The heart that delights in God and longs only to see His glory advance will seldom be conscious of sacrifice. God in His wisdom asks that we first love Him and then live in keeping with that core value. He does not want His people to think of what they do as sacrificial, even though from the world's point of view it may be just that. Gratitude for grace of God will always be found near the center of the Biblical Christian's most powerful motivations.

God's loving discipline brings us face-to-face with our pride.

The spiritual heritage of the godly lives on after they are gone.

Celebration is best done in the company of others who can rejoice with us over God's goodness.

Compassion for victims is sometimes forgotten in a misapplied concern for their oppressors and murderers.

In God's pattern of justice, He takes the risk of the guilty going free but not the innocent being punished.

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