The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves.

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.

When you are on the edge of your purpose, the ledge upon which you stand might begin to shake.

Grace for the race is grace for your mission.

We are qualified for Christian service by our praying not our preaching, by our desire to worship him and not our workload on his behalf, by knowing Jesus personally and not just by knowing a lot of interesting things about him. If you lose God's presence you lose everything, but if you know his presence you already have everything you will ever need.

When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.

During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”

But Moses asked God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “Since I am unskilled in speech, why would Pharaoh listen to me?”

Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly conquer it!”

When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.

For this commandment I give you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.