Pastor Rick Duncan acknowledges how chronic trials and unanswered prayers can tempt us to quit, but reminds us—drawing on 2 Corinthians 4:16–18—that though our bodies decay, God daily renews our inner selves by the Spirit. These “light, momentary afflictions” pale beside the eternal glory awaiting us, so we must fix our eyes not on what’s seen and fleeting, but on the unseen and everlasting realities of Christ’s promises.
