...we are quick to rationalize our entertainment and priorities yet are slow to commit to serving God.

Lukewarm people do not live by faith; their lives are structured so that they don't have to.

It's pride, plain and simple, that keeps me from giving God all the glory and keeping some of it for myself. It is a battle we all fight in some form or another, some of us daily or even hourly.

God never breaks His promises.

When loving Him becomes obligation, one of the many things we have to do, we end up focusing even more on ourselves.

My love for prayer was an answer to prayer.

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.