Wherever you go or whatever you do you cannot escape the laws of being and existence. One of those laws is that there is an opposition in all things. There will always be some thing or some person who will sabotage your becoming or there will be obstacles in your way. Just keep on keeping on and someday you will discover that those obstacles were forces of strength and the path which was often difficult now becomes easier.


Oh, how onerous the sacrifices we must make in the process of our becoming! Especially the sacrifice of our sins.


You must – MUST – give up your short-term pleasures for long-term, more lasting satisfactions. Isn’t that the definition of maturity?


We generally react to one of the most healing and safest words in the English language with fear and pride and stubborn resistance. That word is Repentance! What repentance does is free us from all the rubbish and bad habits that have held us captive and wrecked our lives.


“Endure to the end” is an axiom that many quote, but do not know its full meaning and intent. It is assumed that if one does it his salvation is assured. Thus they take life as a pleasant, complacent place of ease where they expect to be rescued at last if they just follow the rules and don’t do anything terribly bad. “Enduring to the end” means that our spiritual growth is a continuous discipleship, and we fail if we rest on our laurels

I used to think that retirement should allow me to now at last take it easy, only to discover that after I retired I am still faced with difficulty and challenges. One’s discipleship is a never-ending process, not only of advancement, but of discovery. When, I ask, will I ever be allowed to rest? Not until you become what you have designed for yourself to become.


A human being is like a garden. It must be fertilized, weeded, watered and cared for.


A true Christian does not forgive because he ought to, or love because he should, but does so as a natural result of the kind of being he is. So then, we need to pause in our journey once in a while and ask ourselves: What kind of being have I become, and what kind of being am I in the process of becoming?


If you pause often to count the cost, you will never accumulate the
benefits.


There are some things we must deny ourselves. Of course indulgence is comfortable, but what you don’t see at the time is that you may have to give up some other desirable thing. You simply cannot have it both ways. The law of life is that if you claim something you have to give-up something else. The quest therefore is, not do I want it, or is it a good thing, but is it appropriate? What will it manifest in the long run?


We must be devoted to singleness of purpose. If we indulge in every attractive thing, we lose our promise. The world is filled with attractive things which tempt us, but attractive things have a curious way of turning into unattractive things.


The trouble with many Christians is that they try to have one foot in the world and the other in the temple. In other words, church and good