The core of humanity's sin problem is not a horizontal behavior to be corrected but a Vertical relationship to be restored.

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

Do the things you used to do, and you'll feel the feelings you used to feel.

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.

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?

What kind of future is in God's plan? A good one to which you can look forward. That's why you can hope.

I've learned to be careful of becoming a critic. Criticism really sours your heart.