Patience is the ability to suffer a long time under the mistreatment of others without growing resentful or bitter.

God's sovereignty does not negate our responsibility to pray, but rather makes it possible for us to pray with confidence.

Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God's grace.Pharisee-type believers unconsciously think they have earned God's blessing through their behavior. Guilt-laden believers are quite sure they have forfeited God's blessing through their lack of discipline or their disobedience. Both have forgotten the meaning of grace because they have moved away from the gospel and have slipped into a performance relationship with God.

It is our response to our circumstances rather than the degree of difficulty that determines whether or not we are discontent

Faith enables us to obey when obedience is costly or seems unreasonable to the natural mind.

Bitterness arises in our hearts when we do not trust in the sovereign rule of God in our lives

Giving thanks to God for both His temporal and spiritual blessings in our lives is not just a nice thing to do - it is the moral will of God. Failure to give Him the thanks due Him is sin.