The most important thing you must decide to do every day is put the Lord first.

When we hold our thoughts up against God's standards of what is true and what is real, we can recognize and, with His help, learn to release many of our negative emotions, damaging thoughts, and destructive attitudes.

What a blessing to be able to leave the cares of life for a brief period and spend time in the outstretched arms of your Shepherd, rubbing, as it were, your cheek against His face in intimate fellowship through prayer.

As we come to know God better, we will also find it easier to know, follow, and accept His will for our life.

Don't give away to others what you have not first given away at home.

Dust off that Bible. It has the answers you are looking for, and its delights await you.

Everything in our lives," she said quietly, "leads to everything else in our lives. So a moment in the present has a reference point, both in the past and in the future. I want you to know that you--as you are right now and as you ever will be--are fully enough for this moment . . .