"If your faith rests in your idea of how God is supposed to answer your prayers...then that kind of faith is very shaky and is bound to be demolished when the storms of life hit it. But, if your faith rests on the character of Him who is the eternal I AM, then that kind of faith is rugged and will endure." -- Elisabeth Elliot
"Sanctification rarely looks like an immediate ceasing of a particular sin. It more often looks like an increase in the distance between repeated sins, and a decrease in the distance between committing them and confessing them. God is so patient with His children." -- Jen Wilkin
"Our Saviour kneels down and gazes upon the darkest acts of our lives. But, rather than recoil in horror, He reaches out in kindness and says, 'I can clean that, if you want.' And, from the basin of His grace, He scoops a palm full of mercy and washes our sin." -- Max Lucado