Satan knows that the nature of humankind is to act out of how we feel rather than what we know. One of our most important defenses against satanic influence will be learning how to behave out of what we know is truth rather than what we feel.

The giant step in the walk of faith is the one we take when we decide God no longer is a part of our lives. He is our life.

We have no idea how busy God's hands are even when His mouth seems closed. Where God is concerned, silence never equals slumber.

We've reversed the standard, walking by sight and not by faith. We want to be the best of what we see, but frankly what we see is far removed from God's best.

If you'll follow Christ's commands, you'll follow Christ straight to your calling and you'll have developed the strength, grit, and stability along the way to handle it.

The giant stop in the walk of faith is the one we take when we decide God no longer is a part of our life.

Father God, I ask You to lead me when I'm blinded by ways I have not known, along unfamiliar paths please guide me; Lord, turn the darkness into light before me and make the rough places smooth. I pray these are the things You will do; I know You will not forsake me. (Isa. 42:16)

So how do we go from stumbling to standing? The answers will vary according to where and how we fail, but the source will always remain the same: God and His precepts of life. That's why you must be in the Word of God on a consistent basis . . . You have to determine to take advantage of what God has made available. Kay Arthur, As Silver Refined

Then they believed His promises and sang His praise. They soon forgot His works and would not wait for His counsel. Psalm 106:12—13

Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. GENESIS 1:28 Abide in me. JOHN 15:4 Go . . . [to] all nations. MATTHEW 28:19 Stay . . . and go. Jesus is our staying power in all our going. If you'll stay while you go, you may not always know where you're going. But you can know that wherever you end up, He will walk you there. [1] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th ed.

I am the Lord God, who teaches you for your benefit, who leads you in the way you should go. Isaiah 48:17

God reminded Samuel that the human mind has an overwhelming tendency to make assumptions based on appearances. God's choices don't always make sense to us, but they are never haphazard or random.