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?

A rebellion against God, even as believers, is fueled by the toxic fumes of unbelief.

God looked through eternity past and He saw you and He chose to reach out and redeem you by His own grace. It's hard to imagine that kind of love.

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

God's not afraid of a mess. He wants to do a cleaning.

You can't teach a person to love something. But you can get him to feel the heat of your love for something.

Don't lean on your own understanding. If your trust in God is limited by your understanding of His ways, you will always have a limited trust.