I was made for more than being stuck in a vicious cycle of defeat. I am not made to be a victim of my poor choices. I was made to be a victorious child of God.

Don't let people's compliments go to your head, and don't let their criticisms go to your heart. The degree to which you do either of these things is the degree to which you'll be ruled by what other people think of you.

Don't put the whole of your identity into the smallness of a situation.

As I make goals for this year... Jesus, let your thoughts become my thoughts and bend my will to Your will.

Prayer does make a difference-a life-changing, mind-blowing, earth-rattling difference.

God can take what Satan meant for shame and use it for His glory. Just when we think we've messed up so badly that our lives are nothing but heaps of ashes, God pours His living water over us and mixes the ashes into clay. He then takes this clay and molds it into a vessel of beauty. After He fills us with His overflowing love, He can use us to pour His love into the hurting lives of others.

Big things are built one brick at a time. Victories are achieved one choice at a time. A life well lived is chosen one day at a time.