Only with time do we really learn who the other person is and come to love the person for him- or herself and not just for the feelings and experiences they give us.

Accepted in Christ, we now run the race 'for the joy that is set before us' rather than 'for fear that comes behind us'.

Our need for worth is so powerful that whatever we base our identity and value on we essentially 'deify.' We will look to it with all the passion and intensity of worship and devotion, even if we think ourselves as highly irreligious.

It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.

Jesus' claims are particularly unnerving, because if they are true there is no alternative but to bow the knee to him.

Marriage has the power to set the course of your life as a whole. If your marriage is strong, even if all the circumstances in your life around you are filled with trouble and weakness, it won't matter. You will be able to move out into the world in strength.

Real love, the Bible says, instinctively desires permanence.