Willpower can produce short-term change, but it creates constant internal stress because you haven't dealt with the root cause.

You are as close to God as you choose to be.

Now I believe in Christ dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. I believe that we are in Christ, we are hid with Christ in God, and we are sealed with the Holy Spirit. So in essence, for Satan to get at me he has to go through the Trinity.

If not to God, you will surrender to the opinions or expectations of others, to money, to resentment, to fear, or to your own pride, lusts, or ego. You were designed to worship God and if you fail to worship Him, you will create other things (idols) to give your life to. You are free to choose, what you surrender to but you are not free from the consequence of that choice.

You are most like Christ, when you remain silent under attack.

Law is downstream from culture. By the time you make a law about something, you're reacting, not acting. I'd rather shape the culture.

God is the Father who is full of mercy. God is the Father who is full of comfort. That is the kind of relationship he offers to you.