The way we respond to criticism pretty much depends on the way we respond to praise. If praise humbles us, then criticism will build us up. But if praise inflates us, then criticism will crush us; and both responses lead to our defeat.

No matter how much you may change or how life may change, God never changes, and His promises never fail.

The most miserable prison in the world is the prison we make for ourselves when we refuse to show mercy.

What the majority calls "blessing" may actually be a judgment from God.

Hypocrisy means deliberately pretending. None of us lives up to his ideals; none of us is all that he would like to be or all that he could be in Christ. But that is not hypocrisy. Falling short of our ideals is not hypocrisy. Pretending we have reached our ideals when we have not - that is hypocrisy.

Most Christians are being crucified on a cross between two thieves: Yesterday's regret and tomorrow's worries.

Meekness is power under control.