Jeremiah 20:9, “But if I say, ‘I will not mention him or speak any more in his name’, his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.”

"I have taken it as a certain sign that I am doing little good when the Devil is quiet." - Charles Spurgeon

Romans 8:28, "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose."

Yes

2 Corinthians 13:14, "May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all."

Hebrews 2:1, "We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away."

Psalm 119:11, "I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you."

"The more we let God take us over, the more truly ourselves we become–because He made us." - C.S. Lewis

"My maturity will not depend on my years, but upon my yearnings." - E. Stanley Jones

Discipleship is key because the disciple does what the Master says. The closer we are to the teacher, the more like him we become.

"Worry is a noose on the neck and a distraction of the mind, neither of which is befitting for joy." - Max Lucado

Yes

"There is a place in God's heart that only you can fill." - Maxie Dunnam

Trust God.

My dad’s letter to me on March 30, 2000, when the Houston Astros began playing in their new ballpark. ♥️

Isaiah 53:4-5, "4 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his

Man of sorrows what a name for the Son of God, who came ruined sinners to reclaim: Hallelujah, what a Savior!

Psalm 27:1, "The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?"

"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows; it empties today of its strength" - Corrie Ten Boom

2 Peter 3:18, "But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen."