You may never know that JESUS is all you need, until JESUS is all you have.

For that which is in your heart can never be taken from you. Then I told her of what I learned in Ravens Brook, of Betsey's vision, and that God's love still stands when all else has fallen. In the concentration camp they took all we had, even made us to stand naked for hours at a time without rest, but they could not take Jesus from our hearts. Ask Jesus to come into your life. He will give you riches no man can take away from you.

Do you know when she started praising the Wallers so highly?" Mama went on. "The day she left them. As long as she was there, she had nothing but complaints. The Wallers couldn't compare with the van Hooks where she'd been before. But at the van Hooks she'd actually been miserable. Happiness isn't something that depends on our surroundings, Corrie. It's something we make inside ourselves.

Godliness with contentment is rare.

Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don't have

My friends don't think they're rich, because they know someone who's richer.

While it's easy to believe the worst, God wants you to believe the best. He never promises a trouble-free life of leisure, but he does promise never to leave you and always to love you.

Suffocate the flames of envy with a blanket of gratitude.

What do you do when you're in the valley? You remember what God has done. When he comforted you. When he guided you. When he answered your prayer exactly the way you wanted him to. And when he didn't do what you wanted, but sometime later you realized it was exactly what you needed. And you dare to believe that what he's done before, he will do again.

Never before have so many people had so much and felt so dissatisfied. No wonder we often feel so dissatisfied. No matter how much we have, it can't compare to what others appear to have.

Normally, we're never satisfied.

God says happiness is contentment with what you already have, with what He provides you, with what you can share.