Simply by our proximity to Jesus, we can bring hope and life to people and places trapped in discouragement and despair.

Only those who put tomorrow completely into God's hand and receive fully today what they need for their lives are really secure.

Things change when you give your life to serving God, and that can be scary.

When the storms of life come, if they come to me personally, to my family or to the world, I want to be strong enough to stand and be a strength to somebody else, be shelter for somebody else.

Destructive fear must be stopped in its tracks or it will undermine the life God invites us to live.

Faith in God - life can never take you by surprise again.

The Providence of God is the great protector of our life and usefulness, and under the divine care we are perfectly safe from danger.

Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.

I know the journey seems so long You feel you're walking on your own But there has never been a step Where you've walked out all alone Troubled soul don't lose your heart Cause joy and peace he brings And the beauty that's in store Outweighs the hurt of life's sting

God had brought a "crooked" event into my life, and I became acutely aware that only He could straighten it. Could I trust God whether or not He straightened my "crook" and relieved my distress?

While it is certainly true that God's love for us does not protect us from pain and sorrow, it is also true that all occasions of pain and sorrow are under the absolute control of God.

God does not always restrain the wicked and harmful actions of others toward His people.