As Christians, to key to successful living is knowing that although we exist in the natural world, there is also a supernatural world in existence running parallel to the one we see. Believers have been granted access to the spiritual realm where God lives; as spiritual beings, we have the authority to bring to pass things that have already happened in heaven. Whatever we focus on is the thing we become sensitive to; this is why we must focus on the eternal, spiritual things of God and not on the temporary, carnal things of man. Our thought lives are tremendously powerful; knowing how to use that power enables God to lift us above the situations going on around us.