Working from the Right Scorecard 6 - Holding on for Dear Life - Revelation 3:7-13

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, had a constant critic in Congress, Edwin Stanton, who humiliated him, called him names, and mocked his policies. Lincoln overlooked this and gave him his greatest trust, naming him minister of war through the Civil War. When Lincoln was assassinated and his life was passing away, Stanton was beside him and said, "Never has there been a greater leader among men than Abraham Lincoln." Through Lincoln's patient endurance, Stanton had been won by love and by respect.We’re walking through the seven churches of Revelation, talking about living our life by the right scorecard - by the things that matter to Heaven. Sometimes we give ourselves to things that matter on earth, but they’re not even recognized in heaven. Patient endurance is a quality that all of us will have the opportunity to practice. That is what the church in Philadelphia is commended for - a church living in the fire of incredible suffering. Peter says the one who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin.Extra reading: Deuteronomy 11:18-25Preacher: Bill Dyck