This tendency to avoid problems and the emotional suffering inherent in them is the primary basis of all human mental illness

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

Jesus' plan called for action, and how He expressed it predicted its success. He didn't say "you 'might' be my witnesses," or "you 'could' be my witnesses," or even "you 'should' be my witnesses." He said "you 'WILL' be my witnesses.

When Christ becomes our central focus, contentment replaces our anxiety as well as our fears and insecurities.

To be used of God. Is there anything more encouraging, more fulfilling? Perhaps not, but there is something more basic: to meet with God. To linger in His presence, to shut out the noise of the city and, in quietness, give Him the praise He deserves. Before we engage ourselves in His work, let's meet Him in His Word... in prayer... in worship.

God doesn't work on our timetable. He has a plan that He will execute perfectly and for the highest, greatest good of all, and for His ultimate glory.

Grace is ours. Let's live it! Deny it or debate it and we kill it.