Another way Christ affects us is by inspiring our gratitude. He left the glories of heaven in order to become our Savior, and when we recognize that sacrifice, we are filled with thankfulness and praise.

Understand that it is often unwise to forgive face to face. This tends to make the other person feel 'put down' and make you look holier-than-thou.

Disappointments are inevitable; discouragement is a choice.

God has ways of shaking the world when He is at work. He literally caused the ground to quake when Jesus died on the cross.

Jesus set an example for us to follow: a life of loving, obedient service.

Basically, there are two paths you can walk: faith or fear. It's impossible to simultaneously trust God and not trust God.

One of the important things about temptation is, if I'm going to deal with it I'm going to have to recognize, this is an area of weakness in my life. I have been tempted here before and before and before.