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In the wilderness, I look around and see nothing. So I look inside but see terror. Then, I look up and see beauty.

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A Crown Worth Dying For

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Work Without Wonder: When Doing Right Goes Wrong

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Rick Toh: Rick Toh is currently the Lead Pastor of Yio Chu Kang Chapel and also the Acting CEO of Bless Community Services. He is happily married to Janice and has two sons.

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Work Without Wonder: When Doing Right Goes Wrong

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A Crown Worth Dying For

In Revelation 2:9–11, the risen Christ addressed the church in Smyrna who were facing intense tribulation, deep poverty, and hostility because of their faith in Christ. To this suffering church, Christ offered three powerful assurances: His opening words were, “I know…” Christ sees, remembers, and understands. There is deep comfort in knowing that our Lord is fully aware of what His people are going through. Christ assured them that what the enemy meant for harm, God would sovereignly use as a testing of their faith—to refine and strengthen (Rev 2:10). He also reminded them that their suffering had boundaries. Christ Himself sets the time limit of their suffering. He knows what His people can bear, and He will not allow the fire to destroy what He intends only to purify (cf. 1 Cor 10:13). With such assurances, one might expect Christ to urge the church to persevere because their tribulation would soon end, or that the testing of their faith would shortly be completed. But the call He g...

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