from article by Mark Batterson
"what's really impressive is someone who isn't trying to impress at all. our attempts to manufacture opportunities or impress people are the byproducts of an unsanctified ego that wants to glorify self rather than die to self."
"you don't get honor by seeking honor. you get honor by giving honor."
"one of my deepest desires is to be a better person in private than i am in public."
from article by Gabe Lyons
"practicing simplicity....doesn't always mean selling everything and living among the poor. but it usually requires deliberate choices that don't make sense to the average person."
"in the long run, they (those who practice simplicity) seem to be creating a more sustainable and less contrived existence."
"by rejecting the status quo and fighting the manipulation to be like everyone else, you will demonstrate a better and more humane way to live."
from 1 timothy 1:15-16
"Jesus came into the world to save sinners...i was shown mercy so that in me, a sinner, Jesus might display His unlimited patience...to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever!"
