God gives the exact experiences he wants them to have in order to shape the specific destiny he designed for them.

I dont believe God's called me to survive the world but to change it for His glory.

God will arrange every experience in your life to serve His purpose.

When your perspective is preloaded with the Word of God, lies lose their power over your life.

Living your problems and loving them like locked rooms is much different from denying them or capitulating to them. It is believing that God is with you in the imperfect, even disappointing circumstances of your life. It is saying to Him with faith in your heart.

But Jesus wanted the crowd to know, look, 'John's (the baptist) the one who got this whole thing started.' In verse ten He says, 'This is the one about whom it is written, 'I'll send my messenger ahead of you who will prepare Your way before You.' Jesus says, 'If it wasn't for John, I wouldn't even be here performing these miracles.'

Most of us are so focused on what we don't have that we're blinded to what we do have.