Worship is...

"Worship is to quicken the conscience by the Holiness of God, to feed the mind with the truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the purpose of God"

- William Temple

Changing the world

"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."

- Leo Tolstoy

Seeing and Savouring Jesus Christ

"Christ does not exist in order to make much of us. We exist in order to enjoy making much of Him"

- John Piper, Seeing and Savouring Jesus Christ

Fruit of the Spirit?

"Over-intensity is not a fruit of the Spirit. Make sure you’re having fun."

- Al Gordon

Ministry

"Ministry is meeting the needs of the world on the basis of God’s resources, not our own"

- John Wimber

The life I'm supposedly leading

"I'm kind of jealous of the life I'm supposedly leading."

- Zach Braff

Weariness

"Every increased possession loads us with new weariness."

- John Ruskin

Matters of style and matters of principle

"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock."

- Thomas Jefferson

Deserving

"I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either."

- Jack Benny

Where have I gone wrong?

"Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, "Where have I gone wrong?"/ Then a voice says to me, "This is going to take more than one night."

- Charles M Schulz

The cost of non-discipleship

"Non-discipleship costs abiding peace, a life penetrated throughout by love, faith that sees everything in the light of God's overriding governance for good, hopefulness that stands firm in the most discouraging of circumstances, power to do what is right and withstand the forces of evil. In short, it costs exactly that abundance of life Jesus said he came to bring (John 10:10)."

Dallas Willard, Devotional Classics

Thinking and Living

"We think in generalities, but we live in detail."

- Alfred North Whitehead

Radicals and Conservatives

"The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them"

- Mark Twain

Traditions

"Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected from happening"

- Barbara Tober

Laziness...

"Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired."

- Jules Renard

Theory and Practice

"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice; In practice, there is."

- Chuck Reid

Thinking outside the box

"I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it."

- Terry Pratchett

Ultimate parenting

"The greatest gift you can give your kids as they are growing up is to love your wife"

- Mike Watkins

Spoiling children

"It is not giving children more that spoils them; it is giving them more to avoid confrontation."

- John Gray

Keep them at home

"The best way to keep children home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant--and let the air out of the tyres."

- Dorothy Parker

Sleeping like a baby

"People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one."

- Leo J Burke

Who you care about

"Family isn't about whose blood you have. It's about who you care about."

- Trey Parker and Matt Stone

You need one

"Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one."

- Jane Howard

Happiness

"Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city."

- George Burns

Mother Theresa

"I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much."

- Mother Theresa

God and Elvis

"What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?"

- Irv Cupcinet

Row away from the rocks

"Call on God, but row away from the rocks."

- Indian proverb

One thing I know...

"If there's one thing I know it's God does love a good joke."

- Hugh Elliott

Spend time with your family

"The most important work you and I will ever do will be within the walls of our own homes."

- Harold B Lee

Forgiveness

"It really doesn't matter if the person who hurt you deserves to be forgiven. Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. You have things to do and you want to move on."

- RealLivePreacher.com

Bad news...

"Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws."

- Douglas Adams