Sermonette: Resilience in Service
Fighting Our Selfishness and Reaching for Boldness
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Hunter D. Swanson
Given 14-Feb-26; 16 minutes
Each day we should or must build up the attribute of resilience while serving even when we fail and are aware of our inadequacies, but whatever fears we can think of-brethren are still expected to be of service to God, the Church, and to each other. We see examples of this virtue of resilience through Olympic level athletes, such as Lindsey Vonn, and the perseverance to continue to achieve greatness in their fields through the setbacks of injuries and the intense amount of sacrifice needed to get to the top. Perseverance is defined in here as "capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties." We see Biblical Examples such as Moses in Exodus 4 who used the excuse of his lack of eloquence to avoid facing Pharoah and leading the stiff-necked Israelites. While sometimes it feels daunting, God always gives us the tools necessary to fulfill his service developing greater resilience when we succeed despite seeming trials and adverse events. If we fail to overcome our fear, Revelation 21 shows the fate of people who refuse to repent of cowardice. Our faith of seeing God get us through tough times previously, our effort to do the best possible with our all our hearts, and his spirit to strengthen us will help us to glorify him in our service even when our talents alone could not successfully accomplish the task will have us successfully carrying out his will.
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