People who are close to God cultivate a personal intimacy with Him like a good gardener cultivates beautiful flowers.

Worry is assuming responsibilities that you cannot handle. They truth is, they are responsibilities that God never intended for you to handle, because they are His.

People who soar are those who refuse to sit back, sigh and wish things would change. They neither complain of their lot nor passively dream of some distant ship coming in. Rather, they visualize in their minds that they are not quitters; they will not allow life's circumstances to push them down and hold them under.

When we have God in clear focus, His powerful presence eclipses our fear.

All he asks is that we trust Him, that we stand before Him in integrity and faith. God is just waiting for us to trust Him.

The decision to give ourselves to others is a daily taking up of the cross.

People who soar, are those who refuse to sit back and wish things would change