God makes provision for our holiness, but He gives us the responsibility of using those provisions.

Don't believe everything you think. You cannot be trusted to tell yourself the truth. Stay in The Word.

To derive the fullest comfort and encouragement from Romans 8:28 we must realize that God is at work in a proactive, not reactive, fashion. That is, God does not just respond to an adversity in our lives to make the best of a bad situation. He knows before He initiates or permits the adversity exactly how He will use it for our good.

As we become soft and lazy in our bodies, we tend to become soft and lazy spiritually.

Bitterness arises in our hearts when we do not trust in the sovereign rule of God in our lives

Grace is the love of God shown to the unlovely. It is God reaching downward to people who are in rebellion against him.

Not only has the debt (of our sins) been fully paid, there is no possibility of ever going into debt again.