You cannot amputate your history from your destiny, because that is redemption.
The giant step in the walk of faith is the one we take when we decide God no longer is a part of our lives. He IS our life.
Christ honors our submission even when our only motivation is obedience.
Writing songs always trumps whatever else was on the schedule, it really is the most important and can be so fickle, you have to grab it when it's there.
Time doesn't heal anything... only God can heal
I don't know a single person who truly seems to bear the mark of God's presence and power in his or her life who hasn't been asked by God to be obedient in a way that was dramatically painful.