Christian hedonists don't discount suffering, they just don't give up until they find the gain in loss.

Trust God to take care of you in all circumstances. Do you realize what the enemy will lose if you surrender and trust God?

We want Christ to hurry and calm the storm. He wants us to find him in the midst of it first.

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.

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

...if I die suddenly, my gravestone might appropriately offer this insight into my departure: "God got tired." I require lots of work.

A person full of the Holy Spirit cannot be full of self. Pride never accompanies power in the fully yielded life.