Practice of true community involves responsibilities and actions that do not come naturally to us.

Trials always change our relationship with God. Either they drive us to Him, or they drive us away from Him. The extent of our fear of Him and our awareness of His love for us determine in which direction we will move.

We don't have to start all over again and try to keep the slate clean. There is no more slate.

Three means by which God assures us that we do have eternal life: 1. The promises of His Word, 2. The witness of the Spirit in our hearts, 3. The transforming work of the Spirit in our lives.

Love provides the motive for obeying the commands of the law, but the law provides specific direction for exercising love.

God's sovereignty does not negate our responsibility to pray, but rather makes it possible for us to pray with confidence.

That which should distinguish the suffering of believers from unbelievers is the confidence that our suffering is under the control of an all-powerful and all-loving God. Our suffering has meaning and purpose in God's eternal plan, and He brings or allows to come into our lives only that which is for His glory and our good.