If you are going to live by faith, then expect your faith to be tested. A faith that can't be tested can't be trusted.

The Christian who walks with the Lord and keeps constant communion with Him will see many reason for rejoicing and thanksgiving all day long.

Let God enlarge you when you are going through distress. He can do it. You can't do it, and others can't do it for you.

Truth without love is brutality, and love without truth is hypocrisy.

The most miserable prison in the world is the prison we make for ourselves when we refuse to show mercy. Our thoughts become shackled, our emotions are chained, the will is almost paralyzed. But when we show mercy, all of these bonds are broken, and we enter into a joyful liberty that frees us to share God's love with others.

If the only way I can make myself look good is to criticize you, something is seriously wrong with me.

We have little control over the circumstances of life. We can't control the weather or the economy, and we can't control what other people say about or do to us. There is only one area where we have control--we can rule the kingdom inside. The heart of every problem is the problem in the heart.