Before we can pray for God's blessing, we should ask ourselves if our disobedience could hinder his blessing.
Although their parents died in the wilderness for their stubbornness, Israel could profit from the older generation's failure by remembering that God had used adversity to train them.
No amount of human willfulness can overcome God's determined love.
Chastening is a mark of affection, not a sign of rejection.
The faithfulness of God in the past fortifies believers for future challenges.
There is a kind of misguided pity that deals gently with false teachers at the expense of their victims.