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God tells us to prioritize Him above all else. Got narrows down His expectations, making the requirement more stringent, because He wants us to want to be there and to really value the relationship. God wants us to look to Him for the ability to follow through with what He wants out of our lives, and He'll do the rest. Lk. 14, Mt. 12

Patience is the ability to tolerate trouble, delays, or suffering without getting angry or upset. We go through places in life where things are difficult or confusing, and we wish that we can just see God face to face and have an answer, but we learn faith as He tries our patientce. Jas. 5

God wants to reign as king in our lives,but He will only do that if we let him. God is God whether we acknowledge Him as such or not, but His lordship and the obligation of obedience and surrender it puts on us is the only reasonable conclusion we can come to. Prov. 21

God knows how to work with us to get us to bear the right kind of fruit; the fruit that He's looking for. Lk. 13

The Bible teaches us that while God has an expectation for us, we mustn't focus down on our "performance" but on His merit and our faith taking hold of it for ourselves. Our righteousness comes from Him alone. When God points out something that needs changed, it's not a judgment of us as a human being, but simply a judgment of an issue that needs to be addressed. God does that because He wants to fix it. Gal . 5

God wants to do away with our flesh nature entirely, not just the stuff that we don't mind getting rid of. God places much more value on obedience than doing what we think is right. When God brings us to a point where we need to repent, we want to learn to follow David's example of of humility rather than Saul's example of half-hearted qualified repentance. 1 Sam. 15, 2 Sam 12

We must learn to avoid the equal and opposite errors of believing that God expects us to do everything or that He expects nothing from us. There are things He empowers us to do, and expects us to do them. He also brings us through places where we can't possibly change the situation in our own abilities; in those places, we should pray and bring His power to bear. Lk. 18

it's important not only to listen to what God is saying, but to actually pay attention and take heed to it so that we can make application. It's also crucial to listen without a preconceived rebuttal the things that we may not want to hear. Ecc. 5

We need the truth from the word of God to inform our thought process. It takes practice to gain the experience to use the word skillfully, but it helps us to sort through the input we get from our senses. Heb. 5, Mt. 4

The word of God is perfect and complete. His word in us restores us to right fellowship with Him. It's not just a one and done type of thing, but something that He works with us on throughout our lives. The word puts a firm foundation beneath our feet and a straight path before us. Ps. 19

Propitiation is an appeasement, a deferring of wrath The appeasement and forgiveness of God doesn't change His expectations for us, but through the sacrifice of Christ, we are able to receive His justice in exchange for ours. God works with us to bring us into line with His expectations. Ex. 25, Rom. 3, Ps. 99

Change is an essential part of our lives. It is typically uncomfortable, and we often resist change while it's happening. Having come through a period of transition, we have a testimony, and a new set of circumstances that we are happier having than what we had before. Josh. 3, Jn. 14