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.

Material wealth is either a window through which we see God or a mirror in which we see ourselves.

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

It is a remarkable thing that some of the most optimistic and enthusiastic people you will meet are those who have been through intense suffering.

He knows when we go into the storm, He watches over us in the storm, and He can bring us out of the storm when His purposes have been fulfilled.

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

The school of suffering never graduates any students, so ask God to teach to you the lessons He wants you to learn.