Contentment ... has an internal quietness of heart that gladly submits to God in all circumstances.

Every Christian who keeps looking up stretches his heart's capacity for Heaven.

No other religion, no other, promises new bodies, hearts, and minds. Only in the gospel of Christ do hurting people find such incredible hope.

Now, most people who suffer realize that the Bible contains answers for their plight; they just don't know where to look.

God is more concerned with conforming me to the likeness of His Son than leaving me in my comfort zones. God is more interested in inward qualities than outward circumstances - things like refining my faith, humbling my heart, cleaning up my thought life and strengthening my character.

God deliberately chooses weak, suffering and unlikely candidates to get His work done, so that in the end, the glory goes to God and not to the person.

God cares most not about making us comfortable, but about teaching us to hate our transgressions and to grow up spiritually to love him.