As another chapter in the life of our King of Kings family comes to a close today, we find encouragement, comfort, and even joy in Christ, as he calls us to go and carry out the gospel work he has entrusted to his Church. This is our God-given task, our labor in the Lord.

Yet such mission and ministry work can be difficult, tedious, even frustrating. People reject the gospel or close their ears to what God says to them in his Word. Growth, whether spiritual or physical, comes slowly or at least not at the pace we expect. The devil, the world, and our own sinful natures can make labor in the Lord’s harvest fields toilsome or laborious as we strive to spread good gospel seed or reap what seem like a meager crop. We could easily grow weary of our mission and ministry labors and give up, especially in the lowest of times.

…But remember who has sent us out into his harvest fields! Remember who has given us the gospel that is the power of God for the salvation of all who believe! Remember who promises to never leave us nor forsake us so that our partnership in the gospel with brothers and sisters near and far will come to completion! Remember who rejoices when he sees Satan fall like lightning as the gospel goes out, but rejoices even more because our names are written in his book of life! Remember that our labors in the Lord are not in vain!

The Bible reading for this message is 1 Corinthians 15:56-58.

The video for this worship service can be found here.

This is the third and final message in Pastor's farewell series: Encouragement for the Family of God.

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