Hope does not rest with men, for despite all his boisterous claims mankind does not have the depth nor the breath to create hope. In fact, mankind can only create a thin and precarious illusion of it that disappoints without fail. For only God can create a hope that has no hope of failing.

When hope seems lost or the obstacles appear insurmountable, it's not the fact that neither of those things are true. Rather, it's the fact that we've forgotten the God who declares that they're not.

If you view the claims of God as outrageous, it’s because your vision is far too tame and your apathy is way too strong.

God doesn’t promise destinations. He promises Himself.

My focus is not on the flood that surrounds me. Rather, my focus is on the God Who surrounds the flood.

The promises of God hold up long after the promises of the world have blown up.

The battle is never fought alone even though we might feel alone in the fight, for with God the feeling of being alone never supersedes the fact of His presence.

With God, the fear of failure is slain cold by success that is already hot on the way.

I have both the violent turbulence of the storm and the quiet promises of God in the storm. And what I must work to remember is that something is not necessarily stronger simply because it’s louder.