Christ will un-train and un-teach us when we open up to the infinite possibilities of God. Undoing our worldly upbringing will be painful, yet our spiritual wellbeing depends on it. We should be encouraged by the fact that losing ourselves in return for gaining Christ is an eternally great deal.

If we churchgoers in the west want to make effective strides toward God's kingdom, then it is imperative that we suspend our imaginary status as a bunch of Mr. Know-it-all's. This is the main obstacle that lies between churchgoing America embracing the un-reached condition of our own United States. If we embrace our humble finiteness, especially in relation to our Savior's infinitude, then He might cause us to get somewhere spiritually.

Godly students of any age know at least this much about themselves: They don't know everything yet. This is also the fundamental prerequisite to learning anything.

Who is willing to unlearn everything they think they know? Who is willing to take life-altering chances in the name of Christ?

Youthful people seem best equipped for learning new, unexpected things. Youthful hearts are better fit to handle difficult discussions, because they are more easily stretched and grown. Not that being youthful is virtuous in itself, nor am I necessarily talking about age. If an older person is spiritually and mentally flexible, then that person has been wise enough to maintain the spiritual benefit of youthfulness.

It's not that youthfulness is impossible for elderly people, it's just that youthfulness is more prevalent in youth. Nevertheless, for the sole reason that God is great, therefore there is a remnant of His people of every age in this country.

Youthful hearts seem to bear a more useful, active quality of fruit as they deal with issues involving themselves because their innocent minds are better suited to change if needs be. This confirms what Christ says, that, unless we become like children, we cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.

Childlike faith is more likely to please God, because such faith simply believes what God says. Much of God's kingdom consists of listening to Christ and taking Him at His word.

If you still harbor disillusionment from negligent fathers, whether they were related by blood or by spirit, then now is the best time to cast this aside and focus only on Christ. Set aside all that hangs over you, or whatever it is that distracts you from listening to your Heavenly Advocate, who is Christ.

Faith is not just a shot in the dark. Christ helps those who ask Him for help and He guides those who ask for guidance.

Christ is always available to tell us what God thinks about us. Are you in doubt? Then talk to Christ about it.

Bear in mind that we won't be able to rightly understand our relation to Almighty God until we cast aside our man-made standards of measurement. Fleshly estimations are as limited as they are predictable. But God proves Himself to be God by being impossible for us to predict or measure.

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