Dealing with adversity is like preparing for surgery. By putting our faith in what the doctor has said, we believe we will be better off if we have the surgery. But that does not make it any less painful. By submitting to the hand of a surgeon, we are saying that our ultimate goal is health, even at the cost of pain. Adversity is the same way. It is a means to an end. It is God's tool for the advancement of our spiritual lives.

In our friendships we have to be wise that we choose godly people to be our friends. Somebody might say, well does that mean that you should never have a lost person as your friend? No, I wouldn't say that. But you can't have the same intimacy with a lost person that you can with a godly person in whom the Holy Spirit is living.

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

Helen Keller was blind and deaf when she graduated from college with honors. So what's your problem?

You may have the gift of giving.

In times of defeat, we never know how close we are to victory. In every event of failure, God has planted a seed of success.

Regardless of the source of our pain, we must accept that God knows, God loves, and God is at work.