Pastoral faithfulness shows itself through making disciple-making disciples and unwavering dedication amid suffering.

Church leaders are to reject being ashamed of the gospel or her faithful servants, and instead suffer well in God’s sustaining grace.

Pastors need to recognize authority, remember their legacy and reignite the fire of gospel ministry.

Christ commands and comforts His followers to make followers of Christ through imparting the Word and imparting their lives.

Faithfulness is finding your identity in Christ, not fearing man.

God uses sovereign rejection to produce sovereign reconciliation.

Jesus understands our pain having suffered the greatest evil at the hands of His own people and calls us to trust in the Father's sovereign goodness.

God is sovereign over evil and often uses it to advance His kingdom.

Without the active pursuit of holiness, the people of God will fall into sin and the work of God will be forsaken.

Believing congregations joyfully sing truth about God as their spiritual service of worship.

Covenanted believers do life together, serve the body, and shepherd one another.

Understanding our tendency to wander from God, believers covenant together and commit themselves to obey His Word and support His work.

Knowing Christ starts with counting all as loss in comparison, continues with growing in our knowing, and arrives at ultimately knowing Him face to face.

The King's authority is established as a suffering servant.

A body of believers responds to the Word in prayer and confession.

The Word takes priority in the life of believers.

Christians should respond to the realization of our identity, legacy, and responsibility by committing ourselves to His work and His people.

Believers respond to opposition with discernment knowing the purpose of our enemy and the power of God.

Believers actively pursue unity amid internal opposition because they fear God rather than men.

The church should expect and address opposition through prayer and perseverance, knowing it is God who fights our battles.

Builders build God's Kingdom in community because the church reflects the character of God.

Believers will count the cost and endure opposition for the sake of his Name.

Prayer is the power by which our Scripture-based plans progress.

Ministry is to be fueled by prayer that aligns our will with God's.

Our response to God's faithfulness to us is shown in how we build ministry together for His glory.

Believers need to recognize the causes of weak faith and embrace the cure.

True worship is all that we are responding to all that we know of Him.

Realizing the glory of Christ produces awestruck worship, boldness regarding His reputation and indifference about ours.

Faithfulness is a result of trusting His Word, rather than our philosophy, capability, or expectations.

Understanding the Cup, Christ's response to it, and His command to the disciples, will equip believers for trials and temptations.

Self-reliance rather than Christ dependence will result in being ashamed of the gospel, because we are fearful of what the world thinks and what it might cost us.

Amid rejection, Jesus establishes a New Covenant meal so His children will remember and proclaim His sacrifice for the forgiveness of our sins.

Understanding who the King is and what He willingly chose to do, should produce in us the deepest of devotion.

Genuine faith tangibly loves hurting Christians as an expression of its love for Christ.

True believers maximize their spiritual opportunities while counterfeits waste them.

True believers prepare to endure persecution while they wait for the Groom to return.

Kingdom citizens are like house stewards, prepared for the Master's return at any time, yet diligently about His business while they wait.

Believers are to recognize the times, be ready to run, and remember God is in control.