When God speaks, oftentimes His voice will call for an act of courage on our part.

• We can be tired, weary and emotionally distraught, but after spending time alone with God, we find that He injects into our bodies energy, power and strength.
• The time you spend alone with God will transform your character and increase your devotion. Then your integrity and godly behavior in an unbelieving world will make others long to know the Lord.
• Too many Christians have a commitment of convenience. They'll stay faithful as long as it's safe and doesn't involve risk, rejection, or criticism. Instead of standing alone in the face of challenge or temptation, they check to see which way their friends are going.
• The best way in the world to deceive believers is to cloak a message in religious language and declare that it conveys some new insight from God.
• When God speaks, oftentimes His voice will call for an act of courage on our part.
• You have to have courage to be obedient to God.
• In giving us children, God places us in a position of both leadership and service. He calls us to give up our lives for someone else's sake - to abandon our own desires and put our child's interests first. Yet, according to His perfect design, it is through this selflessness that we can become truly fulfilled.
• An unschooled man who knows how to meditate upon the Lord has learned far more than the man with the highest education who does not know how to meditate.
• To have God speak to the heart is a majestic experience, an experience that people may miss if they monopolize the conversation and never pause to hear God's responses.
• When we learn from experience, the scars of sin can lead us to restoration and a renewed intimacy with God.