Failure to persevere on a God-given desire is to drift toward sadness.

Never being angry is not a sign of health.

The cost of being persecuted for Christ is far outweighed by the benefits.

Peacemakers pay the price to try to have peace based in truth.

Many are limitedly committed to God but that is not purity of heart.

Having received God’s mercy, we are to be merciful to others.

Good local churches need strong believers, strong believers need to be in a good local church.

We are to yearn for right standing with God leading to behavior the Lord considers to be right.

Humility toward God is submission, toward others it is gentleness.

We should not tolerate our sin, acting as if it doesn’t really matter.

The poor in spirit accurately discern their basic spiritual need.

Some evil is necessary for the Lord to bring about maximum good.

Feeding the wrong desires can create problems.

Growing in knowledge takes time, effort, discernment, and experience.

Four key sections of the Bible give us the same message about how to have a more powerful presence of God in our lives.

The sinless Son of God had to die for us so we could live with Him.

Personal ambition is not suitable for a disciple of Christ.

It is important to have some idea of when anger is sinful and when it is not.

Since we all have notable flaws, we should be compassionate with others.

We must discover what the Lord wants us to do then do that.