All that matters is I've put in my time and hit it with all I've got. All that counts is that, for this day, for this session, I have overcome Resistance.

We're facing dragons too. Fire-breathing griffins of the soul, whom we must outfight and outwit to reach the treasure of our self-in-potential and to release the maiden who is God's plan and destiny for ourselves and the answer to why we were put on this planet.

Resistance outwits the amateur with the oldest trick in the book: It uses his own enthusiasm against him.

PRAYER Lord, help me to put on the full spiritual armor You have provided for me so that I can "stand against the wiles of the devil" every day. In Jesus' name I pray. GO DEEPER

Greater is Your Spirit in me than anything else that tries to bring me down (1 John 4:4). You redeem my life from the pit and crown me with love and compassion (Psalm 103:4).

Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

Have God make a message out of your mess.

Never ignore someone with a disability, as we don't realize how much they can inspire.

There are times when you simply have to righteous hang on and outlast the devil.

We don't deliberately look for trouble in life. It comes. Suffering is a universal fact; no one can escape its claws.

Without dark clouds in our lives we would never know the joy of sunshine. We can become callous and unteachable if we do not learn from pain.

Christ never told his disciples that they would get an Academy Award for their performances, but He did tell them to expect to have troubles.