[1]. Braveheart, directed by Mel Gibson (1995; Hollywood, CA: Paramount Home Video, 2004), DVD.

[2]. Hannah Hurnard, Hinds’ Feet on High Places (Wheaton: Tyndale, 1979), 168.

[3]. Darrel W. Amundsen, “The Anguish and Agonies of Charles Spurgeon,” Christian History 29, no. 1 (January 1991), 25.

[4]. C. H. Spurgeon, “The Minister in These Times,” sermon text available online at the Spurgeon Archive, http://www.spurgeon.org/misc/aarm12.htm.

[5]. Shawn Achor, “Make Stress Work for You,” Harvard Business Review, February 15, 2011, http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/02/make_stress_work_for_you.html.

[6]. C. H. Spurgeon, “Contentment,” sermon text available online at the Spurgeon Archive, http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0320.htm.

[7]. Divorce is a sin unless there has been adultery or abandonment. All other excuses for divorce are considered unacceptable by God (Matt. 19:8–9; 1 Cor. 7:10–15).

[8]. E. M. Bounds, The Necessity of Prayer, available online at the Christian Classics Ethereal Library, http://www.ccel.org/browse/bookInfo?id=bounds/necessity.

[9]. Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest: Selections for the Year (Grand Rapids: Discovery House Publishers, 1993), November 13.