True joy comes only from God and He shares this joy with those who walk in fellowship with Him.
Our very worst days are never beyond the reach of God’s grace.
Only when we’re thoroughly convinced that the Christian life is entirely of grace are we able to serve God out of a grateful and loving heart.
We take what we think are the tools of spiritual transformation into our own hands and try to sculpt ourselves into robust Christlike specimens. But spiritual transformation is primarily the work of the Holy Spirit. He is the Master Sculptor.
Truth is we must plant and we must water if we are to make progress with our children in holiness but only the Holy Spirit can change our children more and more into the likeness of Jesus. Our problem is we tend to depend upon our planting and watering rather than the Lord.
There is no point in praying for victory over temptation if we are not willing to make a commitment to say no to it.
A son or daughter in any human family is either born to or adopted by the parents. By definition, a child can’t be both. But with God we’re both born of Him and adopted by Him.
The pursuit of holiness is a joint venture between God and the Christian. No one can attain any degree of holiness without God working in his life, but just as surely no one will attain it without effort on his own part.
Obedience is the pathway to holiness.
Trusting God is not a matter of my feelings but of my will.
Only those who walk in holiness experience true joy.
Godly character flows out of devotion to God and practically confirms the reality of that devotion.
Evil Rulers Are Never Beyond The Bounds of God’s Sovereign Will.
The pursuit of holiness must be anchored in the grace of God; otherwise it is doomed to failure.
Every day that we’re not practicing godliness we’re being conformed to the world of ungodliness around us.
Trials always change our relationship with God. Either they drive us to Him, or they drive us away from Him. The extent of our fear of Him and our awareness of His love for us determine in which direction we will move.
No circumstance is so big that He cannot control it.
Patience is the ability to suffer a long time under the mistreatment of others without growing resentful or bitter.
The purpose of God’s discipline is not to punish us but to transform us.
All pain we experience is intended to move us closer to the goal of being holy as He is holy.