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Faith that is heaven sent often doesn’t make any earthly sense. In other words, what God asks of the believer likely will not make any sense to the unbeliever. You see, the spiritual mind and natural mind have nothing in common. "But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned" (1 Corinthians 2:14).

There is a huge difference between tolerance and patience. God isn't tolerant of sinners, He is patient with sinners. In other words, God is not tolerant of tolerance when it comes to sinfulness. In fact, when it comes to us and God, tolerance and repentance are often at odds. "The Lord is not slack...

To obey the Lord, we do not need to understand His ways as much as we need to stand under His word. In other words, because God's ways and thoughts are above ours, it is likely that we won't fully understand His plan. Nonetheless, it doesn't take sight to take God at His Word, only faith. "For we walk by faith, not by sight" (2 Corinthians 5:7).

When we think we are down and out, God is doing above and beyond. And we may not be able to see His hand at work, but we can trust the perfect work of His plan. "Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according...

Our birthright to eternal life comes only through the deathbed of the cross of Christ. In other words, it is our 2nd birth on earth that qualifies us for heaven. And when we confess that Christ died on the cross for our sins, we become born again to new life in Him. As the old saying...

Our physical man may be fading second by second, but the spiritual man is being renewed day by day. So while the outward man perishes, the inward man receives the promises. "Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day" (2 Corinthians 4:16).