The greatest need we have is not to do things, but to believe things.

Do I believe that God can change bitter circumstances into sweet blessing? Am I willing to let Him?

Complete weakness and dependence will always be the occasion for the Spirit of God to manifest His power.

The peace that Jesus gives is never engineered by circumstances on the outside.

Don't plan without God. God seems to have a delightful way of upsetting the plans we have made, when we have not taken Him into account.

Do we not see God at work in our circumstances? Dark times are allowed and come to us through the sovreignty of God. Are we prepared to let God do what He wants with us? Are we prepared to be separated from the outward, evident blessings of God? Until Jesus Christ is truly our Lord, we each have goals of our own which we serve. Our faith is real, but it is not yet permanent. And God is never in a hurry. If we are willing to wait, we will see God pointing out that we have been interested only in his blessings, instead of God Himself.

The remarkable thing about God is that when you fear God, you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God, you fear everything else.