Episode 46: The Harvest Is Plentiful: Pride, Patience, and the Call to Be Laborers for Christ

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This episode explores the tension between pride, patience, and the call to be laborers for Christ based on Matthew 9:36–38.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Dad Chokes and Discernment, we explore the tension between pride, patience, and the harvest God calls us into. From Matthew 9:36–38, we look at Jesus’ words that “the harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few,” and what that means for believers today. We talk about how pride quietly puts us in control of our own lives, how impatience pushes us to force what God may be asking us to wait on, and how both can keep us from faithfully stepping into th...

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Host: Dad Jokes and Discernment

Topics covered

• pride
• patience
• faith
• laborers for Christ
• spiritual growth

Keywords

• harvest
• laborers
• God
• faith
• spirituality

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Matthew 9:36–38

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