't always work toward your obedience, because your use of theology is dictated by the condition of your heart. If your heart is not submitting to the plan of God, you will actually use your theology to justify things that should not be justified.

All of these things were the signs and symptoms of a deeper, more foundational problem. The problem was one of the heart, one that would have an inescapable negative effect on his ministry. The problem was a vertical problem. It had to do with the character and content of this pastor's relationship with God.

God's law is meant to address and expose the heart because sin is always a matter of the heart before it is an action of the body.

The success of a ministry is always more a picture of who God is than a statement about who the people are that he is using for his purpose.