Think first. Talk less. Start today.

Without a quest, life is quickly reduced to bleak black and wimpy white, a diet too bland to get anybody out of bed in the morning. A quest fuels our fire. It refuses to let us drift downstream gathering debris.

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.

Allowing anger to seethe on the back burner will lead to a very large lid blowing off a very hot pot.

In the wilderness, God's covenant people struggled with a choice between feeding their bellies and nourishing their souls. God provided manna-a breadlike food that fell to the ground during the night-to sustain the wandering Israelites and to teach them how to value His Word more than physical fulfillment.

Joy is a deeply felt contentment that transcends difficult circumstances and derives maximum enjoyment from every good experience.

It is easy for Christians to have the false impression that once we have established a relationship with Christ, which we believe sets us right with God, the problems of life will somehow scoot away or they will slowly be removed from our lives.