A #2 Pencil And A Dream Can

Things In Themselves Have No Life In Them. A Car Can't Comfort Or Encourage You. A House Means Nothing If There's No Life And Love Inside.

Here’s One Of My Favorite Statements: We Are Never Going To Enjoy Stability, We Are Never Going To Enjoy Spiritual Maturity Until We Learn How To Do What’s Right When It Feels Wrong, And Every Time You Do What’s Right By A Decision Of Your Will Using Discipline And Self Control To Go Beyond How You Feel, The More Painful It Is In Your Flesh, The More You’re Growing Spiritually At That Particular Moment.

Consider A Tree For A Moment. As Beautiful As Trees Are To Look At, We Don't See What Goes On Underground - As They Grow Roots. Trees Must Develop Deep Roots In Order To Grow Strong And Produce Their Beauty. But We Don't See The Roots. We Just See And Enjoy The Beauty. In Much The Same Way, What Goes On Inside Of Us Is Like The Roots Of A Tree.

You May Think That If Someone Else Doesn't Change, You Can Never Be Happy. But If You Change, You Can Be Happy No Matter What.

There's A Part Of You - The Born-again Part, Your Spirit - That's Dead To Sin. That's Why It Bothers You Now When You Sin. The 'wilderness' Part Of You - Your Soul - Is Your Unrenewed Mind, Out-of-control Emotions, And Stubborn Will.