Jesus didn't come to earth to establish a new religion. He came to restore a broken relationship. He came to make the primary, primary again. The secondary activity of obedience to the law of God was always intended to serve the primary activity: to love God and enjoy Him forever. When that is primary, the secondary becomes a labor of love, a joyful, and "easy" burden to bear. (Matthew 11:28-30

When it seems like that's all there is, remember all you have in Him.

Like sin itself, Satan appeals to the senses. He originated and perfected the art of disguising evil as good.

Man is the only animal that when you pat him on the head, his head swells up.

God often does His best work in us when He catches us by surprise and introduces a change that is completely against our own desire.

This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to do and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody would do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

You can choose to be a drag and a burden, or an inspiration and encouragement.