Parables: The Talents - Brent Hall, 10:30am (Full Service), April 26, 2026

And we do sometimes fail. We do make mistakes. We do cross lines because we didn't think we'd cross. We we do find ourselves making mistakes. But that's exactly where god is waiting to meet us and help us to grow and to go to that next level. But you got to be willing to jump in. He's not angry when you struggle. He gets upset when you stop. And so I'm going to keep challenging us to to get into that struggle so that god can keep growing us together. Amen? [00:58:25] (50 seconds)  #EmbraceTheStruggle

And too often, we get stuck in phase one when what god is really wanting is for us to enter into phase two and grow and mature and realize that mistakes are part of the process. And here's the problem. If we don't figure that out, we stay stuck in phase one. Fear is gonna take hold, and you are going to be paralyzed. But my challenge to us today, my question for us is would you be willing to step into the struggle? Because the Christian life is a struggle. [00:57:39] (47 seconds)  #StepIntoGrowth

They they had a different return. They had used their talents to to bear a different amount of fruit, you could say, but they both get the same reward. They both hear exactly the same thing from their master because the master, he's not comparing how much we invest and return on that investment compared to other people. He's just asking that we be faithful with what he's entrusted to us to invest. And I think this is something as the church, you know, we have to be careful that we don't compare ourselves with other people. [00:42:20] (42 seconds)  #FaithfulNotComparing

But what we have to actually understand is that God loves the diversity of gifts, the diversity of talents that he wants to use, again, for his kingdom purposes. This has been an issue this issue of comparison going on for two thousand years. In fact, Paul has to deal with it in, first Corinthians 12. To this. He says, just as a body, the one has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. [00:43:25] (35 seconds)  #DiverseGiftsOneBody