“Worry is irrelevant. It alters nothing. When was the last time you solved a problem by worrying about it?”

Don’t be defined by your failures, be refined by them.

God’s mercies are new every morning. Receive them.

Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life.

Faith is the bird that sings while it is yet dark.

A woman’s heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.

Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the One who hears it and not in the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference.

First, God does not send people to hell. He simply honors their choice. Hell is the ultimate expression of God’s high regard for the dignity of man. He has never forced us to choose Him, even when that means we would choose Hell.

You may go days without thinking of God, but there’s never a moment when He’s not thinking of you.

Engage with the Bible. Meditate on it day and night. Think and rethink about God’s Word. Let it be your guide. Make it your go-to book for questions. Let it be the ultimate authority in your life.

God gives us people to love and things to use, not things to love and people to use.

Feed your fears and your faith will starve. Feed your faith, and your fears will.

Prayer pushes us through life’s slumps, propels us over the humps and pulls us out of the dumps. Prayer is the oomph we need to get the answers we seek.

The key is this: Meet today’s problems with today’s strength. Don’t start tackling tomorrow’s problems until tomorrow. You do not have tomorrow’s strength yet. You simply have enough for today.

Never underestimate the power that comes when a parent pleads with God on behalf of a child.

God can’t fill you when you are already full of yourself.

A season of suffering is a small assignment when compared to the reward. Rather than begrudge your problem, explore it. Ponder it. And most of all, use it. Use it to the glory of God.

We cant change people, but we can work on ourselves in a way that encourage positive changes in the people around us.

If you learn only methods, you’ll be tied to your methods, but if you learn principles you can devise your own methods.

For a day, just for one day, talk about that which disturbs no one and bring some peace into those beautiful eyes.

Women have to harness their power – it’s absolutely true. It’s just learning not to take the first ‘no.’ And if you can’t go straight ahead, you go around the corner.

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power.

If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder.

Everyone needs to be valued. Everyone has the potential to give something back.

You weren’t an accident. You weren’t mass produced. You aren’t an assembly-line product. You were deliberately planned, specifically gifted, and lovingly positioned on the earth by the Master Craftsman.