There is no point in praying for victory over temptation if we are not willing to make a commitment to say no to it.

If we want proof of God's love for us, then we must look first at the Cross where God offered up His Son as a sacrifice for our sins. Calvary is the one objective, absolute, irrefutable proof of God's love for us.

Grace is the love of God shown to the unlovely. It is God reaching downward to people who are in rebellion against him.

God does not delight in our sufferings. He brings only that which is necessary, but He does not shrink from that which will help us grow.

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

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.

We insist that God must surely lead everyone as we believe He has led us. We refuse to allow God the freedom to deal with each of us as individuals. When we think like that, we are legalistic.