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

In any spiritual undertaking, God's first order of business is to see to the spiritual health of His people.

In a world of constant change, God alone is the Rock upon which to build a life.

Intimacy with God is to be preferred above material wealth.

Even the wisest people learn little from their successes; God warns His people against allowing their victories (which He will grant) to lead them into pride and spiritual indifference. Instead, they should pay close attention to God's Word.

God wanted Israel, as He wants Christians, to learn to utterly abhor and detest anything that had the potential of coming between them and their God. The believer's enemies are typically internal rather than external, and they pose a powerful threat to spiritual health and progress.

Giving to God should come from the firstfruits of a person's labor rather than from what is left after the bills are paid.