worrying about people and problems doesn't help. It doesn't solve problems, it doesn't help other people, and it doesn't help us. It is wasted energy.

Have no fear, child, a voice whispers. Have no regrets. Relinquish your resentments. Let Me take your pain. All you have is the present moment. Be still. Be here. Trust. All you have is now. It is enough.

Letting go is the action part of faith. It is a behavior that gives God and the Universe permission to send us what we're meant to have.

I always thought faith was kind of a personal thing, Dad says thoughtfully. Everyone has to figure out for themselves how much they should do things like pray or read the Bible.

True prayer, not just mindless, halfhearted petitions, is what digs the well God wants to fill with faith.

We can always hope and pray diligently for a miracle. If, in God's sovereignty, He chooses to accomplish His purposes another way, let it not be that we have not because we asked not (James 4:2) or that we have not because we believed not (Matt. 9:29).

If we would turn the time we spent discussing the other's life into prayer time instead, no telling what would happen to the glory of God.

A man is his tallest when he is down on his knees in prayer.

I don't believe God allows surrendered hearts to continue to long for things He will not ultimately grant in one way or another. Our disappointment with God is often the result of our small thinking.

How much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! Matthew 7:11

God wills that we overcome worry even when overwhelmed by legitimate reasons to worry.

Prayerlessness is the most prohibitive obstacle in the road to a believers victory, no matter what our specific pursuit may be.