We need to call sin what the Bible calls it and not soften it with modern expressions borrowed from our culture.

God never allows pain without a purpose.

God's guidance is almost always step-by-step; He does not show us our life's plan all at once. Sometimes our anxiousness to know the will of God comes from a desire to peer over God's shoulder to see what His plan is. What we need to do is learn to trust Him to guide us.

May we be as severe with ourselves over our own subtle sins as we are with the vile sins we condemn in others

We could not take one step in the pursuit of holiness if God in His grace had not first delivered us from the dominion of sin and brought us into union with His risen Son. Salvation is by grace and sanctification is by grace.

Worship from the heart in times of adversity implies an attitude of humble acceptance on our part of God's right to do as He pleases in our lives.

Biblical community is first of all the sharing of a common life in Christ.