Lowering the Lord’s standards to the level of a society’s inappropriate behavior is apostasy.

May your efforts to develop Christlike attributes be successful so that His image may be engraven in your countenance and His attributes manifest in your behavior

Never forget which way you face

Entering the waters of baptism is something we do. The be that must precede it is faith in Jesus Christ and a mighty change of heart.

The true badge of courage is overcoming the fear of men.

...the truer measure of sacrifice isn't so much what one gives to sacrifice as what one sacrifices to give. Faith isn't tested so much when the cupboard is full as when it is bare. In these defining moments, the crisis doesn't create one's characterit reveals it.

Others don't make us angry. There is no force involved. Becoming angry is a conscious choice, a decision, therefore, we can make the choice not to become angry. We choose!