Mental confusion can be the product of divine discipline.

Although spiritual growth puts our wills to the test, after the battle has been won, we recognize that the Lord is the true victor in the struggle.

God supplies the needs of His people according to their needs but does not ordinarily allow stockpiling.

Intimacy with God is to be preferred above material wealth.

To know God and to find one's full satisfaction in that knowledge is the ultimate goal of Christian experience. The Lord's greatest delight comes when His people discover the ultimate value lies in the knowledge of God. Nothing in the material world can complete with the delights that are present in His Person.

Those who serve God in vocational ministry must learn to trust Him for their daily needs before they can encourage others to do so.

When believers neglect the revealed Word of God, they are likely to turn to silly and unprofitable methods of insight.