Skepticism Can Keep Us From Blessing, Can

God Is Never A God Of Discouragement. When You Have A Discouraging Spirit Or Train Of Thought In Your Mind, You Can Be Sure It Is Not From God. He Sometimes Brings Pain To His Children-conviction Over Sin, Or Repentance Over Fallenness, Or Challenges That Scare Us, Or Visions Of His Holiness That Overwhelm Us. But God Never Brings Discouragement.

Failure Is Not An Event, But Rather A Judgment About An Event. Failure Is Not Something That Happens To Us Or A Label We Attach To Things. It Is A Way We Think About Outcomes.

The Possibility Of Transformation Is The Essence Of Hope.

The Bible Does Not Say You Are God’s Appliance; It Says You Are His Masterpiece. Appliances Get Mass-produced.

When I Teach The Formal Curriculum, I Have The Chance To Think About It Ahead Of Time. I Can Rehearse It. I Can Illustrate It With Self-deprecating Humor And Humble-sounding Personal Disclosure. I Can Try To Make It Comes Out Just Right.