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.

Oddly, the most freeing thing we can ever do is to abdicate the throne of our own miniature kingdoms.

No matter whose fault, God sends us through storms so we can land in a place we never would have otherwise.

God has promised to every single one of us that even in our hardest times, if we would just hang on long enough, the blessing will come.

One person can bring favor to many during the storm.

Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.

If Jesus gives us a task or assigns us to a difficult season, every ounce of our experience is meant for our instruction and completion if only we'll let Him finish the work. I fear, however, that we are so attention-deficit that we settle for bearable when beauty is just around the corner.