We are very good judges for the mistakes of others, but very good defence lawyers for our own mistakes.

It doesn't really matter so much what the words are I don't think - maybe if you're a real expert in prayer you could do it through silence. But I think sometimes it helps to express it and to know you're expressing it to God. Paul talked about praying with your spirit and that's basically what it is, it's expressing what you feel deep down in a language which God gives you.

Don't worry about your future. God knows you completely, accepts you unconditionally and loves you wholeheartedly. You can trust Him.

I have found on Alpha that those from an essentially enlightened background feel at home with the parts of the course which appeal to the mind, but often have difficulty in experiencing the Holy Spirit. Others coming from the New Age movement find that rational and historical explanations leave them cold, but at the weekend away they are on more familiar territory in experiencing the Holy Spirit

People may hurt you but God will heal you. People may humiliate you but God will honour you. People may judge you but God will justify you.

You can't change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it.

You reveal your own character most clearly when you describe someone else's.