The family is society's basic building block or unit; thus, the stability of the community depends on the stability of the families that comprise it.

Our Savior's response teaches us that the promises found in the psalm are not automatic and unconditional. You shall not tempt the LORD your God, meaning God cannot be forced to act on our behalf. He does not take kindly to humans testing Him to see if He will respond. Save truthful repentance, we will reap what we sow.

Faith remembers truth but also responds emotionally to a wonderful, dynamic, gracious, and powerful Personality who is our Friend. So, all we must do is to follow His lead, and we will find rest from all our burdens in His Kingdom.

Super-righteousness is a misguided response that arises from our judgment that we are having all this trouble because we are being punished.

The very essence of God is love. Thus, we must make changes in our lives to conform to God's standard so that our prayers will be fully accepted by Him. God expects us to reflect His love in everything we do. And He wants peace.

We must judge because making choices and acting upon them requires judgment. if we really look inside another person deeply and clearly enough, we begin to see ourselves reflected in them. Once we recognize this, it tempers our judgment of the other and automatically activates the Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

Carefully obeying every word matters. We should live by every word of God. All of it reveals Him-and our nature as well. The more we know of Him and ourselves, the greater the chance of obedience.

God has called us. He has opened our minds, and so when we turn to Him, He will remove the veil, taking away the blindness so that the relationship can be more intense, pure, and trusting. That is His promise: He will remove the blindness.

We cannot achieve our goal without Jesus Christ, our sovereign God, Creator, Savior, and High Priest, by whom we are saved because He is alive and oversees our lives. He supplies every need for salvation and sustains us along the way.

An office is not a place from which to exercise power but a position from which to exercise service. The authority is certainly there since God gives it. The office is given, not earned. If we trust Him (God), we must follow His instructions.

We must strive to overcome the fear of death. Christ, having been raised from the dead, has become the first fruit of those who have fallen asleep. So also, in Christ, all shall we be made alive.

We will need Christ to wash our feet to make us completely clean again. None of us can carry unforgiven sins and remain part of the body of Christ. It is so imperative that we seek His mercy and help to repent each day.