Our problems may stay, our circumstances may remain, but we know God is in control. We are focused on His adequacy, not our inadequacy.

Believing you can achieve a goal is vital to reaching a goal.

Behavior is the substance of religion. Belief is the substance of relationship.

The best way in the world to deceive believers is to cloak a message in religious language and declare that it conveys some new insight from God.

God wants us to seek Him more than anything else, even more than we seek answers to prayer. When we come to God in prayer, sometimes our hearts are so full of what we want that we leave God out. Our minds become consumed with the gift rather than the giver.

When we take our eyes off the whirl of day-to-day activity and concentrate on honoring Him and following in His way, we find a consistent peace that carries us through both plenty and poverty.

Every test, every trial, every heartache that's been significant, I can turn it over and see how God has turned it into good no matter what.