Anything under God's control is never out of control.

Hope is like an anchor. Our hope in Christ stabilizes us in the storms of life, but unlike an anchor, it does not hold us back.

Don't seek more days in your life but more life in your days.

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

"Do not lean on your own understanding." That means don't bring in the crutches and lean on them, those crutches that you have designed and made to handle such situations. Stay away from them. Don't lean on them; lean on God.

...when you trust the Lord God to give you the next step, when you wait in humility upon Him, *He* will open the doors or close them, and you'll get to rest and relax until He says, 'Go.

To require God to prove that He is able and willing to fulfill His promises would be proof positive that one does not trust Him.