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

Physical maturity is bound to time. Spiritual maturity is bound to obedience.

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.

We must always keep in mind all legitimate authority is from God, and is given for protection, provision, and peace.

The Spirit of God is jealous over us; He doesn't want superficial fellowship, but genuine intimacy.

Jesus never gave advice

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.