People are watching the way we act, more than they are listening to what we say.

God would prefer we have an occasional limp than a perpetual strut.

A season of suffering is a small assignment when compared to the reward. Rather than begrudge your problem, explore it. Ponder it. And most of all, use it. Use it to the glory of God.

So immediately I'm trying to think: What are some of these times when we feel we're losing our hold on Christ, and what's the fear we're trying to address? I try to get into that quickly.

Does the presence of pain mean the absence of God? I try to help people see that God uses pain, that pain is one of the ways God shapes us into the kind of beings He wants us to be for eternity.

Scripture often reminds us that it's not enough to have ears - we must use them.

Bitterness is the trap that snares the hunter