This week’s hound repellent comes from Mark Altrogge at The Blazing Center.
Ever feel like giving up?
You put your check in the offering basket month after month, and after years, you still struggle to make ends meet. You share the gospel with your child for decades and have yet to see her trust Christ for salvation. You pray for your friend to be healed for years, then he goes to be with the Lord. You spend dozens of hours counseling a couple struggling in their marriage, only to see them divorce.
I know pastors who’ve preached the gospel for years yet see little church growth. And small group leaders who’ve regularly prepared for meetings, opened their homes, and gotten together with those they serve, only to see their groups dwindle. I know believers who have adopted only to experience rejection and pain from the child they took in.
Sometimes we feel like, “What’s the point? Why am I doing this? Why keep praying? Why keep reaching out to this person? Why keep serving? Nothing’s happening.”
Yet God tells us:
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. (1 CO 15.58)
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