I've done everything for the wrong reasons. All the good works people credit to me are nothing because I did them expecting God to repay me. I thought if I worked hard enough, God would have to give me what I wanted. The truth is I've never served the Lord at all. I was always serving myself.

The battle would not take place in the mountains, valleys, or plains of Israel. It would take place in the wilderness of the human heart.

How is it possible to hold such anger against something you don't believe in?

Can you see air you breathe? Can you see the force that moves the tides or changes the seasons or sends the birds to a winter haven?" Her eyes welled. "Can Rome with all its knowledge be so foolish? Oh Marcus, you can't carve God in stone. You can't limit him to a temple. You can't imprison him on a mountaintop. Heaven is his throne; earth, his footstool. Everything you see is his. Empires will rise and empires will fall. Only God prevails.

I gave up what I can't keep for something I can never lose.

God would light the way. Faith would keep them on the right path.

Love God and He will enable you to love others even when they disappoint you.