Carrying the cross does mean following in Jesus' footsteps. And in His footsteps are rejection, brokenheartedness, persecution and death. There are not two Christs - an easy going one for easy going Christians, and a suffering one for exceptional believers. There is only one Christ. Are we willing to follow His lead?

God isn't looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him

Learn to move man, through God, by prayer alone

One difficulty follows another very fast - but God reigns, not chance.

Jesus is our strength, and what we cannot do or bear, He can both do and bear in us.

It does not matter how great the pressure is. What really matters is where the pressure lies -- whether it comes between you and God, or whether it presses you nearer His heart.

The real secret of an unsatisfied life lies too often in an unsurrendered will.