Your soul connects your thoughts and your sensations and your gratitude and your will and sends a message to your entire being. You can send that message to other persons; you can send it to God.

If I think God’s aim is to produce rule-followers, spiritual growth will always be an obligation rather than a desire of my heart.

Our world has replaced the word soul with the word self, and they are not the same thing. The more we focus on our selves, the more we neglect our souls.

To paraphrase a line from a movie: There will be great pain, and there will be great joy. In the end, joy wins. So if joy has not yet won, it is not yet the end. Jesus is crucified. The pain is overwhelming – not the end. Jesus is risen – the joy is overwhelming.

Once you’re a little bit to the side, God can come to the center.

Self-improveme nt is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.

Ask God to make your work go well today.

The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.

It only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to “seeking first the kingdom.”

God’s primary will for your life is not the achievements you accrue; it’s the person you become.