Unending pleasure in the next life; training for godly pleasure in this one.

Empowerment is to further God’s specific agenda, not ours.

We become more like those with whom we spend time.

Being blessed is better than merely being temporarily happy.

Knowing God will judge us, we should try to please Him.

When we are self-willed, we are acting like we are not part of God’s kingdom.

When we are confident in God, not ourselves, we will be humbly bold.

Christians have so much about which to be joyful!

If we would be all we can be, we must develop our creativity.

Genuine faith and genuine repentance are two sides of the same coin.

Be where the Lord wants you to be, doing what He wants you to do.

The solution to loneliness is a deep, loving connection with God and others.

Varying degrees of love will lead to greater or lesser degrees of intimacy.

Unity in support of truth and love should be diligently sought.

Our laziness insults God.

We should celebrate the Lord for who He is and what He does.

Compromise that does not involve sin can be beneficial but sinful compromise displeases God.

Courageously do what is right and leave the results to the Lord.

By living a forgiven life through faith in Christ, we are able to die well.

Financial debt is not always a result of poor decisions.

Let us express healthy anger and avoid sinful anger.

Meddling is being intrusive, prying, being concerned about things that are none of our business.

We should neither dominate another nor let them manipulate us.

External beauty is nice but fades while inner beauty lasts.

We can train ourselves to be content in whatever circumstances we face.

If we know our sovereign God loves us, we need not worry.

Being indifferent toward God or others has many undesirable consequences.

If we only find the literal meaning, we may miss a lot.

Ingratitude is disgraceful and unloving.

Perfected love would never ignore the Lord.