Prayer is a recognition of the greatness of our God.

Jesus does not just bring good news; he is the good news.

To fail to pray, then, is not to merely break some religious rule- it is a failure to treat God as God.

Some suffering is given in order to chastise and correct a person for wrongful patterns of life (as in the case of Jonah imperiled by the storm), some suffering is given not to correct past wrongs but to prevent future ones (as in the case of Joseph sold into slavery), and some suffering has no purpose other than to lead a person to love God more ardently for himself alone and so discover the ultimate peace and freedom.

Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.

The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.

Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well.