Make a plan now to keep a daily appointment with God. The enemy is going to tell you to set it aside, but you must carve out the time. If you're too busy to meet with the Lord, friend, then you are simply too busy

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.

If God's people are to be living examples of one thing, that thing ought to be - it must be - compassion.

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

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.

Patience is a bitter plant that produces sweet fruit.

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