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.

You'll face overwhelming odds; you'll be incredibly outnumbered. Fear would be your natural inclination. But keep in mind, God is with you.

Competing loves are detected in the gap between saying and doing.

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.

Trust means you anchor your heart in the reality of God's awareness of your situation.

You might not think it now, but if you're one of God's children, you're going to figure it out by the end of your life God is good.

When we worry, we are telling God, "You are neither trustworthy nor in control, so I need to worry and scheme as I take matters into my own hands." In this way unbelief drives worry, for it is impossible to worry when we are trusting in the provision of our sovereign God.