If we haven't learned to be worshipers it doesn't really matter how well we do anything else. Worship changes us or it has not been worship. To stand before the Holy One of eternity is to change. Worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience.
Emotional peace and calm come after doing God's will and not before.
There is more grace in God's heart than there is sin in your past.
Christianity demands a level of caring that transcends human inclinations.
Men look for better methods, but God looks for better men.
There are no shortcuts to spiritual maturity. It takes time to be holy.