Feelings are much like waves. We can't stop them from coming, but we can choose which one to surf.

As a young Christian, I was praying fervently one day for guidance on a particular issue when I felt the Spirit gently interrupt. I was shocked to think I heard him suggest that I was too busy seeking his will. How could that be? Then I heard the rest of his suggestion. "Don't seek my will in this matter. Seek me—and then you will know my will." Seeking God's will is important, but in this case my focus was wrong.

One's action ought to come out of an achieved stillness: not to be a mere rushing on.

Not appreciating the noise until she was surrounded by silence.

You got to remember that when things are out of our hands, that doesn't mean they're not in God's.

Eventually, you must stop running to something or from something and embrace where you are. Otherwise you'll never embrace anything.

All things pass, suga' pea. All the things a this worl' got a time for bornin' and time for dyin', and a time for troublin' and a time for restin'. Ssshhh

What can't be understood and neatly sewn up must simply be let go, not in the way of giving up, but in the way of understanding who is really in control of it.

A constant awareness of his superiority keeps things in perspective and, frankly, takes the pressure off. If God is in charge, I don't have to be—and neither do you. What a relief! So let your fear turn to wonder. And let your wonder turn to faith, as you believe in the One who saves you from yourself.

We followed the Three Steps to Hearing God that I had first learned from Joy Dawson in New Zealand. First, we took Christ's authority to silence the enemy. Second, we asked the Lord to clear from our minds any presumptions and preconceived ideas. Third, we waited…believing He would speak in the way and in the time that He chose.

This is what hearing God is all about, isn't it, Loren? Getting to know Him better.

Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.