In Love's service, only wounded soldiers can serve.

In essence, there is only one thing God asks of us - that we be men and women of prayer, people for whom God is everything and for whom God is enough. That is the root of peace. We have that peace when the gracious God is all we seek. When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it.

* Recognize that God is with you. * Acknowledge God knows what He's doing. * Search for God's will: the path He desires you to take in life. * Consider what God did for you when He sent Jesus to die on the cross (forgiveness and righteousness)

Shame--what happened when my mother, the dragon, huffed and puffed and blew my self down.

Real freedom is freedom from the opinions of others. Above all, freedom from your opinions about yourself.

No man can adequately reach and explain a single word of God with all his words

Faith will become vision, hope will become possession, but the love of Jesus Christ that is stronger than death endures forever. In the end, it is the only thing you can hang onto.