Jesus is not one of many ways to approach God, nor is He the best of several ways; He is the only way.

The Christian gospel is a message of freedom through grace and we must stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free. But what shall we do with our freedom? The Apostle Paul grieved that some of the believers of his day took advantage of their freedom and indulged the flesh in the name of Christian liberty. They threw off discipline, scorned obedience and made gods of their own bellies.

God's plan will continue on God's schedule.

The neglected heart will soon be a heart overrun with worldly thoughts; the neglected life will soon become a moral chaos.

No one can long worship God in spirit and in truth before the obligation to holy service becomes too strong to resist.

Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each one must individually bow. So one hundred worshipers met together, each one looking away to Christ, are in heart nearer to each other than they could possibly be, were they to become 'unity' conscious and turn their eyes away from God to strive for closer fellowship.

The KEY to disciplining ourselves in the area of obedience is always keeping in mind to whom we are being obedient.