“Lord, grant that anger or other bitterness does not reign over us, but that your grace, genuine kindness, loyalty, and every kind of friendliness, generosity, and gentleness may reign in us. Amen”

God wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers-not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful.

A man cannot do good before he is made good.

The bible is a remarkable fountain: the more one draws and drinks of it, the more it stimulates thirst.

God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.

Prayer is a very precious medicine, one that certainly helps and never fails, if you will only use it.

Whoever does not know God hidden in suffering does not know God at all.

It’s not what I don’t know that bothers me – it’s what I do know and don’t do!

Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God. Now if it is lying on your back, you are lost; but if it is resting on Christ, you are free, and you will be saved. Now choose what you want.

If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.

If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.

If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

A lie is like a snowball: the further you roll it the bigger it becomes.

The sin underneath all our sins is to trust the lie of the serpent that we cannot trust the love and grace of Christ and must take matters into our own hands.

Humor is almost always anger with its make-up on.

Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes angry.

Don’t ever get angry at a man for stating the truth.

Anger exceeding limits causes fear and excessive kindness eliminates respect.

If someone isn’t what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

The best fighter is never angry.

Anger is the ultimate destroyer of your own peace of mind.

I was angry and frustrated until I started my own family and my first child was born. Until then I didn’t really appreciate life the way I should have, but fortunately I woke up.