Our lack of intimacy is due to our refusal to unplug and shut off communication from all others so we can be alone with Him.

When I am consumed by my problems-stressed out about my life, my family, and my job-I actually convey the belief that I think the circumstances are more important than God's command to always rejoice.

It's much less demanding to think about God's will for your future than it is to ask Him what He wants you to do in the next ten minutes.

I don't want to keep crawling when i have the ability to fly.

...you will have a choice: to adjust how you live daily or to stay the same.

Which is more messed up- that we have so much compared to everyone else, or that we don't think we're rich? That on any given day, we might flippantly call ourselves 'broke' or 'poor?' We are neither of those things. We are rich. Filthy rich.

Why would we need to experience the Comforter if our lives are already comfortable?