"...waiting only makes attaining that dream/goal much more satisfying and helps you savor the worth of your victory..."

"...do you have charity?...For love is not just an act, it is a person. God is love."

"I am convinced that our challenge with holding onto the promises of God is because we do not know 'when it will happen', 'we don’t feel like it will happen', 'it seems too impossible for it to happen' and 'we feel it is too late for it to happen'. We allow our feelings to trump our faith."

"...most of us are no different from the recalcitrant and unbelieving children of Israel. We let our appetite and human sight distract us from where God is taking us to. We fret about what to eat and what to wear like God doesn't know that we need these things."

"And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your father in heaven may forgive you your sins"

"Your decision to lean on God is not a guarantee that everything will suddenly become perfect. Rather, it is an assurance that no matter what, God is with you and His purposes for your life will not fail".

"...although the comfort zone is a beautiful place, nothing ever grows there".

"The wicked flee when no one pursues, But the righteous are bold as a lion".

"Don't expect to be great, if you cannot start small."

"...say someone helped you replace a flat tire. Gratefulness is when you let that someone know how much you appreciate their help. But thankfulness is when you appreciate the fact that your flat tire is replaced. The former is explicit but the latter tends to be implicit. You tell the person how grateful you are for their help but that feeling of relief that your tire got replaced is mostly reserved for yourself."