God’s discipline may hurt (all discipline does), but its design is never for our harm.

Only the grace of God gives you hope that your eternity is secure.

If God is our greatest delight, then delighting Him will be our greatest desire.

Always we must be in submission to Christ in order to know how He wants us to lead others and what to expect in their submission.

Ignoring the instruction of an infinitely holy, loving, and wise God is like being a stubborn mule that needs a bit to keep it on a productive path.

The only way we can have a loving relationship with Him is not to view any spiritual discipline as a holy bribe, but as bread – God’s gracious provision to nourish and strengthen our faith in His heart.

There is a chemistry of the heart that is activated when we grasp the magnitude of God’s love for us. It’s that love that causes us to desire Him, and it’s that desire that makes us to want to walk with Him.

God knows my wayward thoughts and still teaches me how to pray.

We are each called to love, as God in Christ loved us. Such love is the path to others’ blessing and ours as well.

So, trust Christ’s righteousness alone to make you good enough for God, and then show His goodness to others in how you love and live for Him.