It’s never too late for a new beginning in your life.

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 can suffer the pain of change or suffer remaining the way you are.”

“Courage is fear that has said its prayers and decided to go forward anyway.” 

“Put your expectations on God, not on people.” 

“When you are tempted to give up, your breakthrough is probably just around the corner.” 

“Character is doing what you don't want to do but know you should do.”

“Stop determining your worth and value by what other people say. Be determined by what the Word of God (scriptures)says.” 

“Spending time with God is the key to our strength and success in all areas of life. Be sure that you never try to work God into your schedule, but always work your schedule around Him.” 

“One mistake does not have to rule a person's entire life.” 

“I may not be where I need to be but I thank God I am not where I used to be.” 

“God doesn’t tell you to do hard things so He can stand back and laugh and watch you struggle. He tells you to do things the things that He knows are gonna work out to your good in the end.” 

“Happiness is not a feeling, it is a choice. To be happy, one must choose to be happy, not respond to a circumstance that now controls your happiness.” 

“You can not live your life just based on what everyone else thinks.” 

“Just because you go to church doesn't mean you're a Christian. I can go sit in the garage all day and it doesn't make me a car” 

“Our joy does not have to be based on our circumstances.” 

“Have God make a message out of your mess.” 

“Strive for excellence, not perfection, because we don't live in a perfect world.” 

“80% of people's problems are about how they feel about themselves.” 

“Complain and remain. Praise and be raised.” 

“We need a backbone, not a wishbone.” 

“Stop being tomented by everyone else's reaction to you.” 

“It is not about reading the Word. It is about obeying the Word.” 

“Don't just learn from God's Word, but believe it will change your life.” 

“An affirmation to say everyday:

The healing power of God is working in me right now. Eveyr day I get better and better in every way.” 

“Patience is not the ability to wait but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.” 

“Our past may explain why we're suffering but we must not use it as an excuse to stay in bondage.” 

“You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.” 

“It is not as important how we start (our past), but how we finish.” 

“Don't let your feelings be a God to you.” 

“Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once to get over the fear of doing it. Twice to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.” 

“you have to realize that you don't have someone else's life and your never going to. You better start loving the one you got. Embrass the life you have and stop wishing that you could be someone else. Just stop all that and start saying "God here I am. Do what you want to do with me".” 

“My purpose in life is to do right and to glorify God.” 

“Is there any real purpose in being alive if all we are going to do is get up every day and live only for ourselves?

Live your life to help others. Give & live selflessly.” 

“Focus on giving smiles away and you will always discover that your own smiles will always be in great supply!” 

“God wants you to be delivered from what you have done and from what has been done to you - Both are equally imporant to Him.” 

“Do yourself a favor and forgive anyone that has anything against you. Do it as an act of faith and trust God to change and heal your emotions. Pray for your enemies and never say another unkind thing about them. It is the only way you can move past the pain and begin to heal.” 

“Wisdom is doing now what you are going to be happy with later on” 

“It is not about doing what we feel like. It is about doing what God says.” 

“You can be pitiful, or you can be powerful, but you can't be both” 

“If you are accused of being a Christian, there should be enough evidence to convict you.” 

“Trust and faith bring joy to life and help relationships grow to their maximum potential.” 

“Everytime you feed the flesh, you strenghten it. This is good if you are trying to build a good habit, but detrimental if you are trying to stop a bad habit. The way to "kill the flesh" is to starve it; to stop feeding it.” 

“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.” 

“Excellence - Take what you have and do the BEST with it.” 

“Don’t run to the phone, run to the throne.” 

“Faithfulness is not doing something right once but doing something right over and over and over and over.” 

“Start believing the Word of God over our feelings. The truth always overrides our feelings. Find the truth in the scriptures.”