More and more the distinction between prayer and the rest of life seemed to be vanishing for Betsie.

Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.

If you look at the world, you'll be distressed. If you look within, you'll be depressed. If you look at God you'll be at rest.

When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.

Jesus did not promise to change the circumstances around us. He promised great peace and pure joy to those who would learn to believe that God actually controls all things.

Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me.

Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.

This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see.

In order to realize the worth of the anchor we need to feel the stress of the storm.

Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.

By accepting and learning to embrace the inevitable sorrows of life, we realize that we can experience a more enduring sense of happiness.

Your value depends on what you make of yourself. Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you.

You can't have community as an add-on to a monetized life. You have to actually need each other.

The organic material, as the laws of chemistry state, can neither be created nor destroyed.

I had a whole bag full. And I still felt like I didn't have enough! Definitely more bikinis then you have days of vacation.

Judge me all you want, just keep the verdict to yourself.

Unlike my subject will I frame my song, It shall be witty and it shan't be long.

When I turned 16, I thought I was a man. I needed the money. When you don't have it, crazy thoughts go through your mind.

Beethoven wrote in three flats a lot. That's because he moved twice.

As the writer of the lyric of the song 'God's Country,' I am outraged by the suggestion that somehow I am connected with, believe in, or am sympathetic with Communist or totalitarian philosophy.