Meridian Magazine 3 Dec 2018 Craig Frogley
...In matters of the Spirit, the focus is on letting go of control and trusting Christ to bring the ancient repeatable promises of the Fathers.
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In matters of the Spirit one must also act in faith, but the focus is Christ rather than protocol. Trusting He is there, that He has the ability and capacity, that He can work through and with your skepticism, that He understands your specific needs and circumstances, that He knows your future, that His wisdom exceeds your own, that His timing is ultimate, that He can consecrate your life’s events to your ultimate good, etc., so that you are willing to act incrementally on that trust, is the essence of your faith.
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We cannot trust or have faith in Christ if we don’t value what He says. This makes our behavior towards Christ the variable. Therefore, if we are doing our best through study, obedience, and repentance, as His disciple, we will feel His love. Understanding the nature, depth and limitations[xiv] of His mercy/love will increase our hope.
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