The counselee should be aware that you are not God. Better yet, she should be aware that you are aware that you are not God.

Humility is a do thing, not a feel thing. Humility is an action, not a style.

Beware of begging God for things you don't have to have.

Church was never intended to be a place where we serve God to the exclusion of meeting with Him.

In a society where rationality has ruled so long, the church frequently fails to see that in forsaking the weekly pursuit of the transcendent, we have given up the only ground that was uniquely ours in this world. In attempting to make the church something that can attract and add value to secular mind-sets, we have turned our backs on our one true proposition - transcendence.

We all know the disappointments that come when we base anticipation on what we and other humans can deliver. God will never have a problem delivering!

By your grace, I will not despair. I believe that I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.