Secular counselors advise us to draw strength from our own inner resources. But that's hopelessly unrealistic. The simple fact is that in and of ourselves we don't have what it takes to deal with all of life's pressures and problems. Even the strongest among us have weaknesses. We are susceptible to vacillating moods, sinful temptations, and enslaving habits. In times of conflict and defeat, we are forced to confess that we need a source of strength beyond ourselves. And we can rejoice that there is an always available source on which we can draw- the inexhaustible Grace of God. Our inner strength is sometimes small during our times of greatest need; God's strength is great when we need it most. Draw on it!

~Philippians 4:13