When we get our happiness from God, we want to share that happiness with others.
Strength comes from quiet and confident trust in God.
The condition of your faith and heart will determine whether you enter the presence of God or the realm of religiosity.
When understood and taken to God, emotions create an intimate relationship with God and friends like no other.
By digging down deep, we start the process toward having a faith in God that is not easily shaken. However, depth takes work. It is not a personality trait or a natural talent, but rather a skill that must be worked at and developed over time.
The longer you do something, the easier it becomes to forget why you started doing it. This can happen to us with Christianity. If you have a seared conscience, these steps will help your heart heal.
God wants us to have friends we can be completely ourselves with, but this can only happen if we let go of control.
The key to turning our emotion into action is trusting God.
How do you respond when you go through storms in life? Emotional storms? Do they drive you closer to God and make you stronger in your convictions? Or do storms leave you shaken and weakened in your faith?