Fear arises when we imagine that everything depends on us.

The one who loves knows better than anyone else how to conduct himself, how to serve the one he loves. Love prescribes an answer in a given situation as no mere rule can do.

Things happen which would not happen without prayer. Let us not forget that.

God has promised to supply all our needs. What we don't have now, we don't need now.

To those of us who are not theologians, does it matter whether a thing is ordained or merely allowed? Are events that seem out of control caused by God? Or does He allow them to occur at the hands of human beings? You can spend a lot of time pondering that one and end up pretty much where you started. In either case, the purpose remains the same - our sanctification. God is in the business of making us walking, breathing examples of the invisible reality of the presence of Christ in us.

If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd.

Fear arises when we imagine that everything depends on us.