Our duty is found in the revealed will of God in the Scriptures. Our trust must be in the sovereign will of God as He works in the ordinary circumstances of our daily lives for our good and His glory.

God is never at a loss because He cannot find someone to cooperate with Him in carrying out His plan. He so moves in the hearts of people - either Christians or non Christians, it makes no difference - that they willingly, of their own free will carry out His plans.

Bitterness arises in our hearts when we do not trust in the sovereign rule of God in our lives

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.

Justified" is even better than "just as if I'd never sinned." It is also "just as if I'd always obeyed.

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

Uncontrolled temper is soon dissipated on others. Resentment, bitterness, and self-pity build up inside our hearts and eat away at our spiritual lives like a slowly spreading cancer.