The real message of Christmas is not the gifts that we give to each other. Rather, it is a reminder of the gift that God has given to each of us. It is the only gift that truly keeps on giving.

If you are seeking to obey the Lord, expect opposition. Expect obstacles. Expect difficulties. But also expect God to see you through

You were placed on earth to know God. Everything else is secondary.

God's plans for you are better than any plans you have for yourself. So don't be afraid of God's will, even if it's different from yours.

Jesus did not say that the whole world should go to church.Essentia lly He said that the church should go to the whole world.

There's a difference between remorse and repentance. Remorse is being sorry for being caught. Repentance is being sorry enough to stop.

God is watching us, but He loves us so much that He can't take His eyes off us. We may lose sight of God, but He never loses sight of us.

Either you will have harmony with God and friction with people, or you will have harmony with people and friction with God.

So here is what it comes down to: the ultimate choice in life is between pleasing ourselves and pleasing God.

God will test you because He wants you to mature. He wants you to develop a walk with Him that is not based on your fluctuating emotions, but on your commitment to Him as you learn to walk by faith.

The most miserable man or woman is the one who knows what is right and does not do it.

The light of a new day always chases the shadows of the night away, and shows us that the shape of our fears is only the ghost of our own minds.

My mother was good at that, making people feel normal. Safe. Like as long as she was there, nothing truly bad could happen.

It is clear from both documentary and archaeological sources that conspicuous display and consumption of wealth was fundamental for an elite male to maintain power and position in society.

And the hunger that once chewed at them like a mean dog now seems more like an annoying houseguest who simply refuses to leave.

One lost easiest what one held in one’s arms— never what one left.

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I have the kind of show that reminds you of your problems, and then I talk about other problems you didn't even know you had until tonight.

Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere.

Human beings are storytelling animals. That's what separates us from other creatures, not just having thumbs or using tools.

Life without chocolate is just an existence