God brings tests into your life because your faith in Him--your belief that He is in control and that He is good--can be proved only in times when life is hard.

Praying is what confirms our true belief that we cannot succeed without God, and its absence confirms the exact opposite.

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.

When it's personal and painful, humble yourself.

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

While we wait, God builds our faith in His promises.