When we get our happiness from God, we want to share that happiness with others.
One of the defining crises of midlife is refusing to admit the truth to ourselves that we’re getting older.”
How to go from apathetic to inspired.
God wants us to evaluate ourselves by how deep and strong our faith is. He doesn’t evaluate our spiritual condition by looking at how we appear on the surface. The depth of our faith determines how much of a difference we can make in the lives of those around us.
God wants us to have friends we can be completely ourselves with, but this can only happen if we let go of control.
Conquer is a word descriptive of but rarely used to define Jesus. It means “to defeat an enemy, or take control or possession of a foreign land.” In this sense, Jesus comes as the light to conquer a world filled with darkness.