You're so caught up in grumbling, complaining, and seeing what's wrong that you have no energy or time to appreciate what's good.

If you don't like yourself, you're going to have a really hard time getting along with anyone else.

I think we need to get smart enough to do what's going to help us and not just continue to do things that are going to hurt us. It's pretty easy to read something or hear about it in a message, but it's that personal application of that where it's just you, God, and your problems, that are going to give you the power to get stronger and stronger.

Victory is not the absence of problems, it is the presence of power.

I had lots of hurt and lots of pain, lots of woundedness, bruises, broken heartedness in my life. I was abused sexually by my father, abused mentally, emotionally. My mom didn't know what to do about it, and she was being hurt in the process. So she just didn't deal with it. And I can guarantee you, just because you don't deal with something, that doesn't make it go away.

As long as we complain, we remain stuck in our problems. But a thankful attitude brings deliverance and makes God smile.

Ask God to fill your mouth with the words you need to say today. No issue is so small that it doesn't require God's wisdom.