In many respects the church feels outdated and out of touch with today’s values and beliefs. That’s true from man’s perspective, but that’s not true from God’s perspective. God’s church has faced all types of adversity and opposition through the years, but the church has done more than survive. 

In fact, God uses the challenges to purify and prune His church. 

Ultimately, that means God purifies and prune us because we are His church. We are the family of God, the sons and daughters that He uses to reveal His glory and to increase His goodness. 

When we battle doubt and even discouragement, it is vitally important for us to remember of Jesus said in Matthew 16:18b, “I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” Listen to this message and regain your confidence in Jesus commitment to build his church, to build us to be people who advance heaven and stop hell.