Even if the main people who influenced us were negative role models, as Christians, we now follow Christ as our example and hear the Holy Spirit calling us into our true identities. When we begin to act like royalty, issues that felt like mountains in our lives will become mere stepping stones to demonstrate our character.

in reality only a change in the attitude of the individual can bring about a renewal in the spirit of nations. Everything begins with the individual.

No life is ever beyond the reach of the gospel's restorative powers, no matter how a woman's story plays out.

Sometimes walking with God means learning truth requires means rethinking your entire life.

What we discover is transforming grace (Romans 12:2) that leads Christians to "walk in newness of life" (Romans 6:4) and to avoid a life of sin (verses 1—14).

America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.

Lord, help me to begin to begin.

With every rising of the sun, think of your life as just begun.

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

God forgives those who invent what they need.

New roads; new ruts.

One revolution is like one cocktail, it just gets you organized for the next.