Help us, oh God, to remember that we are Americans. United not by race or religion or by blood, but to our commitment to freedom and justice for all. When we focus on ourselves, when we fight each other, when we forget you, forgive us.

Worry is focused thinking on something negative. Meditation is doing the same thing only focusing on God's word instead of your problem.

In 35 yrs of leading I've been afraid at every major step but I DID IT ANYWAY since I REFUSE let fear run my life.

That's the big difference between Christianity and other religions. The difference between Works and Grace or Do and Done.

So when you say who does Christ die for? He died for the church, okay. I don't think God's death on the cross through Christ was a failure, if you are saying that. I do not believe that anybody he intended to die for is failing in that area.

Worry is the warning light that shows I’ve stopped looking to God to meet my needs.

Remember how far you've come, not just how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be.