All things work for bad for those living in opposition to God and insist on having their own way.

If you are facing trouble right now, don't ask, “Why me?” Instead ask, “What do you want me to learn?” Then trust God and keep on doing what's right.

We get 80 years, maybe at the most 100. Trillions of years in eternity. This life is preparation for the next. This is the warm-up back, this is the dress rehearsal, this is the get ready, this is the first lap around the track before the real race begins because it is in eternity.

The key to friendship with God, he said, is not changing what you do, but changing your attitude toward what you do.

Becoming like Christ is a long, slow process of growth.

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

Jesus modeled a purpose-driven life, and he taught others how to live it, too. That was the "work" that brought glory to God.