QUOTES...

The meaning of TRIAL is not only to test worthiness, but to increase it; as the oak is not only tested by the storms, but toughened by them." Streams in the Desert

Fret not...  "A physician will tell you that a fit of anger is more injurous to the system than a fever, and a fretful disposition is not conductive to a helthy body; and you know rules are apt to work both ways, and the next step down from fretting is crossness, and that amounts to anger. Let us settle this matter, and be obedient to the command, "Fret not." Streams in the Desert

"Let things alone"  "A life was lost in Israel because a pair of human hands were laid unbidden upon the ark of God. They were placed upon it with the best intent, to steady it when trembling and shaking as the oxen drew it along the rough way; but they touched God's work presumptously, and they fell paralyzed and lifeless. Much of the life of faith consists in letting things alone. If we wholly trust an interest to God, we must keep our hands off it..." Streams in the Desert

"Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked." Ecclesiastes 7:13

"CAUTION - Be sure Brain is Engaged before putting mouth in gear."

CONQUERING FEAR  "Job had three frears: losing his children, losing his wealth, and losing his health. Those things which he feared became the basis of Satan's attack. (See Job 3:25.)  No wonder God warns us over 450 times in the bible not to fear." Bill Gothard and Staff

"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."   II Timothy 1:7

POWER - "Acknowledging our weaknesses and accepting our limitations as loving reminders to enter into Christ's strength."  Bill Gothard

"...For the joy of the Lord is your strength." Nehemiah 8:10

"...(God's) strength is made perfect in weakness..."  II Corinthians 12:9

"If we could kick the person responsible for most of our problems, we would not be able to sit down for a week."  Author Unknown