sometimes God will allow you to experience larger problems in life because He wants to unveil a larger portion of Himself to you. People who want to give up on God simply because life's scenarios don't make sense could very well be walking away from a new manifestation of God and His name in their lives.

God's power can bring down any giant, but we have to be willing to get in the game.

But let us keep in mind Philippians 2:13: "It is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure." When your will is combined with God's will, He gives you the power to do what your will is telling you you ought to do. You are not fighting this battle alone. You have tremendous power available to you in Christ.

Yet, personally, I would rather take the risk of living out God's power instead of reducing my experience in the Spirit down to something I can control.

We should not try to "get rid" of a neurosis, but rather to experience what it means, what it has to teach, what its purpose is.

One should never think that man can reach perfection, he can only aim at completion — not to be perfect but to be complete. That would be the necessity and the indispensable condition if there were any question of perfection at all. For how can you perfect a thing if it is not complete?

Because nobody goes though life without a scar.

Conflict reinforces our need for God, drives us to him, forces us to look at him more closely, and deepens our trust.

Conflict brings out the leader in us, transforms our lives from the mundane to the cosmic, and by God's grace forges us into more compassionate, selfless leaders.

A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other a horse still.

I read my own books sometimes to cheer me when it is hard to write, and then I remember that it was always difficult, and how nearly impossible it was sometimes.

It is the function of perfection to make one know one's imperfection.