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

God is glorified when His people find satisfaction in Him and in His provisions for them.

Those who serve God in vocational ministry must learn to trust Him for their daily needs before they can encourage others to do so.

If Israel is to please the Lord fully, they will live lives that are as distinctive among the nations as their Lord is different from pagan deities.

We dare not trim stones to make God an altar, for if we do we ruin everything. We would spend time bringing people to the altar and saying, "Look at those beautiful stones we trimmed!" We merely need to accept the work that God has done for us in Christ. The object of His restrictions is to help us see how wonderful He is and to spend the rest of our lives rendering true worship to Him.

The opposite of love is indifference to the genuine needs of others.

When shame is missing from corporate life, society, quickly becomes uncivilized.