Persistence in prayer brings results that casual prayer does not.

The agonies of those who are falsely accused are of great concern to the living God, and He acts as their defender.

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.

Demons lie behind much of the world's pagan worship systems.

Mental confusion can be the product of divine discipline.

Conversion engages the mind as well as the emotions.

Theological error is the most pernicious of errors; it strikes at man's center and separates him from his Creator and Redeemer. God insisted not only that Israelites should judge their own hearts and cast aside falsehood about Him but that they should also confront it wherever it emerged.