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Revelation chapter 1 verse 9.

I John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

Oh, there's so much we could talk about in this one verse. I mean, John is speaking from an island where he's been exiled

because of his testimony to Jesus because of his faithfulness to the word of God. He's writing to brothers and sisters in different

churches who are facing all kinds of temptations and trials, temptations to

shrink back from following Christ,

trials and persecution and opposition as a result of following Christ.

One phrase though I want to hone in on in the middle of all that,

when he says, I John your brother even that just like a family

relationship with the body of Christ partner in the tribulation and the kingdom like we're

together in temptations and trials and in this

kingdom and then he says the patient endurance that are in Jesus.

And we are partners in patient endurance.

And I just love that phrase because it's a clear reminder of what the Christian life is.

It's a life of patient endurance.

You just think about it. And what John was experiencing was a call to patient endurance.

What these believers in the first century were experiencing was surrounded by all these temptations and trials.

He was saying, God has called us to partner together in patient endurance and trusting

him moment after moment day after day.

And so even as I think about those who are listening to this right now,

specifically brothers and sisters in Christ, I would just say

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