The preoccupations of seventeen-year-old girls--their looks, their clothes, their social life--do not change very much from generation to generation. But in every generation there seem to be a few who make other choices. Amy was one of the few.

There is a whole world of difference between those who look only for their own happiness in this world and those who know their true happiness lies in the will of God.

It is nothing short of a transformed vision of reality that is able to see Christ as more real than the storm, love more real than hatred, meakness more real than pride, long-suffering more real than annoyance, holiness more real than sin. - Discipline

If I am to love the Lord my God with all my mind, there will not be room in it for carnality, for pride, for anxiety, for the love of myself. How can the mind be filled with the love of the Lord and have space left over for things like that?

The Holy Spirit can and will guide me in direct proportion to the time and effort I will expend to know and do the will of God.

The ways of the world exalt themselves against God. They sometimes look rational and appealing to the most ernest disciple but Christ says to us then what He said to His disciples long ago, when many of them had given u pin disgust, Do you also want to leave me? If we answer as PEter did, Lord to whom else shall we go? Your words are words of eternal life, our rebel thoughts are captured once more. The way of holiness is again visible.

A missionary plods through the first year or two, thinking that things will be different when he speaks the language. He is baffled to find, frequently, that they are not.

If you want to live a godly life, then choose to put the things into your mind that lead to living a godly life.

Our actions, habits, character, and future are most definitely affected by our thoughts.

Pray for God's grace to nurture on the inside what He calls us to live out on the outside.

God's Word transforms you into someone who reflects His glory.

The Bible changes your perspective on the people, events, and circumstances of your day.