I say that trials and tests locate a person. In other words they determine where you are spiritually. They reveal the true condition of your heart. How you react under pressure is how the real you reacts.

The greater hardship you endure, the greater the authority God entrusts to you.

We all have life-defining moments. They are like open-book tests, but we don't know we have been examined until it is over.

There is no other way to know good from evil, right from wrong, unless we have His Word dwelling richly in our heart. It's good for us to spend time in His Word.

If we don’t risk being hurt, we cannot give unconditional love. Unconditional love gives others the right to hurt us.

We don't honor just to get a reward; we honor because it is the heart of God, and it is our delight.

God doesn't author hardship but uses it to strengthen us for greater conquests. He never leads us into a storm that He doesn't give us the power to overcome.