I'd argue that people today aren't rejecting Christ so much as they're rejecting the church.

God will often give you more than you can handle so you can learn to depend on Him rather than on yourself.

God doesn't want us to be happy when it causes us to do something wrong or unwise

How bad you want something determines what you will do to get it.

Unfortunately, the Bible won't tell you directly, "Thou shalt take the new job in marketing..." or "Thou shalt go directly from undergraduate school to honor me in graduate school." While the Bible doesn't speak to some of our specific decisions, it does speak to every decision about who God wants us to become.

If you are not ready to face opposition then you are not ready to be used by God.

Most of us could stop doing something that's hindering our passion for Jesus and effectiveness in following him.