• God’s mercy endures forever, not His patience.  

• Heresy is sometimes as simple as allowing bad doctrine to coexist with sound doctrine.

• Satan always rules in the place of spiritual compromise. 

• Persecution against the church is bad, but compromise is much worse. 

• When we face persecution we are standing with the Lord against the enemy. When we compromise, we stand with the enemy against the Lord.

• Fighting is unavoidable if we are to complete our mission, but fighting is not our mission.

• The greatest testimonies are not those of deliverance but those of faithfulness.

• You testify when God delivers you, but God testifies when you are faithful.

• Persecution has never succeeded in stopping the church’s growth. Harm is always caused by unfaithfulness by the bride of Christ to the person of Jesus, the Bridegroom.

• The goodness of the Shepherd is misinterpreted by the sheep as boredom.

• Boredom is a sign that there is peace. When there is danger nobody complains of boredom. 

• Boredom is a sign that there’s provision. No hungry child ever says. “I’m bored.”

• The motive behind true repentance is RECONCILIATION. The reward of true repentance is RESTORATION.

• True repentance offers neither excuses nor promises.

• True repentance is an act of faith.

If the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God is maligned, His LOVE will be Questioned.

It is the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God that makes His LOVE attractive. 

If we don't love God’s righteousness we don’t truly love Him.

Atheism is more a denial of God’s righteousness than of His existence.

The one we seek to please is the one we love.

The greatest expression of true love was uttered by our Lord Jesus when He said, “Not my will but Yours be done.”

• Wisdom is a treasure.

• Go on frequent treasure hunts.

• God’s word does not merely have power. God’s word is the power of God. 

• Spiritual blindness is the greatest of all problems. 

• Jesus came to heal those who are humble enough to acknowledge their blindness.

• It is easier to see the problems; only the faithful can see the blessings.

• The opposite of faith is emotions.

• Emotional reaction makes for poor decisions which in turn create poor outcomes. 

• Living by faith is processing life through the lens and filter of God’s word.

• Ask, seek, knock are all a form of asking only at three different levels. 

• Asking is the first grade. There are some things available merely if we ask for them. 

• Seek: The next level requires more of us than merely asking. We have to seek for them. Asking is relatively easy. Seeking is more involved. We have to put in the effort. 

• Knock: Knocking is the highest level of prayer. Here we put ourselves out. We are ready to pay a greater price than when we were seeking.

• We are Believers Who Stand On God’s Word Because There Is Nothing More Reliable to Stand On.

• Faith asks us to make a choice. Fear also forces us to make a choice. The question is, “Whose report will we believe?”

• Wealth does not always indicate depth.