You can only run the race of life by laying aside anything that hinders or cripples you from walking the path that God has chosen for you. You do this by faith, looking unto Jesus Christ, (the supreme example of endurance), the author and finisher of your faith, in the sense that apart from Him, you can do nothing.

A prototype is the first sample product by a manufacturer. The prototype is the blueprint for other products because it has passed all the test that the manufacturer expects it to pass.

The processes that God allows are not focused on what we get and how quickly we get it, but what we become in the process. This is a new way of thinking contrary to popular culture, which focuses on the end result, but rarely on the journey or the sacrifice.