I realize anew that, just as we must learn to obey God one choice at a time, we must also learn to trust God one circumstance at a time. Trusting God is not a matter of my feelings but of my will. I never feel like trusting God when adversity strikes, but I can choose to do so even when I don’t feel like it. That act of the will, though, must be based on belief, and belief must be based on truth.

The purpose of God's discipline is not to punish us but to transform us.

We need to call sin what the Bible calls it and not soften it with modern expressions borrowed from our culture.

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

Prayer is the most tangible expression of trust in God.

We must allow the Bible to say what is says, not what we think it ought to say.

Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God's grace.Pharisee-type believers unconsciously think they have earned God's blessing through their behavior. Guilt-laden believers are quite sure they have forfeited God's blessing through their lack of discipline or their disobedience. Both have forgotten the meaning of grace because they have moved away from the gospel and have slipped into a performance relationship with God.