In my experience, God rarely makes our fear disappear. Instead, he asks us to be strong and take courage.

If people are not sharing their faith in your church, if they're not having a quiet time, if they're not living godly lives, then you need to change your style of preaching. You are obviously not seeing lives changed through the Word of God. So what is the problem? The problem isn't the Word. The problem is your preaching style.

Not surprisingly, the place we're most likely to experience testing is exactly where we struggle most to trust God.

In my experience, God rarely makes our fear disappear. Instead, he asks us to be strong and take courage.

Dependence upon God makes heroes of ordinary people like you and me!

What counts is knowing who you want to be and asking for it.

If your life consistently bears no fruit, God will intervene to discipline you. If your life bears some fruit, God will intervene to prune you. If your life bears a lot of fruit, God will invite you to abide more deeply with Him.