God in His infinite wisdom knows exactly what adversity we need to grow more and more into the likeness of His Son. He not only knows what we need but when we need it and how best to bring it to pass in out lives. He is the perfect teacher or coach. His discipline is always exactly suited for our needs. He never overtrains by allowing too much adversity into our lives.

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.

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

... self-control is not control by oneself through one's own willpower but rather control of oneself through the power of the Holy Spirit.

God's unfailing love for us is an objective fact affirmed over and over in the Scriptures. It is true whether we believe it or not. Our doubts do not destroy God's love, nor does our faith create it. It originates in the very nature of God, who is love, and it flows to us through our union with His beloved Son.

Prayer is the most tangible expression of trust in God.

Christ exhausted the cup of God’s wrath. For all who trust in Him there is nothing more in the cup. It is empty.