Authorities

Authorities must always be respected. They must always not be trusted. They must sometimes not be obeyed.

Ask for Deliverance

At one point or another, you will be asked to give up something that is an integral part of your life, but destructive to right living. You may deny its importance, but you will know the truth when you try to give it up, and you can’t. Do everything you can to be rid of it, but you will find yourself helpless in the face of it. The only thing you can do is ask God for deliverance. And God only gives deliverance to those who give up their lives and then take up the life He gives them.

Submit to Everything

"So it is no business of ours to decide what our submission to God will bring to us. All we must do is submit to everything and be ready for every possibility."
-Jean-Pierre de Caussade