Jesus did not die just to give us peace and a purpose in life; he died to save us from the wrath of God.

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

In His infinite wisdom, God allows trials in order to develop perseverance in us and to cause us to fix our hopes on the glory that is yet to be revealed... Our faith and perseverance can grow only under the pain of trial.

God’s plan and His ways of working out His plan are frequently beyond our ability to fathom and understand. We must learn to trust when we don’t understand.

It is our response to our circumstances rather than the degree of difficulty that determines whether or not we are discontent

As we search the Scriptures, we must allow them to search us, to sit in judgment upon our character and conduct.

God is at work in all the circumstances of your life to bring out the good for you, even if you had never heard of Romans 8:28. His work is not dependent upon your faith. But the comfort and joy that statement is intended to give you is dependent upon your believing it, upon your trusting in Him who is at work, even though you cannot see the outcome of that work.