God demonstrates generosity, then asks it from His people.

Fear of the right type can be beneficial to the people of God (see Prov. 1:7), but the fear of man's hostile intentions seldom fits that category.

Attachments to older forms of worship may be comfortable, but they may contain elements of falsehood that make them unacceptable to God.

Fear of God and love for God coexist happily in the heart of people who are rightly related to Him.

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

Believers should be more concerned for God's opinion of them than for what human opponents might do to their bodies.

God leads His people whether they are obedient or rebellious, but His leading is far more pleasant when they obey.