Only Those Who Walk In Holiness Experience

May We Be As Severe With Ourselves Over Our Own Subtle Sins As We Are With The Vile Sins We Condemn In Others

That Which Should Distinguish The Suffering Of Believers From Unbelievers Is The Confidence That Our Suffering Is Under The Control Of An All-powerful And All-loving God. Our Suffering Has Meaning And Purpose In God's Eternal Plan, And He Brings Or Allows To Come Into Our Lives Only That Which Is For His Glory And Our Good.

Your Worst Days Are Never So Bad That You Are Beyond The Reach Of God's Grace. And Your Best Days Are Never So Good That You Are Beyond The Need Of God's Grace.pharisee-type Believers Unconsciously Think They Have Earned God's Blessing Through Their Behavior. Guilt-laden Believers Are Quite Sure They Have Forfeited God's Blessing Through Their Lack Of Discipline Or Their Disobedience. Both Have Forgotten The Meaning Of Grace Because They Have Moved Away From The Gospel And Have Slipped Into A Performance Relationship With God.

God's Word Must Be So Strongly Fixed In Our Minds That It Becomes The Dominant Influence In Our Thoughts, Our Attitudes, And Our Actions. One Of The Most Effective Ways Of Influencing Our Minds Is Through Memorizing Scripture. David Said, "i Have Hidden Your Word In My Heart That I Might Not Sin Against You" (psm. 119:11).

... Self-control Is Not Control By Oneself Through One's Own Willpower But Rather Control Of Oneself Through The Power Of The Holy Spirit.