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Remember that nothing will prevent God from achieving His will.

While going through a period of time of being “in the wait” it may seem that nothing appears to be happening. No, on the contrary, you are growing in endurance. You are growing in being established. You are growing in being perfected. You are being refined into pure gold.

Think about writing your own “Tribute of Bravo” statement to God. It would be your sacrifice of praise and gratitude list for all the things you are grateful that God has done.

“Doubt says, “I cannot believe! There are too many problems!” Unbelief says, “I will not believe unless you give me the evidence I ask for!” Warren Wiersbe.

“Every day is an important day for us because it is a day ordained by God . . . Trust is not a passive state of mind. It is a vigorous act of the soul by which we choose to lay hold on the promises of God and cling to them despite the adversity that at times seeks to overwhelm us.”
― Jerry Bridges, Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts

“Today is mine. Tomorrow is none of my business. If I peer anxiously into the fog of the future, I will strain my spiritual eyes so that I will not see clearly what is required of me now.” Elizabeth Elliott.

The gospel can transform our identity. It did that for Paul. Why is it so hard for us women not to compare ourselves with someone else who appears to have it all together?

Fullness: Containing all that is wanted, needed, or possible. Not needing anything more. That state of being filled to capacity. Complete. Lacking nothing.

Epignosis knowledge means precise and correct knowledge of things ethical and divine. It is having divine wisdom. It is intimate, personal, and experiential knowledge of God and Christ.

Tender intimacy with the Lord, during the stress and trials in our life, develops within us the right perspective of having stability in God as our rock, shield, and fortress. But do we fully understand and own it?