But as long as we live on the earth, we are still on Satan’s turf. He will try to rule our lives by deceiving us into believing that we still belong to him.
– Neil T. Anderson
Satan
When you resort to shouting in conflict, you are reacting in the flesh. You have lost control of the only person you can control: yourself.
– Neil T. Anderson
Anger
Aloneness can lead to loneliness. God’s preventative for loneliness is intimacy – meaningful, open, sharing relationships with one another. In Christ we have the capacity for the fulfilling sense of belonging which comes from intimate fellowship with God and with other believers.
– Neil T. Anderson
Fellowship | Relationships
A Christian is not simply a person who is forgiven and goes to heaven. A Christian, in terms of his or her deepest identity, is a saint, a spiritually born child of God, a divine masterpiece, a child of light, a citizen of heaven.
– Neil T. Anderson
Christians
We don’t serve God to gain His acceptance; we are accepted so we serve God. We don’t follow Him in order to be loved; we are loved so we follow Him.
– Neil T. Anderson
Service
Remember: What you do doesn’t determine who you are; who you are determines what you do.
– Neil T. Anderson
Character
If you are not thinking right, if your mind is not being renewed, if you are not God and His Word properly, it will show up in your emotional life.
– Neil T. Anderson
Reasoning Renewal
The major strategy of Satan is to distort the character of God and the truth of who we are. He can’t change God and he can’t do anything to change our identity and position in Christ. If, however, he can get us to believe a lie, we will live as though our identity in Christ isn’t true.
– Neil T. Anderson
Satan
Your greatest fulfillment in life will come when you discover your unique gifts and abilities and use them to edify others and glorify the LORD.
– Neil T. Anderson
Service Gifts
The inner change, justification, is effected at the moment of salvation. The outer change in the believer’s daily walk, sanctification, continues throughout life. But the progressive work of sanctification is only fully effective when the radical, inner transformation of justification is realized and appropriated by faith.
– Neil T. Anderson
Salvation | Sanctification | Justification
The essence of temptation is the invitation to live independently of God.
– Neil T. Anderson
Temptation