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“Diligence in all areas is required to ensure success in one area”

“Solomon told us that wisdom, understanding and discretion will guard us from evil ways. All three of these are qualities of our minds… Who does God give those qualities to? To those who receive His sayings, who inwardly treasure His commandments, who delight in His Word and meditate in it day and night; who pray for wisdom and understanding and who search for it in His Word like it were hidden treasure.

Chapters 10 & 11 were heat

“If left uncontrolled, we will find our bodies becoming instruments of wickedness rather than instruments of righteousness” p.108

“They that would keep themselves pure must have their bodies in subjection, and that may require, in some cases, a holy violence” p.110
-Thomas Boston

Sow an thought; reap an act;
Sow an act, reap a habit;
Sow a habit, reap a character.

“If we would succeed in our pursuit of holiness we must persevere in spite of failure”

Also read Proverbs 24:16

“Too often, we say we are defeated by this or that sin. No, we are not defeated. We are simply disobedient…When I say I am defeated by some sin, I am unconsciously slipping out from under my responsibility. I am saying something outside of me has defeated me. But when I say I am disobedient, that places the responsibility for my sin squarely on me.”