Sunday Morning Service 3/1/2026 - Fruit - Patience and Faithfulness

And it's saying that no matter what this world throws at us, no matter what we face in life, we can be content, we can be patient in all things because of Christ who strengthens me. Our strength comes only from him, and it enables us to withstand and to endure any suffering, any trials, any hardships. But on the flip side of that, it also strengthens us even when things are going great. [00:47:14] (30 seconds)  #ContentInChrist

And lastly, seek how the Lord can use any pain or suffering for his glory. Whatever you're facing right now, whatever you're dealing with, and each of you right now in your head, do you know exactly what it is? Think about how can we use that for the glory of the lord. See, the chief in the man, our main goal in life should be to glorify god and enjoy him forever. That's it. That should be our mission statement for each and every one of us. Glorify God and enjoy him forever. Give our lives over to him as that living sacrifice to be honored in life and in death. That's what he's called us to. [00:54:14] (48 seconds)  #UsePainForGodsGlory

So the fact that we are saved and get eternity with him, that's more than we already deserve. Anything on top of that is just icing on the cake. And the Lord has been so kind to us all. Even when we face those hardships, he's kind to us in the fact that we have a church family here that we can cling to, that we can, live life with, that we can come and worship together. He's kind to us in the fact that we can do that without being worried of someone coming in and trying to do, do something to us or worried about the government trying to shut us down or whatever it may be. He's kind to us. We have so much freedom here. [00:53:17] (42 seconds)  #GratefulForSalvationAndCommunity

And even if you're here and you've heard that gospel a thousand times as we were talking about in our life group this morning, it's so easy for us to take it for granted. Stop and reflect on it. Stop and really let that set in. And when we do, realize that's something that's always worthy of praise. So literally everything could be falling around us in our lives, and there's always something worthy of praise. [00:43:08] (21 seconds)  #PraiseAlways

Some of you in here right now are facing health obstacles. That's scary. They may be requiring patience. They may be requiring a faithfulness that is hard to wrap our minds around. Each and every one of you in here have your own things. So think about those because when we make it practical, that's when we get to these next steps. That's when we get to this place where we can see how we actually apply this to our lives. [00:50:58] (31 seconds)  #FaithThroughHealthStruggles

Tell you every time that I preach, it seems like there's a time where it comes back to this point, And I will always say it because it's something I always have to remind myself up to to keep our mind on eternal things. This world, while it feels heavy and while it feels like our permanent home at times just because it's all we've ever lived, we know it's not our permanent home. [00:45:05] (24 seconds)  #EternalPerspective

We see that, he had the correct mindset behind it, and we see that he was looking at Christ as his as his example. But it still leaves that question of how practically can he really do this when he's suffering so much? When he's dealing with so much, how can he have such a godly mindset on it? And we see this in Philippians four verses eight through 13. [00:38:52] (27 seconds)  #ChristAsExampleInSuffering

So we're seeing Paul talk a lot about, being content here. Well, contentment and patience work closely together. You know, honestly, I I think it's pretty much impossible to truly be patient in something if we're not content. Because if we're not content, we're striving for something else, and we're just itching to get at something else. That's not patience. To be truly patient in something, we also have to be content. [00:40:07] (25 seconds)  #ContentmentBreedsPatience