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True Religion and Inner Renewal
Many have trouble with the concept of the trials of
life bringing about Godly patience (James 1:2, 3). Peter
was told he would "be sifted as wheat." Upon emerging
from this experience, was his inner man not renewed?
Maybe this concept of patience will be better
understood if thought of as "waiting upon the Lord." But
they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall
run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not
faint, (Isaiah 40:31). Without looking to God and
successfully overcoming trials, I believe no inner
renewal can take place.
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Eric Hedden, Brunswick,
Tennessee
True religion is not an appendage of ritual on our
lives. It is the day to day conscious and unconscious
acknowledgment that it is God's ruling in mercy,. truth,
justice, and love. It is the giving over of our lives to that
rule and the conforming of our actions to the character
of the ruler.
1. You must be born again. John 3:3 -- "Unless a
man is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God."