We must not allow our emotions to hold sway over our minds. Rather, we must seek to let the truth of God rule our minds. Our emotions must become subservient to the truth.

God is worthy of my loving obedience because of who He is, not because of what he does.

A willingness to share our possessions with one another is a very important aspect of true biblical community.

Sometimes the end God has in mind is to exercise our faith, so He brings us into straitened circumstances so that we might look up to Him and see His deliverance.

Prayer is the most tangible expression of trust in God.

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

We are 100 percent responsible for the pursuit of holiness, but at the same time we are 100 percent dependent upon the Holy Spirit to enable us in that pursuit. The pursuit of holiness is not a pull-yourself-up-by-your-own-bootstraps approach to the Christian life.