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Living out the Christian faith is not always easy. Following Jesus can be tiring. We feel tempted to throw in the towel. We want to give up. What can help develop a spiritual endurance to live out our Christian faith for the entirety of our lives?

Some of us as Christians have spiritual aspirations. We try to read through our Bibles in a year. We serve on short-term mission trips. We play an instrument on the worship team. And it is good that we do these things. But there is a danger if we focus too much on the things that we do for God.

On behalf of the Philippians, Epaphroditus served Paul selflessly and sacrificially by risking his life. Paul served Epaphroditus and the Philippians by sending Epaphroditus back to Philippi, where Paul commanded the Philippians believers to receive Epaphroditus well and to honor him as a hero.

If our spiritual life resembles a garden, then what type of work do we need to put in? Does our faith just naturally produce spiritual fruit? Or do we need to contribute work? After all, most of us would want a thriving spiritual life. What is the relationship between faith and works?