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.

Thats what I love about serving God. In His eyes, there are no little people...because there are no big people. We are all on the same playing field

The greatest good suffering can do for me is to increase my capacity for God.

The Christian faith is meant to be lived moment by moment. It isn't some broad, general outline--it's a long walk with a real Person. Details count: passing thoughts, small sacrifices, a few encouraging words, little acts of kindness, brief victories over nagging sins.

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

Anyone who takes the Bible seriously agrees that God hates suffering. Jesus spent most of his time relieving it. But when being healed becomes the only goal - 'I'm not letting go until I get what I want' - it's a problem.

The problem of suffering is not about something but about someone.