good quote from John Piper…
But our endurance and our abiding joy in the work of serving Christ
at Bethlehem Baptist is not based on:
- the excitement of newness, because the new will one day be old,
- the largeness of numbers, because the numbers will one day be small,
- the pleasure of good partners, because one day we will be alone,
- the commendation of others, because the day of criticism will come,
- the reward of money, because it will one day vanish like the grass,
- the thrill of emotional highs, because the emotional lows will come.