We often forget that calling for peace is the most courageous act we can take. It's easy to call for revenge, to claim injustice, and to launch an attack. It's much more difficult to forgive, to call for peace, to lay down weapons.

We don't earn God's love; we receive it. We don't work for His approval; He approves us.

Our deeds will not cause God to love us more; our sins will not cause God to love us less.

Let us not take what we eat for granted; let us view our meals as an opportunity to give our Lord praise.

Don't settle for helping those who will help you in return or doing a good deed for others to see. Help others without expecting anything back. Even if nobody else cares, God will notice.

Be willing to be unliked and ridiculed in order to speak the words of the One who matters most.

Let us not see today's troubles as a reason to give up; let us see them as an opportunity for God to deliver.