God wants us to be a good example to others who are observing us.

In the Christian faith, God really puts suffering front and center. He doesn't get squeamish about it.

Thankfully, God brought wise Christian friends alongside to help me discover life-transforming precepts in his Word.

When life is rosy, we may slide by with knowing about Jesus, with imitating him and quoting him and speaking of him. But only in suffering will we know Jesus.

...we will stand amazed to see the topside of the tapestry and how God beautifully embroidered each circumstance into a pattern for our good and His glory.

If churches around the world would grasp the revolutionary truth that Christ's transforming power always comes through sacrifice and weakness, it would dramatically alter the landscape of the global church.

Only God is capable of telling us what our rights and needs are. You have to surrender that right to Him.