Refusing to be disillusioned is the cause of much of the suffering of human life. And this is how that suffering happens-if we love someone, but do not love God, we demand total perfection and righteousness from that person, and when we do not get it, we become cruel and vindictive; yet we are demanding of a human being which he or she cannot possibly give.

To choose suffering makes no sense at all; to choose God's will in the midst of our suffering makes all the sense in the world.

The most important aspect of Christianity is not the work we do, but the relationship we maintain and the surrounding influence and qualities produced by that relationship. That is all God asks us to give our attention to, and it is the one thing that is continually under attack.

If I am going to know who Jesus is, I must obey Him. The majority of us don't know Jesus because we have not the remotest intention of obeying Him.

All of God’s people are ordinary people who have been made extraordinary by the purpose He has given them.

Happiness depends on what happens; joy does not.

Make the determination to abide in Jesus wherever you are now or wherever you may be placed in the future.