We are most alive when we are loving and actively giving ourselves because we were made to do these things.

I believe He wants us to love others so much that we go to extremes to help them.

Honestly, when I read the Scriptures, I really believe the Lord puts a heart in us when we become believers.

Jesus didn't say that if you wanted to follow Him you could do it in a lukewarm manner. He said, 'Take up your cross and follow Me.'

If life were stable, I'd never need God's help.

There will be people who will teach for the sake of greed or for the sake of ego. So watch their lives. Do they look and act like Jesus?

Again, our marriage problems are not really marriage problems. They are heart problems. They are God problems. Our lack of intimacy with God causes a void that we try to fill with the frailest of substitutes. Like wealth or pleasure. Like fame or respect. Like people. Like marriage.