Failure isn't a character quality. It's just an event. How you respond to failure is your character.

If you are a member of a small group or class, I urge you to make a group covenant that includes the nine characteristics of biblical fellowship: We will share our true feelings (authenticity), forgive each other (mercy), speak the truth in love (honesty), admit our weaknesses (humility), respect our differences (courtesy), not gossip (confidentiality), and make group a priority (frequency).

This drive to always want more is based on the misconceptions that having more will make me more happy, more important, and more secure, but all three ideas are untrue. Possessions only provide temporary happiness. Because things do not change, we eventually become bored with them and then want newer, bigger, better versions.

Why is this happening to me? Why am I having such a difficult time? One answer is that life is supposed to be difficult! It’s what enables us to grow. Remember, earth is not heaven!

Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Don’t waste your pain; use it to help others.

If you always feel comfortable reading God's Word, you're either not reading ALL of it, or you aren't letting it sink in.

God does not want you to become a God; he wants you to become godly - taking on his values, attitudes, and character.