Have you ever studied Jesus's approach to talking with people? He didn't always fill the space with answers for them. Let's learn to do that with our fellow learners. Let's give them room to think and answer for themselves.

Good intentions and earnest effort are not enough. Only Jesus can make an otherwise futile life productive.

God never calls His people to accomplish anything without promising to supply their every need.

So, you want to be like Christ? Me too. But that kind of godliness won't just happen by hanging around a church or thinking lofty thoughts three or four times a day or learning a few verses of Scripture. It will take more - much more. Disciplining ourselves will require the same kind of focused thinking and living that our Master modeled during His brief life on earth.

It's the nature of the beast within us to keep going back to the familiar rather than to strap on faith and face the future.

And when God steps in, His working is like the difference between a skyscraper and a star.

Do you need strength? Peace? Wisdom? Direction? Discipline? Ask for it! God will hear you.