Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins.

He wants you all to Himself to put His loving, divine arms around you.

An unschooled man who knows how to meditate upon the Lord has learned far more than the man with the highest education who does not know how to meditate.

Disappointments will come and go, but discouragement is a choice that you make.

We must never limit God's ability to turn even the worst, most vile experience in our lives into something productive, beneficial and positive.

The circumstances and events that we see as setbacks are oftentimes the very things that launch us into periods of intense spiritual growth

I think a lot of people, even Christians, are willing to be satisfied with gaining lots and lots of biblical knowledge - and many people go to Bible studies and don't realize it isn't enough to know what's right, it's applying the information and the knowledge that you have.