Faith overcomes our inborn hostility to God and his will, and frees us to keep his commandments.

Pleased with His Precepts

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The sovereign grace of God can turn the unplanned place and the unplanned pace into the happiest ending imaginable.

The Payout for Patience

We can know that our sins are taken away and that we will be safe in the judgment, if we trust Christ in such a way that it makes us eager for his coming.

Authentic vs. Phony Faith

Patience is indeed a fruit of the Holy Spirit, but the Spirit empowers us (with all his fruit) through hearing with faith.

Strength to Wait with Patience

What feels to us like a waste is what God plans. He works through the most hopeless circumstances.

God’s Design in Detours

Our election is unconditional in the strictest sense. Neither our faith nor our obedience is the basis of it. It is free and utterly undeserved.

Pleased with His Precepts

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