Love is costly. T forgive in love costs us our sense of justice. To serve in love costs us time. To share in love costs us money. Every act of love costs us in some way, just as it cost God to love us. But we are to live a life of love just as Christ loves us and gave Himself for us at great cost to Himself.

We're more concerned about our own "victory" over sin than we are about the fact that our sins grieve God's heart.

If we are going to learn to trust God in adversity, we must believe God will allow nothing to subvert His glory so He will allow nothing to spoil the good He is working out in us and for us.

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

Obeying the revealed will of God and trusting Him for the results.

The level of our obedience is most often determined by the behavior standard of other Christians around us.

We obey God's Law, not to be loved but because we are loved in Christ.