"God didn't save you from the ocean to drown you in the bathtub."

"God has a plan for us, it just might not be the plan we envision for ourselves." - Craig Groeschel

"If you want to find your purpose, find God. If you want to get close to your purpose, get close to God. When you get close to God, you get close to the One who knows the plans He has for you—good plans for a future and a hope." - Tony Evans

"Perseverance is endurance combined with absolute assurance and certainty that what we are looking for is going to happen. If our hopes seem to be experiencing disappointment right now, it simply means that they are being purified. Every hope or dream of the human mind will be fulfilled if it is noble and of God. But one of the greatest stresses in life is the stress of waiting for God. Continue to persevere spiritually." - Oswald Chambers

"Peace is the deliberate adjustment of my life to the will of God."

Last night, I heard a college baseball player say, "You can't control results. You can only control effort."

"Over the years, I've come to a realization – I can rest in the assurance that if something is meant to be, it isn’t up to me. It’s up to God. I give what I can give. And then wait for Him to give what only He can give. So, if He makes it happen without all my chaotic self-effort, then I will know it is His best. And if it doesn’t happen, I will praise Him for saving me from myself." - Lysa TerKeurst

"God seems to have a delightful way of upsetting the plans we have made when we have not taken Him into account. Suddenly we realize that we have been making our plans without Him--that we have not even considered Him to be a vital, living factor in the planning of our lives. And yet the only thing that will keep us from even the possibility of worrying is to bring God in as the greatest factor in all of our planning. Get into the habit of putting God first and planning with Him in mind." - Oswald Chambers

In real estate it’s all about, “Location! Location! Location!” In knowing God it’s all about, “Perspective! Perspective! Perspective!” When we trust God, we’re able to see Him working in our circumstances, because we finally see our lives from His perspective; and when we see life from God’s perspective, at last, we see God working in our lives. But all of this will take one word: trust, and precious few people trust God enough to believe that what He allows will work for their good. Most people spend their lives wishing something different were happening to them. Trust Jesus! Let Him guide every aspect of your life, and you’ll learn to love the life He’s given you. Why? Because He does! “...it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.” (Philippians 2:13) - Francis Anfuso

God has a great race for you to run. But you have to drop some stuff. How can you share grace if you’re full of guilt? How can you offer comfort if you’re disheartened? God is saying, “Set it down, child. I’ll carry that one.” What do you say we take God up on his wonderful offer? We just might find ourselves traveling a little lighter. - Max Lucado

"The surf that distresses the ordinary swimmer produces in the surf-rider the super joy of going clean through it. Apply that to our own circumstances; these very things—tribulation, distress, persecution—produce in us the super joy; they are not things to fight. We are more than conquerors through Him in all these things; not in spite of them, but in the midst of them." – Oswald Chambers

“The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.” Tom Bodett

"Here is the AMAZING thing about GOD... HE can take the painful chapters of your life and make them into something beautiful. You see, my story may have had some dark chapters, but I NEVER forget that GOD is ALWAYS holding the pen... And, no matter how deep the lows may be, I am comforted by the fact that GOD can rewrite the story! More reason to PRAISE HIS NAME!" - RK

"We are all imperfect people. That's why it amazes me how people are so quick to pass judgement as if their life has been struggle free. They talk down on others like they ain't never had a rock bottom. Always giving opinions with no solutions. They do this because it's easier to criticize someone's walk, than it is to understand someone's path. Judgement always comes from the most insecure people. It comes from the people who FORGOT where God met them at. It comes from the people who haven't realized hurting others won't heal themselves. It's funny because they know the least, but always have the most to say. You just have to realize their hatefulness has nothing to do with you. They only can give others what they have inside their hearts." - Trent Shelton