You cannot be President of the United States if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff.

I am truly grateful that faith enables me to move past the question of 'Why?'

Prayer presupposes faith. No prayer is in vain. Prayer is like any other action.

There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.

Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.

Thou art coming to a King, large petitions with thee bring, for His grace and power are such none can ever ask too much.

Prayer, perhaps more than any other activity, is the concrete expression of the fact that we are invited into a relationship with God.

Researchers have found there is simply no correlation between hurry or Type-A behavior and productivity.

I did, however, remember a line from a book by Dallas Willard that I had read just recently: "At the beginning of each morning I commit my day to the Lord's care. . . . I have already placed God in charge. I no longer have to manage the weather, airplanes, and other people.

The Bible's teaching on prayer leads overwhelmingly to one conclusion: Prayer changes things.

Superstition seeks to use the supernatural for my purposes; faith seeks to surrender to God's purposes. Faith teaches us that there is a Person behind the universe, and that Person responds to communication just as all persons do. Prayer is the primary way we communicate with God, and that's why prayer is so closely associated with seeking and discerning open doors.