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.

Take a deep breath and take this to heart; God has nothing to do with broken promises. When He says, I promise, mark it down it's going to happen.

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.

What you hope for determines what you live for. What you hope for determines WHO you live for. Hope misplaced can devastate you.

God owns the truth. The issue is our ability to derive truth apart from God's sufficient Word.

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.

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