Suffering in life can uncover untold depths of character and unknown strength for service. People who go through life unscathed by sorrow and untouched by pain tend to be shallow in their perspectives on life. Suffering, on the other hand, tends to plow up the surface of our lives to uncover the depths that provide greater strength of purpose and accomplishment. Only deeply plowed earth can yield bountiful harvests.

For a married couple to expect perfection for each other is unrealistic.

The greatest miracle of the Bible is that the prophets of Israel could keep a religion as clean as a hounds tooth amid all the corruption and idolatry of the nations surrounding them.

In one bold stroke, forgiveness obliterates the past and permits us to enter the land of new beginnings.

Be sure that your motive in praying is to glorify God.

God's hand never slips.

Prayer is more than a wish; it is the voice of faith directed to God.