Conversion engages the mind as well as the emotions.

What we do in public determines our reputation; what we do in private determines our character.

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.

Some believers tend to forget God's persistent faithfulness in the face of the spectacular and showy.

Since all wealth ultimately comes from God, His people ought to acknowledge His primacy by offering Him the best of their wealth, time, and abilities.

God is enough like us to understand our problems and enough above us to be able to solve them.

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.