Here is Monday's Morning Message for April 20, 2026,
from Brother Sam Scheib:
Good morning, Brothers and Sisters in Christ. Happy Monday to you.
This week, I want to encourage you to embrace your suffering. When fruit
trees are stressed they produce more nutritious, sweeter fruit. The same
is true for followers of Jesus Christ: suffering produces good fruit. The
hardest part of these times of suffering is being patient; but this is when
the LORD does His greatest work. "In His kindness God called you to share
in His eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So, after you have suffered a
little while, He will restore, support, and strengthen you, and He will place
you on a firm foundation" (1 Peter 5.10). Suffering is a byproduct of sin.
The LORD does not want us to sin or suffer but since sin entered the world,
suffering follows. The LORD uses our suffering to create stronger followers
with good fruit to nurture others. "But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of
fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness faithfulness,
gentleness, and self-control" (Galatians 5.22). These fruits of the Spirit are
given to us through suffering to further His kingdom. "For our present
troubles are small and won't last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory
that vastly outweighs them and will last forever" (2 Cor 4.17). Hope for the
fruit borne out of suffering. Have patience and faith; embrace your suffering,
and let the LORD produce His sweetest most nutritious fruit in you.
Have a blessed week!
Soli Deo Gloria!
He is risen! He is risen, indeed!
