...when it comes to the issue of life and death I have no authority. Only God can give life and only He has the right to take it away. - Christine Caine

Of course we are small, but God is huge. Of course we have limitations, but God is limitless. Of course we are weak, but God is strong. Of course we are finite, but God is infinite. Of course we are imperfect, but God is perfect. Of course we fail, but God never fails. Of course we can choose to stop, but God is unstoppable.

...if we're to experience change in our very nature, we need to enter the cocoon of the Word of God. When you sit in your lounge room or your favorite chair reading the Bible, think caterpillar. It's like you're spinning your own spiritual cocoon.

It's in the confines of the cocoon that the unseen work is done in the caterpillar...This is exactly what happens to us when we abide in the Word of God. It's here He can do His greatest work in us. As we commit to this process we too will experience internal transformation that in time will cause external change.

The apostle Paul writes to the Ephesians, “Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you. Be very careful, then, how you live — not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil” (Ephesians 5:14–16).