Church of the Harvest | Riverhead, NY

We are a bible-believing church located in Riverhead, NY, that follows Jesus Christ as Lord and joins God in the work he is doing in the world today. We do this by Equipping Believers, Serving the Community & Offering Hope.

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In This Together (Part 2)

Sep 15, 2024 • Pastor Michael Troiano

Let's Get Serious

Sep 8, 2024 • Jim Whelen

In This Together (Part 1)

Sep 1, 2024 • Pastor Michael Troiano

My Redeemer Lives

Aug 25, 2024 • Peter Ernst

Four Pillars Of Truth

Aug 18, 2024 • Scott Hinkle

Take A Stand

Aug 16, 2024 • Scott Hinkle

Life Giving Words

Aug 11, 2024 • Pastor Michael Troiano

Keep Your Mind On The Mission (Part 2)

Aug 4, 2024 • Pastor Michael Troiano

Keep Your Mind On The Mission (Part 1)

Jul 28, 2024 • Pastor Michael Troiano

What Did You Come Out To See?

Jul 21, 2024 • Pastor Michael Troiano

Shake, Shake, Shake

Jul 14, 2024 • Jim Whelen

The Fourth Man

Jul 7, 2024 • Abe Smith

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A Word From Pastor Mike

December 29th, 2022

Weekly Devotional

GOD’S WAITING ROOM II

“…being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience.” Colossians 1:11 Last week we were in God’s waiting room. Here we are again. I was thinking about God’s waiting room all week and was seeing examples of His waiting room in my life. Some things I waited for have come to pass, but others are still in the waiting room. When God does not show us the results of our waiting, we can become weary and are tempted to give up praying and waiting. Paul reminds us in this scripture in Colossians 1 that we definitely need the Lord’s power to strengthen us as we wait so that we may have “great endurance and patience.” Solomon reminds us in Ecclesiastes 7:8, “The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride.” We need to hang on and be patient because God knows the end from the beginning. God’s waiting room produces character. How many times might we ask God for patience only to find He has given us trials. “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” (James 1:2-4). God’s waiting room produces perseverance, another word for patience. God sees this as a very important necessity for character building. As His representatives here on earth we must develop His character in our lives. It does not come automatically when we are saved from our sin. It needs to be worked into us. “For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (2Pet. 1:5-8). So, we see that God puts a lot of emphasis on the work we must do to ensure we have the same character as Him. How else can we show the world Who He is if we don’t have the same character as Him. “Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. (Rom 5:5). So, when you are in God’s waiting room, be patient, don’t fight it because in the end “… in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.” (Gal. 6:9b).

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