Beloved, whatever we are gripping to bring us satisfaction is a lie-unless it is Christ. He is the Truth that sets us free. If you are holding anything in your craving for satisfaction right now, would you be willing to acknowledge it as a lie? Even if you feel you can't let go of it right this moment, would you lift it before Him-perhaps literally lifting your fisted hand as a symbol-and confess it as an idol? God does not condemn you. He calls you.

Forgiveness doesn't make the situation OK, it makes you OK.

Good humor and laughter are far too wonderful not to come straight from the heart of God.

Faith is not believing in my own unshakable belief. Faith is believing an unshakable God when everything in me trembles and quakes.

Sometimes truth is costly but not nearly as costly as deception.

Every single thing you've been through in your life has had a purpose.

Soothing words can become just another drug we swallow to dull our pain.