Let God Himself be the main attraction at church again.

I don't have everything I want but I have everything I need. That's contentment.

Ed Welch says that all counseling is a variation on a single theme: knowing and praying for the counselee. Of all the questions the counselor might ask, then, the central guiding question in the counselor's mind is, "How can I pray for you?

Praying is what confirms our true belief that we cannot succeed without God, and its absence confirms the exact opposite.

You'll face overwhelming odds; you'll be incredibly outnumbered. Fear would be your natural inclination. But keep in mind, God is with you.

At this moment, God is watching your life and at some point in this trial, He will say enough. You don't need to falter.

If He wasn't going to use that hard thing for your good, it wouldn't have happened. He had to sign off on every single thing that touches your life.