Love provides the motive for obeying the commands of the law, but the law provides specific direction for exercising love.

The cure for the sin of envy and jealousy is to find our contentment in God

God never allows pain without a purpose in the lives of His children. He never allows Satan, nor circumstances, nor any ill-intending person to afflict us unless He uses that affliction for our good. God never wastes pain. He always causes it to work together for our ultimate good, the good of conforming us more to the likeness of His Son (see Romans 8:28-29).

Here is a spiritual principle: We cannot exercise love unless we are experiencing grace. You cannot truly love others unless you are convinced that God's love for you is unconditional, based solely on the merit of Christ, not on your performance. Our love, either to God or to others, can only be a response to His love for us.

The gospel is not only the most important message in all of history; it is the only essential message in all of history.

Every day that we're not practicing godliness we're being conformed to the world of ungodliness around us.

Gentleness is an active trait, describing the manner in which we should treat others. Meekness is a passive trait, describing the proper Christian response when others mistreat us.