God has plans, not problems for our lives.

I soon discovered that man's importunity is God's opportunity. he uses our problems as building materials for his miracles. I began to understand that this was my first lesson in learning to trust him completely, my first steps on the path to complete dependence on, and obedience to, his guidance.

A man is powerful on his knees.

Nobody can take away from you those texts from the Bible which you have learned by heart.

When I try, I fail. When I trust, He succeeds.

It hurts when God has to PRY things out of our hand!

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart" "It is not my ability, but my response to God's ability that counts." "Let God's promises shine on your problems." "Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.