Those who doubt most, and yet strive to overcome their doubts, turn out to be some of Christ's strongest disciples.

The greek word for temptation means to test, to try, to prove.

Remember, it is only exposed problems that can be resolved.

We must learn to do more with temptation than just bear it - we must learn to use it. The secret of using temptation, and turning it to our advantage, is one of life's greatest secrets. Once we have learned it we are unbeatable and unbreakable.

The Bible opens and closes with a wedding.

Robert Louis Stevenson, one evening, stood transfixed at his nursery window watching the lamplighter in the street. When his nanny asked the boy what he was doing he replied: 'I'm watching the man knocking holes in the darkness.' We live in a universe made dark by sin. Let's knock holes in the darkness.

Life works better when we know how to glance at things but gaze at God.