Faith Over Fear
Faith Over Fear
Called To Produce For God’s Kingdom
What if your daily life is already the mission field you’ve been asking God to reveal? We unpack a clear, urgent call: God expects His people to produce fruit—tangible outcomes that bless others and point back to Jesus. Through the parable of the minas, we look at trust, effort and accountability, and why even small faithful steps matter more than perfect plans. The warning is honest—neglect has consequences—but the invitation is full of hope: ask for what you need, and the Father will equip you for the work He’s given you.
We talk about using whatever you have—your job, your studies, your family, your platform—to serve with courage and clarity. You’ll hear how Luke 13’s barren fig tree reveals both God’s patience and a deadline for change, why John 15 insists that we were chosen to bear fruit that remains, and how Colossians 1 frames a life that walks worthy, produces in every good work, and grows in knowledge. From Psalm 1’s rooted stability to Romans 6’s promise that fruit leads to sanctification and eternal life, we keep returning to one theme: abiding creates output. When you’re planted by the stream, the leaf does not wither.
We also challenge entitlement with Luke 17’s servant posture. Duty over applause keeps our hearts clean and our hands busy, whether or not anyone notices. And when fear whispers, we remember Paul’s shipwrecks and snakebites—assignments survive adversity because God keeps His promises. If doors need opening, He will open them. Our part is to pray boldly, start small, stay steady and trust the One who appointed us to bear fruit.
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On this episode of Faith Over Fear, we're going to be talking about producing for the kingdom of God. We all have a job to do. We all have been given a task to do by God Himself. And if we don't fulfill this task, if we don't produce for the kingdom of God, it says in the Bible that we'll be cut off and thrown into the fire. We'll be right back in just a few seconds. This is episode 34, where we're going to be talking about producing for the kingdom of God. Everything came out perfect. Everything was great. Thank God. You know, he's the one that guided us through the labor. He's the one that guided my wife through this whole pregnancy. He's the one that kept my wife and my daughter uh healthy. So I just wanted to first say thank you, God, for allowing me to see and partake of this whole event. It's easily the most beautiful, beautiful event I've ever witnessed, the most beautiful feelings that I've ever gotten. And we we are truly grateful to have Layla in in our home now. And it was it was awesome. It's a beautiful blessing. Um tired nights, sleepless nights, but we do it out of love. And yeah, if you guys follow me on social media, you guys would be able to see um our daughter. Um, but yeah, it's been it's been great. It's been amazing. I I couldn't be more thankful to God for the wonderful blessing that He's given me and my family. Um, my wife has been doing good, you know, um after birth, you know, it takes time to heal. Uh, but she's been doing great. Our daughter Layla, she's doing great. She's eating, you know, doing her stuff, sleeping, eating, sleeping, eating. That's all they do. But it's been an amazing blessing, and I couldn't be any happier. Um, before we get started, uh, let's just make sure that you guys are following, that you guys are subscribing, that you guys are leaving five-star reviews on Spotify, that you guys are leaving five-star reviews on Apple Podcasts. Uh, the podcast is officially on like every streaming service. So whatever you you stream on, uh, go ahead and listen to it, give it a like, share it with as many people as we possibly can. This message needs to be heard by as many people as we can. They need to hear the gospel, they need to hear the truth, they need to hear what God has for every single one of us. Uh, so just make sure that we are hitting the like button, subscribing, that we are leaving five-star reviews, that we're commenting, that we're engaging with everything that with either social media or the podcast or wherever, whatever streaming services that you're listening to this. Um, and before we get started, let's just make sure that we do a quick prayer. Father God, we come before you. And before anything else, Lord, I just want to say thank you for everything that you have given us. Thank you, Lord, because you sacrificed your life for us, even though we didn't deserve it, even though we did nothing to deserve it, Lord. But you decided to sacrifice your life for us. You loved us so much that you said, no, I have to do something to be able to save my creation. And you gave your life for us. Thank you, Lord, because every single blessing comes from you. We're able to open up our eyes because of you. We're able to have air in our lungs because of you. We're able to attain and do everything because of you. Nothing comes from our own strength, nothing comes from our own mind. It's all because of you. We are here because of you, Lord. Open up our hearts, open up our minds to your word. And Lord, may you use my vessel, may you use this body to speak to your people, to convey the message that you want to convey tonight. In the name of Jesus, amen. So, producing fruit for the kingdom of God. Um, I feel like this is what I've been on for the past couple weeks. This is all that God has been bugging me about. This is all that he tells me to speak on. This is what keeps coming back is just we have to produce for the kingdom of God. We have a mission in the kingdom of God. What is our mission? What do we have to do for God? What is our purpose? All these things come up, and I have I have to give it to put it out there because we have to understand that they're as part of a kingdom, as part of people of God, he has given us a mission, he has tasked us with things to do. And if we're not doing them, what's gonna happen? God is a just God, he's a faithful God, he is a God that is righteous, and whatever judgment needs to happen will happen, whether good or bad. It's like being at at your job or at school, um, wherever wherever you are in life, there's always an authority figure that's above you. Always. Doesn't matter where you are, military, work, uh, school, uh, where else, whatever you can think of, at church, there's always an authority figure above you. You and you can keep going and going. And even in um in the government, the president is the authority figure for the whole country, but he has to answer to uh the Supreme Court, he has to answer to Congress, he has to answer to the Senate. He can't just do things all by himself, he has to answer to a group of people. So everybody has an authority figure over them. If you start slacking, if you start not doing your job correctly, if you stop showing up, if you start calling out sick, if you start being late, if you start doing things that are wrong, you're going to be called out, you are going to be spoken to, you're gonna get written up, you're going to, you know, you're gonna be given consequences. Or you might just lose your job, or you might be kicked out of school, or you might just lose that position that you're currently in. So it's the same thing for the kingdom of God. We are under God's authority, and God tells us, hey, I want you guys to do this, this, and this. I want you to carry this out, I want you to fulfill the purpose that I have for you, and I want you to do it this way, and I want you to do this. And if we're not fulfilling the purpose that God has given us, what's going to happen? And that's what we're gonna look at today. In the book of Luke, chapter 19, verse 12 through 26. I've been reading the book of Luke for like about a month now, and that's literally all I've been reading. Um, it's very, it goes in in depth a lot more than the other books, I would say. The other books are are are more, they're not as in-depth uh as the book of Luke. Luke has a lot of um, I would a lot of meat. Um, and so it's taken me a lot longer than the other um gospels to go through. So Luke 19, verse 12 through 26. So I'm gonna read it uh a little quick. So it starts off. He said, Therefore, a noble man went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and then returned. This is a a parable that Jesus is is is speaking on. Calling ten of his servants, he gave them ten Minas, and he said to them, Engage in business until I come. But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, We do not want this man to reign over us. When he returned, having received the kingdom, he ordered these servants to whom he had given the money to, who he had given the money to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by doing business. We can stop here real quick. So this this this authority figure gave a task to these people. I'm gonna give you Minas and I want you guys to put them to work. I want you guys to do work, and when I come back, I want results. Whether it's you multiply them by two, whether it's you make a little bit more money for me. But I want you guys to work on what I have given you. I have given you this task, multiply them. I have given this to you. Now do something about it. Do work with it. I want you guys to work on it. Right? So he says, When he returned having received the kingdom, he ordered these servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by doing business. So he wanted to know, okay, I'm back now. I want to see the results that you guys were able to do with what I gave you. Right. The first came before him saying, Lord, your mina has made ten minas more. Ten minas more. So he doubled them. And he said to him, Well done, good servant, because you have been faithful in a very little, you shall have authority over ten cities. We can stop right here. So this person, he was able to multiply it by two. He was given ten, and now he has twenty minas. And he told he told um his king, I now have ten minas. I have multiplied it for you. I have put what you have given me to work, I have done what you expected of me to do, right? And he said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant. I'm gonna put you over ten cities. You're gonna be able to be the authority figure and these ten cities. And the second came saying, Lord, your mina has made five minas. And he said to him, You are to be over five cities. So the person who only got five minas more, which he still put it to work, he made more money, and now he's gonna be over five cities. Then another came saying, Lord, here is your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief. So this person just hid it. He didn't do anything with what he was given, he hid it away, and then when the king came back, he said, Lord, here is your mina that you gave me. And this is the response that he gets. For I So this is the response he gives, like the excuse he gives to say why he didn't put it to work. For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man. You take what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow. He said to him, I will condemn you with with your own words and you wicked servant. You knew that I was a severe man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow. Why then did you not put my money in the bank? And at my coming, I might have collected it with interest. So he's saying you didn't even put it in the bank. Like, even though the interest in banks nowadays, they're super little. Most of them are like 0.9%. There's some banks that you can get lucky, you probably get like four percent, five percent. Most of them are gonna be like three percent. So he's saying, like, you didn't even do that. You did you couldn't even give me interest of anything. You gave me the same thing that I gave you. You're giving it back to me with no nothing you produce. You didn't produce anything. And he said to those who stood by, take the mina from him and gave it to the one who has ten minas. Give me one second. And they said to him, Lord, he has ten minas. So the people were complaining. The person who has ten minas, you're gonna give the you're gonna give him more? And in response was, Wow, my throat. I tell you that to everyone who has more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. So the person that produced more will be given more, and the person who has not produced and who has very little, it will be taken away from them because they weren't able to do anything with what they were given. So what's the moral of the story? Basically, what Jesus is saying is I need you guys to produce with what I gave you. I need you guys to work for my kingdom, I need you guys to go out and produce fruit. Produce with what I have given you, with the gifts I have given you, with the blessings I have given you, with the knowledge I have given you, with whatever I have given you, I need you to go out there and produce. Whatever field of work you're in, whatever you're studying, whatever you're an expert in, wherever you are, God has put you there and has given you those blessings so that you can produce, so that you can put what you have given, the talents that you have been given, the money you have been given, or the knowledge you have been given to put it to work. We are meant to expand the kingdom of God. We are meant to take the gospel, we are meant to live righteous lives, we are meant to go out, whatever field we're in a professional field, medical field, uh nursing field, uh teacher, uh musician, um, rock star, actor, um, plumber, whatever you can think of, whatever professional career you can think of, God has put you there so that you can produce for him. You're an athlete, you want to become a professional athlete, great. God has given you the blessing and the ability to do that so that in that area you can produce for him, so that you can live a righteous life, so that you can live steadfast, and so that you can preach the gospel to those around. Because you might be the only person around these people that has the truth, that has the knowledge of God, that has the gospel in their hearts. And if you don't speak up, who will? If you don't speak up, who's gonna tell these people, hey, God loves you, Jesus died for you, and he wants to give you hope, he wants to give you new life, he wants to transform you, he wants to give you eternal life, he wants to forgive your sins, he wants to transform you into a new person. If you're not speaking to these people, who will? God wants us to produce for him. God wants us to do what he expects us to do without having to tell us. Look what it says in Luke 13, verse 6 through 9. My throat. I don't know why. I've been fine the last two weeks. And I start talking and my throat starts itching. So it's uh Luke 13, verse 6 through 9. A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. And he said to the vine dresser, Look for three years, look, for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down. Why should it use up the ground? And he answered him, Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure. Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good, but if not, you can cut it down. So again, this person comes up to a tree, a fig tree, and he sees that it's not producing any fruit for the last three years. He's checked on it, and he tells the vine dresser, hey, this tree is not doing what it's supposed to, it's not producing the fruit that I expect it to. Cut it down. Just I need you to cut it down. And the vine dresser says, Let me dig up some dirt and let me put manure, and by next year, if it produces fruit, great. But if it doesn't, then we could cut it down. So this right here is showing how patient God is with us. God expects us to produce fruit. God expects us to do what we're supposed to do. He expects us to bring his word to everybody, to produce fruit, to live righteousness, to live a life according to his will. And if we're living according to his will, if we're living in the footsteps of Jesus, if we're being guided by Jesus, we will produce fruit. If we have the Holy Spirit in us, we will produce fruit. And this is Jesus saying, I have patience. But my patience wears thin. I need you guys to get to work. I need you guys to produce for my kingdom. I need you guys to do the work that I sent you out to do. I'll give you a little bit more time, but next time I come and check, and you're in the same spot, cold, not doing what you're supposed to do, slacking off, living a life not according to what I have commanded you, I'm gonna cut you down. That is the moral of the story. And God has patience, God has shown us mercy, He has given us everything that we need, He has given us the wisdom, the knowledge, the intelligence, the discernment that we need to be able to fulfill the purpose that He has given us. But we're slacking, we don't have vision, we don't put our gifts to work, we get lazy, we're scared, nervous, scared of what people might think of us. People are hungry for hope. People are hungry to hear something new. They're tired of hearing the same thing that's out in the world. There's nothing going on. This world is hopeless. War is brewing. The economy is sinking. Debt is rising. Everything is more expensive. All these things in the world keep us attached to here. They keep us attached to here. They bring out depression. They bring on anxiety. They bring on all these things. And we are the only ones that have true hope, that have true purpose, that have true love, that have the person that can redeem us, the person that can give us everything that we need in life to be able to continue down this life with true happiness, true joy, with actual purpose, with an actual like view of life. That's that's the right one. But we're staying silent. We're living lives that aren't according to the will of God. We're living lives that go against God, that go against our flesh, that go against our body, I mean. That we're sinning against our own body, we're sinning against God, and we're living lives that are not righteous. Or we're just staying silent. They're both sin. Again, it says in the book of James that if you know the truth, and if you know what you're supposed to be doing and you don't do it, that is considered sin. We're holding back the truth from people who deserve to hear that Jesus died for their sins, that Jesus is here, that Jesus came to save us, to save the world. He didn't come to condemn us, he didn't come to send us to destruction, he didn't come to tell us that we all are going to hell and that he's gonna destroy us. No, he came out of love to save the world, to save humanity. And people need to understand that he loves us, that he loves them, that he loves you. And nothing you can do will stop him from loving you. And that his arms are open to take you. You don't have to change to get close to him. He changes you, he transforms you. And that's the thought process that a lot of people have. And we need to be the ones that tell people because people have this weird concept, a completely different concept than what Christianity truly is. And that is that I need to change, I need to stop doing this, I need to stop doing that, I need to stop uh sinning completely, I need to become a perfect person, I need to be holy. It's like, no, you can't get there without Jesus. You can't get there without being transformed by Jesus, you can't get there without the Holy Spirit. And how do we give them access to all this? It's by speaking to them. And the book of Romans is how are they gonna hear if people aren't preaching? And how are people gonna preach if there's no preachers? So it's like we have this purpose, we have this mission that God has given to us. And we have to produce for the kingdom of God. We have to produce the fruit that he expects us to produce. Or if not, he's gonna cut us down. Like it says right here. It's been three years, this fig tree hasn't produced anything, let's cut it down. But we can see that there's patience. Let's give him one more year, let's give it one more year. I'm gonna dig dirt, I'm gonna put manure, and hopefully it starts to produce. Hopefully, I hope, I hope that it starts to produce fruit. But if not, I'm gonna cut it down. Look what it says in John 15, verse 16. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. So a lot of times we we have all these excuses. We have, I don't have the knowledge, I don't have the wisdom, I don't have the strength, I don't have the courage, I don't have this, this, this, this, and it's like a whole bunch of excuses. But Jesus is literally telling his disciples right here, I appointed you. Jesus himself, Jesus who is God. I appointed you. You didn't choose me, I chose you. And I want you guys to produce fruit for me and to abide so that whatever you ask, whatever you ask, in my name, he may give to you, so that the Father may give to you. We just don't ask. We're not asking correctly, we're not praying correctly. Are we having, do we have a connection with God? Are we reading the Bible? Are we filling ourselves with a knowledge of God? And if you're scared, if you're nervous, um, if you feel embarrassed, these are things that you can bring to God. You can tell him, hey, I I want to speak to people, I want to fulfill your purpose, I want you to use me, but I feel like this, I feel like that, I start trembling, I get scared, I feel embarrassed. And God will help you. If you ask for wisdom, if you ask for knowledge, if you ask for discernment, if you ask to be guided by God, he will guide you. Because it says that whatever you ask in the name of the, and whatever you ask the father in my name, he may give it to you. According to the will of God, whatever you ask of, he will give to you. He's gonna give you things that you need, he's gonna give you the tools that you need to be able to fulfill the plans that he has for you. He will give it to you. He will give it to you. He promised us. Learn how to ask, learn how to have that relationship with God. Learn. Learn how to speak to God, learn to get into the word, learn to grow in his knowledge. Look what it says in Colossians chapter 1, verse 9 through 10. And so from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge for his will and of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding. So as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. So this is Paul's prayer to the church in um Colossi. He says that for you guys to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God. We need to walk in a way to where we are producing fruit constantly. Again, I've said this multiple times. We live in an age of social media, we live in an age where everything is digital. All these apostles, all these disciples, what would they have done if they had the internet back in the day? You can spread the gospel with the push of a button to hundreds of people, thousands of people, millions of people. All with a push of a button. What is your excuse? What is your excuse? You can share a verse real quick, boom, on your story. John 3 16, for God so loved the world that he gave his only son. Right? Any verse, any verse, you can share it. But instead, we're out here sharing our food, we're out here sharing um secular music, we're sharing things that have no meaning. If they might have personal meaning, but to everybody else, it doesn't really matter. And even if you don't get a lot of views, even if you don't get a lot of if you're not popular, I'm not my my page isn't isn't that big. But if I'm getting one person to view it, one person to message me and say, Thank you for your message, one person to say, you know what, I really needed to hear that. I am fulfilling God's plan. I am producing fruit for the kingdom of God. And me personally, I'm not going to sit around and let myself be cut down and thrown into the fire. I want to be a vessel that produces fruit for God. And that is something that we all need to have. We all need to have that burden in the church. We need to have that burden of I need to do something for the kingdom of God. I need to do more for the kingdom of God. If you're already producing fruit, you're speaking to people, you're talking to the people, your your coworkers, you're talking to your friends, you're talking to your classmates, you're talking to whoever you want to talk to, you're posting on social media, you're doing your part. That's awesome. And I invite you to get closer to God and pray like this: God, fulfill your plans in me. May your will be done through my life. May your will be done through my life. May your will be done through my life. May your purpose be fulfilled in my life. And he will do it. You're gonna start things start to shift, you're gonna see things start to change, doors start opening. Because nothing can stop God's plans for you. If God tells you you're gonna go here, you're going to go there. Like when Paul was traveling to Rome and they were in a shipwreck, but God said, You're going to Rome. You're going to Rome. And nothing stopped Paul. He was bitten by a snake, he was in a shipwreck. The people in the island said, This person, Paul's gonna die. He got bitten by a snake, nobody has survived this spite. He didn't die. Because God said, You're going to make it. You're going to go where I told you that you were going to go. God isn't someone who lies. God keeps his promises. And if he tells you, I want you to go here, and you start saying, I'm scared, I don't want to do it, I'm nervous. What if I don't make it? You're doubting God. God will make it happen. God will open doors. God will help you. God will give you everything that you need to make it happen. All you need to do is give yourself to God. Give your life to God. Humble yourself before God. Look what it says in Psalm 1, verse 1 through 6, the whole Psalm. Bless is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seats of scoffers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither, and all that he does he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish. What does it say? But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by the streams of water, that yields its fruits in its season, and its leaf does not wither, and all that he does, he prospers. This is right here. This is how we need to be. We need to get connected to the source, which is God. If we are connected to that river of water, if we're connected to what gives us life, if we're connected to what created us, if we're connected to God Himself, the one who created us, the one who created the heavens and the earth, the one who created the whole universe. If we are connected to him, we will produce fruit, and our leaf will never wither away. But if we're not, if we live wicked lives, if we live lives like the world, if we live lives like sinners, what does it say? The wicked will perish. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous will be cast out, and the wicked will perish. Look what it says in Romans 6.22 to start closing up. Romans 6.22. But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. The fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. Being connected to God, who is the source of life of everything, he is the creator of everything. He is He is the one true source, the truth, He is the way, the truth, and the life. We will produce fruit, our leaf will never wither, and we will be sanctified for the rest of our lives. And that leads to eternal life. And in the parable, the first parable I read, what does it say? These people were given ten Minas. And when he came back, the one who had who doubled it, he put him over authority of ten cities. Once he had the kingdom, he put him over authority of ten cities. That is exactly what will happen to us. Once we're reigning with Christ, he's gonna say, good and faithful servant, the little that I gave you, you did well. So now, because of that little bit I gave you, and you were able to produce with what I gave you, I'm gonna put you to rule this section with me. You have authority over this section. You rule over these cities, you rule over this section. We're going to rule with Christ. But you who haven't produced anything, who is slacking, who isn't doing anything for the kingdom of God, he's going to He's gonna cut you down. You're not gonna get anything. You wicked servant. You're not gonna get anything. You're not gonna get any rewards. What is the point of that? What is the point of making it into heaven and you have nothing? You have nothing. It says that that some people are gonna make it into heaven like escaping a fire with nothing. Again, me specifically, I want to produce for the kingdom of God. And I pray to God every single day, God, fulfill your plans in me. May your purpose be fulfilled through me. May your will be done in my family, and me and my wife, and now my daughter. May your will be done in our lives. May your will be done in our lives. Pray that prayer every day. And God will use you, God will open doors, God will put that burden in you of I need to do something for the kingdom of God. And just to close it off real quick, I just wanted to show you guys something real quick in the book of Luke. I forgot to write it down, but it's in chapter 17. Look what it says right here. Chapter 17, verse 6, I think it's 6 through 10. And the Lord said, If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, be uprooted and planted in the sea, and then it would obey you. And then look what he says, continues right here. Will any of you who has a servant ploughing or keeping sheep say to him, When he has come in from the field, come at once and recline at table? Will he rat will he not rather say to him, Prepare supper for me and dress properly, and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink? So he's saying right here, how many of you who have servants or who have people that serve under you, would you let them after they're done working to just recline at the table with you? No. You would say, Prepare supper for me, keep working, dress me properly, and serve me while I eat and drink. And afterward you can eat and drink. Once everything is done, once all the work you have done is done, one once everything I have given you to do is done, then you can eat and drink. Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded? So he's saying, Does the does the servant get a thanks because he did everything that he was commanded to do? So then he says, So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, We are unworthy servants. We have only done what was our duty. I read this the other day and I sent it in a group chat, and I was like, this right here, this is crazy. Because a lot of people go and and give their lives to Christ and they expect thanks, they expect something back from God. But he's saying right here, why would you expect a thanks when you're doing what you're supposed to, when you're doing what you were commanded to do, you're doing what you have to do. That is your job. Obviously, as humans, we want to. Expect the thanks. As humans, we we expect reward, but we are unworthy. We didn't deserve this. We didn't deserve this salvation. We didn't deserve this love. We didn't deserve the sacrifice that Jesus made for us. But he did it anyways. So we are unworthy. So he says, we are so you also, when you have done all that, you were commanded to say. We are only doing what is our duty. Even if you don't get a thanks at church, even if you don't get a thanks from your friends, from your brothers and sisters in Christ, if you don't get a thanks immediately, you are doing your duty for the kingdom of God. You are doing your part in the body of Christ. You are doing your part for God. And you will be rewarded later. But right now, you can't become bitter by saying, Why haven't I gotten anything? Why hasn't God given me the blessings that I want? Why hasn't God done this? Why hasn't we not worthy? God will give you the tools that you need to fulfill your plan your job. God will give you the tools that you need for his purpose, not yours, for his purpose. We are servants of God. We are slaves for God. And we do it out of love because we again are not worthy of his love. We are not worthy of his sacrifice. We are doing our job. We are just doing our job. Let's pray. God, we come before you. And I just wanted to say again, thank you, Lord, because even though we are not worthy, even though we sin against you every day, even though we sin against our body every day, even though we get thoughts that go against you, even though we we do things that go against you, you still have patience, you still have mercy. And you help us every single day of our lives to sanctify us, to make us better and better, make us closer to how you are, Jesus. Lord, may you be the one that guides us, may you be the one that gives us everything that we need in our lives to be able to fulfill the purpose that you have for us. Lord, help us fulfill the mission that you have given us. Help us produce fruit for your kingdom. Help us not get lazy, help us not stay stagnant, help us get to where we need to go every single day of our lives. May you give us the wisdom, intelligence, the discernment that we need, Lord, to be able to put our gifts to work. In the name of Jesus, amen. God bless you guys. 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