A big difference exists between trying to manipulate God to give us what we want and cooperating with God so He can give us what He wants.

Regardless of who has betrayed you and what promises they didn’t keep- God is firm in His commitment to you.

I assure you that some of the most awesome things God has ever done for me have come out of the most awful things I’d done to myself.

...if God teaches us victory in Christ Jesus day by day, we live in the constant awareness of His greatness and His sufficiency. Hard lessons are often long-lasting lessons. Never forget that God is far more interested in our getting to know the Deliverer than simply being delivered.

Some things don't need to be cut back. They need to be cut off.

Satan knows that the nature of humankind is to act out of how we feel rather than what we know. One of our most important defenses against satanic influence will be learning how to behave out of what we know is truth rather than what we feel.

A high regard for the things of this world always signals a lowering regard for God.