"Everything is permissible for me.” —but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me” —but I will not be mastered by anything."

"I’m saying that in the end it is God who opens up eyes and ears. Our responsibly is to tell them. It is as simple as that."

"Most of us use ‘I’m waiting for God to reveal His calling on my life’ as a means of avoiding action. Did you hear God calling you to sit in front of the television yesterday? Or to go on your last vacation? Or exercise this morning? Probably not, but you still did it. The point isn’t that vacations or exercise are wrong, but that we are quick to rationalize our entertainment and priorities yet are slow to commit to serving God."