The quickest way to run out of gas is being a situation where there is no gratitude.

Jonathan Evans says when discouragement strikes, we need to ask ourselves this key question.

Am I going to labor continuously to get acceptance from man?

Or am I going to labor because I'm already accepted by God?

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives

of Dr. Tony Evans.

Many of us search for validation in places where it simply can't be found.

Today, Pastor Jonathan Evans asks a critical question, are we laboring for the approval of others,

or are we living out of the love and acceptance God has already given us?

Let's join him in the scriptures as he helps us navigate this important decision.

Genesis 29, verse 31 through 35, God gave me this passage of scripture that really preaches itself.

Verse 31 says, now the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, and he opened her womb.

But Rachel was barren.

Leah conceived and bore a son and named him Rubin,

for she said, because the Lord has seen my affliction,

surely now my husband will love me.

Then she conceived again and bore a son and said,

because the Lord has heard that I am unloved, he has therefore

given me this son also. So she named him Simeon. She conceived again and bore a son and said,

now this time my husband will become attached to me because I have borne him three sons. Therefore, his name was

Levi. Then she conceived again and bore a son and said, this time, I will praise the Lord.

Therefore, she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing. Today we have a crossroad,

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