Be grateful for who you are and whatever you have. Everything you have is a gift from God.

Not everything in this life has a happy ending, but this life is not the end of the story.

Spiritual emptiness is a universal disease.

Mother Teresa once said, "Holy living consists in doing God's work with a smile." ... The last thing many believers need is to go to another Bible study.

The fact is, ministry is too unpredictable to be motivated by security. It’s too unprofitable to be motivated by money. It’s too demanding to be motivated by pleasure, and it’s too criticized to be motivated by fame. Our ministry should be motivated by the pleasure of God, and God is pleased when we have a ministry powered by faith.

Now God has never shouted out to me. I've never heard God speak audibly. He doesn't have to.

Nothing works perfectly. The weather doesn't work perfectly. Because of sin in the world, nothing works perfectly. But in spite of that we can find comfort. We can find strength.