The notion of freedom proclaimed by the modern world is anti-discipline. But true freedom cannot be separated from discipline.

God of hope, I look to you with an open heart and yearning spirit. During this Advent season, I will keep alert and awake, listening for your word and keeping to your precepts. My hope is in you.

It has been my experience that nothing changes a person's life more than the discovery of one solitary truth: There is a meaning and purpose to life. More specifically: There is a meaning and purpose to your life.

Thought determines action. Do not let your whole life be a reaction to the things that happen around you each day. Let your life be an action.

We become the books we read.

If we will walk humbly with our God, He will lead us by the hand to exactly who and what we need, to those people, things, and experiences He has designed and intended for us, and this alone will be the cause of our deep fulfillment and happiness.

Our culture places a very high premium on self-expression, but is relatively disinterested in producing "selves" that are worth expressing.