Commendation is our legitimacy confirmed by new life

Sufficiency is value conferred on us as God’s redeemed people

Serving is us called to participate in the Spirit’s work

Preceded by sufficient grief

Has a scope that includes everyone involved

Has a predetermined definition

Proves a full-life faith

Protects us from real danger

 Doable only because of Jesus

Subject to God, not self nor others

Differentiated, not domineering nor indifferent

Restrained, not badgering nor dismissive

Vulnerable, not sentimental nor clinical

Certainty of character

 Certainty of want

 Certainty of God’s faithfulness

 Certainty of God’s grace

Affliction takes us beyond our resources

Give us an unbreakable conviction

 Invites us to bolder praying