His willingness to look foolish resulted in epic miracles.

So thank God for opposition. It forces us to pray like it depends on god, which it does. And it reconditions our reflexes in the process.

Everybody wants a miracle; we just don't want to be in a situation where we need one. You can't have one without the other. Sometimes what we perceive as our problem is really God setting us up to do something miraculous in our lives. It's about training ourselves to see those problems as opportunities so God can intervene.

God can accomplish more in one day than you can accomplish in a lifetime.

But if you allow God to translate your adversity into a ministry, then your pain becomes someone else's gain.

God often uses us at our point of greatest incompetence.

Even when you have a setback, God has already prepared your comeback. The God who works all things together for good will leverage every experience, every skill, every mistake, and every bit of knowledge you have acquired.

God is infinitely bigger than your biggest problem or biggest dream. And while we're on the topic, His grace is infinitely bigger than your biggest sin.

Are your problems bigger than God, or is God bigger than your problems?

Maybe we need to quit letting our circumstances get between us and God and let God get between us and our circumstances

God's definition of going well is unique, distinct, almost eccentric. His definition of wellness is not about health, finances, or job security. It's not about unfailing protection from the vagaries and dangers of a broken world. It's not about life being fair. It's about acceptance.

As he said, "we should have a double eye: one eye to see that which is amiss in us, our own imperfections, thereby to carry ourselves in a perpetual humility; but another eye of faith, to see what we have in Christ, our perfection in him.