Lifting your eyes from the things of this world is an activity that must begin WHERE YOU ARE.

We must pay a price to touch godliness through daily decision to die to self and embrace the cross.

Every truth in this world stretched beyond its limits will become a false doctrine.

With all the decision making in my life, I often have to pause, look up and remember God is the One working behind the scenes. I say to myself, “He is able to work all things out for good. I just need to submit to Him and His ways. I can rest.

Yet so often it seems that victory eludes us. It is when our self-confidence is finally destroyed and is replaced with dependence upon God that we have victory.

The most important factor in abandoning our thoughts is to look in the Bible and see what God says about a matter. Then we must determine to act on His Word rather than on our own thoughts or those the devil may whisper into our minds.

To obey the Lord unseen—in secret—is the foundation of genuine godly service.