The cross will kill your pride… cross leads to death…the death of something leads to the life of another… we can’t bear the fruit of the spirit until death of the flesh… death of the soul…
Thank God for your pastor if you have one!
If possible, call him, text him or visit him. A pastor is a gift! Bless them, support them, encourage them! 🤔
Jesus loved them to the end. He knew Judas would betray Him. He knew Peter would deny Him. He knew the others would leave. He washed their feet anyway. This is love formed in God, not in response.
Love that depends on appreciation is fragile. Love that depends on loyalty will collapse. The love of Christ endures because it flows from obedience to the Father, not from the behavior of others.
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. …. Isaiah 43:18-19
A pastor is also a normal believer as is were But steps out of his comfort zone to shepherd God’s people… that’s what we must identify and esteem those who labour among us highly! ( 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13)
The sun rises for everyone in it’s direction for anyone there but how and where you position yourself determines if you will benefit from it or not…. Same way God’s grace and mercy is available for everyone, you need to position yourself for it! Selah