The Lord longs to exalt His people as trophies of His work in them.

People sometimes punish to exact judgment for past actions. God disciplines in order to teach and always in the interest of those whom he disciplines.

Christians must allow no unclean thing to interfere with a harmonious relationship with Christ.

A life that is lived without regard to God cannot be called living.

The wise Christian will learn from the spiritual blunders of others.

We dare not trim stones to make God an altar, for if we do we ruin everything. We would spend time bringing people to the altar and saying, "Look at those beautiful stones we trimmed!" We merely need to accept the work that God has done for us in Christ. The object of His restrictions is to help us see how wonderful He is and to spend the rest of our lives rendering true worship to Him.

No amount of human willfulness can overcome God's determined love.