Four Lessons on Life 1. Never take down a fence until you know why it was put up. 2. If you get too far ahead of the army, your soldiers may mistake you for the enemy. 3. Don't complain about the bottom rungs of the ladder; they helped to get you higher. 4. If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm.

When a person does not know the doctrines of the Christian faith, he can easily be captured by false religions.

The mind grows by taking in, but the heart grows by giving out.

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.

Sometimes fear comes, not before the battle or even in the midst of the battle, but after we have won the victory.

I will be satisfied to the extent that I see everything I have as a gift from God. Here is the truth: Everything you have – your money, talent, friendships, marriage, children, material possessions, health, home, bike, car, even the country you live in – is a gift from God that He had chosen out of His generous nature to give you.

Wise people listen to wise instruction, especially instruction from the Word of God.