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.

Some duties exist simply because we are part of a larger family or community.

Sometimes believers are hampered in their public effectiveness by limitations that are no fault of their own.

Moses warned them [Israelites] that the leading spiritual danger they would face on entering the [promise] land would be forgetting the Lord. What adversity would not do, prosperity and satisfaction could. They were to be on their guard against spiritual lethargy.

The believer who feels the agony caused by rebellion will grow to become the best intercessor.

Curiosity is an enormous challenge to godly living.

Recalling what our lives were like before Jesus Christ entered them will help keep our daily problems in perspective.