Look, in 2024, one major thing that's missing in the Christianity of most people
is they don't have any strength. They don't endure hardness. They easily back down.
Let me tell you something. We need to be able to endure hardness in our lives.
I would say we need more strength in our Christianity. And what the Bible is saying
in the book of Psalms is, hey, be like the cedar tree that is strong, that is durable.
When things get difficult and life gets stressful, look, don't quit church and
quit reading the Bible and just change everything you believe because you're going through some
problems. I hate to break it to you, but every single one of us will have persecution.
Every single one of us will have stress. Every single one of us will have problems.
Life's hard. Endure hardness. Suck it up. Deal with it. You say, why? Because if you're
going to last in the Christian life and be successful, you need to be like a cedar tree,
not some little weak tree that you just break in half like this.