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

Most Christians are being crucified on a cross between two thieves: Yesterday's regret and tomorrow's worries.

If you look to others you will be distracted; if you look to yourselves you will be discouraged; but if you look to Christ you'll be delighted.

God doesn't bless us just to make us happy; He blesses us to make us a blessing.

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.

Trusting God means thinking and acting according to God's word in spite of circumstances, feelings, or consequences.

If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm.

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 devil tempts us to bring out the worst in us, but the Father tests us to bring out the best in us.

The way we behave toward people indicates what we really believe about God.

The greatest judgment God can send on His people is letting them have their own way.

Excuse me, " she said politely. "But you can't have him. Not yet. He's going to come back with me.

The great danger of law in modern student affairs practice is apathy, acceptance, and blind disobedience.

The Bible is not just one book, but an entire library, with stories, songs, poetry, letters and history, as well as literature that might more obviously qualify as 'religious.'

Hold'em is a game of calculated aggression. If your cards are good enough for you to call a bet, they are good enough to raise with.

Writing a lyric is writing a lyric, whether it's sung or recited. Perhaps the question to ask should be, has playing in a band for three years affected you? The answer to that is you bet.

Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have never decided to follow Christ.

There is perhaps no psychological skill more fundamental than resisting impulse.

True understanding is possible only when we are fully conscious of our thought, not as an operative observer on this thought, but completely and without the intervention of a choice.

There is nothing like the camaraderie that one has with fellow drinkers. It is a club you never leave once you join. Well, willingly or easily.

The motivation is fighting the right fight. The type of fight I know I can fight. That's the motivation and showing the people the way Sugar Shane really fights.