Once we begin chasing approval, we never stop running. It's servitude to a thousand masters instead of one to please.

Love is not a feeling, love is a response. Love is an action.

Salvation is one of the Bible's great words, but many don't understand that the Bible presents salvation in three stages. Many people consider salvation a one-time, past event. They forget its ongoing nature.

But it's God who gives us the ability to do things, even to gain wealth; and we must remember that what we do is only successful when we do it - His Way.

We are to extend forgiveness to others in the same way that God did to us: Unconditionally.

As you read the Word of God today, read it with expectancy and anticipation for the changes it will make in you.

It is possible to live the Christian life just on the surface, knowing only enough to carry on an intelligent conversation in the church foyer with another equally uninformed believer, but when that happens you are vulnerable to the attack of the deceiver.