“Joy is a fruit of the Holy Spirit, which is most greatly experienced in the heart of those willing to surrender all self-sufficiency: self-promotion, self-reliance, self-protection, and self-absorp...”

“18. Godly character is what you are when you've been tried and proven. It is not what you say you are, or what people think you are but, instead, it is what shines through after you have suffered a...”

“Character is what is hidden deep, shows up in the worst of times, be it good or bad, and reflects the heart of a man.”

“Sometimes the right thing to do will cost us our greatest sacrifices, but the rewards will always outweigh our losses”

“Run your race. It's the only one that will count in eternity.”

“18. Godly character is what you are when you've been tried and proven. It is not what you say you are, or what people think you are but, instead, it is what shines through after you have suffered a...”

“The way to peace is not love, but Christ.”

“Marriage cannot thrive on left-over attention, it has to get your best effort!”

“When you love, you forgive; when you forgive, you love.”

“The dripping blood our only drink,The bloody flesh our only food:In spite of which we like to thinkThat we are sound, substantial flesh and blood--Again, in spite of that, we call this Friday good.”

“...the secret to joy is to keep seeking God where we doubt He is.”

“Joy is thankfulness, and when we are joyful, that is the best expression of thanks we can offer the Lord, Who delivers us from sorrow and sin.”

“Encouragement requires empathy and seeing the world from your spouse's perspective. We must first learn what is important to our spouse. Only then can we give encouragement. With verbal encourageme...”

“How would your life be different ifYou walked away from gossip and verbal defamation? Let today be the dayYou speak only the good you know of other people and encourage others to do the same.”

“If you follow your heart, you know true happiness.”