God can take anything that happens to us-even bad things-and use it to shape us and make us into a better, more Christlike person-if we let Him.

You can receive Christ into your heart, and he can bring joy, and a thrill, and glory such as you have never known - if you will give your life to him.

May our prayers today, and every day, be from our hearts and with the focus of our whole being.

I'd grown up in a Presbyterian church, but I really didn't know Christ personally in my heart. I knew him, but I didn't know him. And there's a difference between an intellectual faith and a personal, heart faith in which I opened my heart to him and let him rule my life.

Take your eyes and your ears and your hands and your feet and your thoughts and your heart: Give them completely to Christ

Life is a glorious opportunity.

God does not change - and neither does His love. He loved you before you were born... He loves you now... and He will love you forever.