While you can't keep fear from visiting, you can slam the door in its face. With God's promise in your hand, that's exactly what you are able to do.

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

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?

I will not fail: God is always victorious.

It doesn't matter what has happened, better things are coming. God's plan produces hope in me.

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

When it's personal and painful, humble yourself.