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

We are 100 percent responsible for the pursuit of holiness, but at the same time we are 100 percent dependent upon the Holy Spirit to enable us in that pursuit. The pursuit of holiness is not a pull-yourself-up-by-your-own-bootstraps approach to the Christian life.

Every day that we're not practicing godliness we're being conformed to the world of ungodliness around us.

Don't believe everything you think. You cannot be trusted to tell yourself the truth. Stay in The Word.

If there is not at least a yearning in our hearts to live a holy life pleasing to God, we need to seriously question whether our faith in Christ is genuine.

Obedience is the pathway to holiness.

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