When we think we’re at the mercy of our circumstances and past, we discount the power that is ours through the Holy Spirit.

One of our greatest challenges as Christians is to be driven by the love of Christ rather than constantly seeking after God's comfort.

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

Never will He hold your hand more tightly than when He is leading you through the dark.

When God's Word is deliberately internalized, it will be authentically externalized because it's no longer what we do - it's part of who we are.

Whether we get to avoid pain and suffering or we must persevere in the midst of it, our deliverance comes when we're dragged from the enemy of our souls to the heart of God.

I say this as a big sister in the faith hoping someone might learn an easier way. Arrogance does not bode well. It attracts the rod of God.