After Jesus gave his disciples very troubling news, he told them in John 14:1-14, "Let not your hearts be troubled." He went on to say what to do instead and gave them and us three reasons not to be troubled. Although this text is simply the next one in our series on the Gospel of John, it is timely during these days of pandemic.
God grows his church usually by ordinary and sometimes extraordinary means.
God fulfills his plan against human opposition and even through human suffering.
The model described in Colossians 4:2-6 of ministry to those outside the church is very simple: pray, walk, and talk.