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

Ours is a bad, bad world, but does that mean nothing's good? Does it mean we have run out of things for which to be grateful? No, no, a thousand times, no!

Times may be hard and people may be demanding, but never forget that life is special. Every single day is a special day. God is at work in you!

Courage is not limited to the battlefield or the Indianapolis 500 or bravely catching a thief in your house. The real tests of courage are much quieter. They are the inner tests, like remaining faithful when nobody's looking, like enduring pain when the room is empty, like standing alone when you're misunderstood.

While I wholeheartedly believe in choosing to approach every challenge with a great attitude, I don't mean that we should abandon authenticity and live in fantasyland.

Let`s choose each day and every day to keep an attitude of faith and joy and belief and compassion.

More often than not, when something looks like it's the absolute end, it is really the beginning.