Suffering prepares you by training you to trust God and know that He is always at work in your life.

In thinking about His many blessings, you view God's work from a new perspective.

Take steps each day to be sure your life expresses commitment to Jesus.

God's plan for enlarging His kingdom is so simple - one person telling another about the Savior. Yet we're busy and full of excuses. Just remember, someone's eternal destiny is at stake. The joy you'll have when you meet that person in heaven will far exceed any discomfort you felt in sharing the gospel.

Whatever brings you to your knees in weakness carries the greatest potential for your personal success and spiritual victory.

You must never sacrifice your relationship with God for the sake of a relationship with another person.

God allows us to dace difficulties so that our faith will be stretched and refined. The trials we face provide an excellent opportunity for us to declare our dependence on God and not on ourselves. The way we win the battle with discouragement is by humbling ourselves before God and telling Him that we need Him. There is only one way to do this, and it is through prayer.