Prayer guards hearts and minds and causes God to bring peace out of chaos

He (God) is determined to pursue you because He knows the greatest joy in your life will come from His lan for you.

Whatever God is urging you to clear away cannot begin to be compared to what He ultimately wants to bring you.

The next time you feel rejection's sting, remember God's words to Samuel: "It is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me." (1 Sam. 8:7)

We can grow so accustomed to being spoon-fed the Word of God that we sometimes forget how to examine the Scriptures for ourselves.

What I thought as a young adult is you act like you have it together whether or not you do because that is what church people do. That is not what God has called us to do.

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