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Strength grows by exertion against resistance. Those who are motivated to get more exercise than their daily life requires of them will take the time and effort to get involved in a structured program that challenges them. This natural principle applies to the realm of the spirit as well, and building fait

You are subject to carefully crafted and expensive advertising and other media campaigns in an attempt to influence your behavior. You make an effort to resist these outside influences so that you may make your own decisions. Do you think of yourself as not being very influential in comparison to these car

You practice economy of effort in learning by interpreting new information according to what you already know. Did you have an established viewpoint, a perspective on the world before you came to a saving knowledge of the truth of the gospel? Hopefully there are some elements of biblical truth in what you already know, yet you should resist the temptation to fit the gospel into the understanding you already h

Do you ever feel that your service to me goes without recognition or reward? Some fields lend themselves to recognition of success. Athletes and actors have their special awards. This is less true in the world of commerce, but achievement there is rewarded with wages or profit. In most cases there are none of these things for service in My Kingdom. In my word I say that those who do their alms to be seen of m