Patience is a form of faith. It says, "I trust God. I believe that God is bigger than this problem."
The most important is to prepare you for eternity.
The church must always show compassion, always.
Familiarity breeds complacency.
We're not in control but we do have a greater hope and we do have a source of joy that isn't based on our circumstances.
Every church needs to grow warmer through fellowship, deeper through discipleship, stronger through through worship, and larger through evangelism.