The success of God's Word in our lives is linked intrinsically to our application of its truth.

I want to stay in the habit of 'glancing' at my problems and 'gazing' at my Lord.

God always seems bigger to those who need him most. And suffering is the tool he uses to help us need him more.

There is nothing that moves a loving father's soul quite like his child's cry.

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.

God turns on its head one form of evil - suffering - in order to defeat another form of evil - that is, our transgressions. It happened at the cross, and it occurs in the lives of followers of Christ every day.

Nothing is a surprise to God; nothing is a setback to His plans; nothing can thwart His purposes; and nothing is beyond His control.