Which of us, then, does not offend frequently with our tongue? The real problem, however, is not our tongues but our hearts.

This is the essence of God's sovereignty; His absolute independence to do as He pleases and His absolute control over the actions of all His creatures. No creature, person, or empire can either thwart His will or act outside the bounds of His will.

The very first temptation in the history of mankind was the temptation to be discontent...that is exactly what discontent(ment ) is - a questioning of the goodness of God.

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

Worship is the specific act of ascribing to God the glory, majesty, honor, and worthiness which are His.

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

We take what we think are the tools of spiritual transformation into our own hands and try to sculpt ourselves into robust Christlike specimens. But spiritual transformation is primarily the work of the Holy Spirit. He is the Master Sculptor