There are no shortcuts to developing patience; the experiences we go through that stretch our patients also help us to develop wisdom. Jas. 1

We all have an individual walk with God; we can't just serve Him vicariously through the ministry. The church has a job to do, both on a corporate and individual level. Ps. 84

As we grow in Christ, we find a balance in the things we have power to do and things we can't. Learning to accept our inability to serve God in our strength and lean on Him is the key to finding liberty. 2 Cor. 12

God proves us to show us what is inside, and in doing so, He proves Himself to us. 1 Cor. 10

It's easy to think of the love of God as a general thing, but His love gor us is very specific and individual. 1 Jn. 3

Ben Packard fills in. Many things seem impossible when we look at our lives, and the lives of others, but only when we trust in the ability of man. When we look to God's ability, nothing is impossible. Mark 10

The Bible ties fasting in with sowing and reaping, and with doing things we don't really want to do, not merely denying ourselves a meal. Prov. 11, Is. 58

We must be diligent to keep our hearts from believing a different gospel, than the the truth of the grace of Christ. Gal. 1, Gal. 3

When we add or mix things of the flesh and the world, we can eventually corrupt the spirit inside of us. 1 Sam. 22, Mt. 5.

The church is a walled city; only truth can maintain the wall and repair the breaches. Ezek. 13