We're concerned with how things turn out; God seems more concerned with how we turn out.

Prayer is a declaration of dependence upon God.

People instinctively know the difference between something done with a profit motive and something done with a love motive.

Someone asked the Swiss physician & author Paul Tournier how he helped his patients get rid of their fears. He replied, 'I don't. Everything that's worthwhile in life is scary. Choosing a school, choosing a career, getting married, having kids--all those things are scary. If it is not fearful, it is not worthwhile.'

The world is not against you, but the world is a place where bad things happen. It's just true. Airlines crash, people do evil things. A lot of bad things happen and it causes pain.

The Old Testament anticipates [Jesus] all the way through.

We whine about things we have little control over; we lament what we believe ought to be changed.