If life were perfect, it would be hard to see the beauty of Christ or to minister him to others.
If the Christian has any animating passion other than love for Jesus Christ, God will use trials to remove those from their heart.
Many Christians lack awareness of envy, even as its destruction is all around us.
Our hold on Christ strengthens during our trials, as does Christ’s hold on us.
The proof God uses that we are born from above is that we persevere in the faith.
God is the first cause of the saint's perseverance in the faith.