“God transforms us one area at a time.”

“But freedom starts with honesty. We aren’t doing ourselves any favors by defining our- selves as good and others as bad. Let’s just agree that we all need help, that we are all in this together.”

“Rules are not proof of our spirituality. If anything, they are proof of our sinfulness, a reminder that we have a tendency toward wrongdoing and that we need help.”

“Sometimes we get way too fixated on how powerful sin is and how weak we are. We worry that if we relax for a second, we'll mess up royally and ruin everything. Ironically, our paranoia only serves to make us more conscious of our sinfulness.”

“But difficult situations and wrong choices conspire to trap us in hopelessness.”

“The Bible is meant to be down-to-earth. It was written for real people facing real issues.”

“It seemed too good to be true. That's grace.”

“A moment with Jesus changed everything.”

“When we meet grace, it becomes the fuel of our faith. We pray, we read our Bibles, we worship and we live the purest lifestyle we can because we love a person.”

“When you look in the eyes of grace, when you meet grace, when you embrace grace, when you see the nail prints in grace’s hands and the fire in his eyes, when you feel his relentless love for you - it will not motivate you to sin. It will motivate you to righteousness.”

“No sooner do I conquer a bad habit than I become the biggest critic of anyone who still does what I just stopped doing.”