“Be strong. Take courage. Don’t be intimidated because your God is striding ahead of you. I am right there with you. I won’t let you down. I won’t leave you” (Deuteronomy 31:6).

God intends more for us than merely a comatose life

“Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God’s Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don’t know how or what to pray, it doesn’t matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God. That’s why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good” (Romans 8:28).

People, alive in Christ, fully surrendered to his purposes and plans. Men and women, young and old, all seeking to genuinely become fully developing followers of Christ.