something like this: "Father, I thank You that I have Your favor. Your favor is opening doors of opportunity. Your favor is bringing success into my life. Your favor is causing people to want to help me." Then go out with confidence, expecting good things to happen, expecting doors to open for you that may not open for somebody else, knowing that you have an advantage. There's something special about you. You have the favor of God.

Nothing you can do will make God love you more.

When we make mistakes, God doesn't change His mind about us. If you run away from God, instead of turning the other way, God will come running toward you. Quit trying to earn His love. There's nothing you can do to make God love you any more or any less. It's a gift. Just receive it by faith.

God accepts and approves you right where you are: faults, mistakes, shortcomings, and all. He knows you're on a journey. He's changing you little by little. He accepts you. Now, you have to accept yourself.

How much time are you spending down on yourself, feeling guilty for past mistakes, telling God what you don't deserve? That's a lot of emotional energy that's not doing any good. God hears you; He knows you're sincere. But God is not moved by our guilt; He's moved by our faith.

When we are saved by grace, we do not leave behind the commandments of God. On the contrary, we find the power to keep them in love.

In damnation, the sinner receives what he deserves; in salvation, the saved sinner receives what he does not deserve. Judgment is all of merit; salvation is all of grace.

Of all the things you must earn in life, God's unending affection is not one of them. You have it.

Jesus came to live the life we could not live and to die the death we deserve to die.

Grace is not just about forgiveness but about life.

If there were more than one path to salvation then it would totally negate Jesus' sacrifice on the cross, his life, his teachings.

We are not meant to be seen as God's perfect, bright-shining examples, but to be seen as the everyday essence of ordinary life exhibiting the miracle of His grace.