Like Joseph storing up grain during the years of plenty to be used during the years of famine that lay ahead, may we store up the truths of God's Word in our hearts as much as possible, so that we are prepared for whatever suffering we are called upon to endure.

When Scripture talks about the heart, it's not talking about that life-sustaining muscle. It's talking about our entire inner being. The heart is the seat of our emotions, the seat of decisive action, and the seat of belief (as well as doubt).

Christ demands first place. There's no room on the throne of your heart for two gods.

Someday your life will be over, no matter how much attention you give to your health. Will you look back with regret, because you nourished your body but starved your soul?

Those who have suffered make the best comforters.

Self-centered indulgence, pride and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems of the American lifestyle.

I never saw a U-Haul behind a hearse.