Our willingness to wait reveals the value we place on the object we're waiting for.

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

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.

Disappointments are inevitable; discouragement is a choice.

Of all the things Christ wants for us, loving Him and focusing our attention on Him are the most important.

I hear people all the time say, well I read through the Bible last year. Well, so what? I'm all for reading through the Bible. But how much of that got on the inside, or did they just cover three more chapters today? I would never discredit reading the Scriptures, but it is important to meditate on it.

Adversity is always unexpected and unwelcomed. It is an intruder and a thief. But in the hands of God, adversity becomes the means through which HIS Supernatural Power is demonstrated.