When life is good and we have no problems, we can almost let ourselves believe we have no need for God. But in my experience, sometimes the richest blessings come through pain and hard things.

Don't concentrate on what you lack, concentrate on what you have. Then give all of it to Jesus for His use.

It's sobering to contemplate how much time, effort, sacrifice, compromise, and attention we give to acquiring and increasing our supply of something that is totally insignificant in eternity.

Faith is like a tender plant, rooted in Christ alone, watered by the Spirit and the Word, strengthened by the winds of adversity and the sunshine of blessing.

Our ultimate aim in life is not to be healthy, wealthy, prosperous, or problem free. Our ultimate aim in life is to bring glory to God.

There is nothing at all that God won't forgive

If God can bring blessing from the broken body of Jesus and glory from something that's obscene as the cross, He can bring blessing from my problems and my pain and my unanswered prayer.

The first secret to loving others is to immerse yourself in a love relationship with God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit - and abide there.

When your spirit is heavy, when your heart is broken, when your burdens seem unbearable - trust Him. Look to Him.

God can change our circumstances, but sometimes He waits for us to show real desire for change as well as our faith in Him.

You can look forward with hope, because one day there will be no more separation, no more scars, and no more suffering in My Fathers House. It's the home of your dreams!

Only God can save every soul.

Oh, but my treasure, it is so much less exhausting. You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day.

Be careful who you trust and tell your problems to. Not everyone who smiles at you is your friend.

All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.

If we're going to see sustainable results from all the other investments we're making in education, we need to build leadership capacity in each and every country.

I discovered makeup when I was 13, and it changed my life. I started wearing mascara, and overnight, people reacted to me in a very different way - I was more popular and I felt more confident.

The fact is that even art is subject to fashion.

He's most likely robbing the bank as a paycheck on the world for winning the ugliness prize at his local fete three years running.

I see myself in pop culture. I listen to pop music, I do pop things, and I'm also a scientist.

People ought to like poetry the way a child likes snow & they would if poets wrote it.