We can never stop growing toward God. Holiness is a dynamic thing, a matter of motion. There is no static balance in the spiritual life. We’re either moving toward God or away from Him. — David Roper

If you think you are standing strong, be careful not to fall. The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure. (1 Corinthians 10:12-13, NLT)

Lazy people sleep soundly, but idleness leaves them hungry. (Proverbs 19:15, NLT)

When the soul does not direct its efforts to higher things . . . it stoops to concern itself with low desires. — St. Gregory

I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. … I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. (Philippians 3:10, 12, NLT)