The cure for the sin of envy and jealousy is to find our contentment in God

The opposite of retaliation is to entrust ourselves to God, who judges justly.

God never allows pain without a purpose in the lives of His children. He never allows Satan, nor circumstances, nor any ill-intending person to afflict us unless He uses that affliction for our good. God never wastes pain. He always causes it to work together for our ultimate good, the good of conforming us more to the likeness of His Son (see Romans 8:28-29).

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

The pursuit of holiness is a joint venture between God and the Christian. No one can attain any degree of holiness without God working in his life, but just as surely no one will attain it without effort on his own part.

Lord, I am willing To receive what You give. To lack what You withhold. To relinquish what You take, To suffer what You inflict, To be what you require.

Jesus did not die just to give us peace and a purpose in life; he died to save us from the wrath of God.