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To all those in the body of Christ who have held onto their Bible beliefs, who maintained their attendance to their fellowships and continue to stand firm on the Gospel of Christ, well done good and faithful servant. (Matthew 25:23)
These last few years have tested your faith.
Some more so than others. You have lost loved ones, jobs and relationships.
Mark 10:29-30, "Truly I tell you," Jesus replied, "no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields--along with persecutions--and in the age to come eternal life. You, who have continued in the faith, will be rewarded.
(Hebrews 12:6 … and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him).
I applaud you and encourage you with the words from Hebrews 12:1
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.
Finally, remember Galatians 6:9, "And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Continue on faithful ones, your father in Heaven is well pleased."
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Finding Faith is written by area pastors. This week's column comes from Pastor Joyce Bucknor of Kingdom of Life Ministries in Woolrich.