The Doc. Virginia and Simon had told me that Dr. Dale was my doctor. I have a fuzzy recollection of walking up to some doctor-looking person and being totally absorbed by his gold tie clip. I suspected it was the button to end the world so I didn't touch it. I'm pretty sure it was Dr. Dale. I don't know who else would be so tasteless as to walk around a mental hospital wearing the button to end the world.

To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.

Prayer is a marvelous and necessary supplement of our feeble efforts, but it is a dangerous substitute.

Worry is a waste of emotional reserve.

whose steps were a restless substitute for flight.

Let nothing disturb you, nothing frighten you, all things are passing, God is unchanging. Patience gains all; nothing is lacking to those who have God: God alone is sufficient.

Lord, give me the courage to change the things which can and ought to be changed, the serenity to accept things which cannot be changed, and the wisdom to know the difference - Alcoholics Anonymous

We can actually live out the trials and temptations of the day before they come. We can in prayer deal with all our unrighteous aspirations, selfishness, perverse inclinations, impatience, anger, procrastination. This is a form of spiritual creation.

Prayer means that God's miracle-working power is always a possible solution to whatever challenge stands before us.

I ask You to pour out Your Holy Spirit on me and Your church. Draw me into a daily, more intimate walk with You. May prayer become as natural to me as breathing, and may You work through my prayers to help bring

Pray as though everything depends on God. And work as if everything depends on you.

Worry soils, even the purest mind.Envy poisons, even the purest heart.Greed sullies, even the purest soul.