UNIQUELY YOU

Everyone may have a similar story to share, but not one person all throughout history, in today's world, or in the future will ever be able to live your story exactly in the same way or in the same order as events take place in your life.

TRIBULATIONS

Tribulation is the fertilizer for patience; being grounded in the love of God speeds up a spurt of growth in patience; understanding the tenderness of our God helps to strengthen roots and cause shoots to sprout in our patience;

THEOLOGY

"...a theology which does not take fire, I maintain, is a defective theology; or at least the man's understanding of it is defective." Charles Swindoll

DOING WHAT ONE WANTS TO DO

"They must do what they have to do, to do what they want to do...

FLESH OVER SPIRIT

"Whatever weakens your reasoning, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes away your relish for spiritual things, in short, if anything impeaches the authority and the power of the flesh over the spirit, that to you becomes sin, however good it is in itself."

ENVISIONING THE POSSIBILITIES

"Anyone who toils away at the soil must think a few weeks ahead or envision next year's garden, for most gardeners are convinced that improvement is one the way." Visions of Paradise

VISION OF PARADISE

"In our effort to improve on nature, we are guided by a vision of paradise. Whether the result is a horticulture masterpiece or only a modest vegetable patch, it is based on the expectation of a glorious future." Visions of Paradise