09/06/2026
From: Dr. Pastor Jesse Lee
Date: Sun, September 6, 2026, 10:30 AM
Subject: ENDURANCE IN THE THIN PLACES
Endurance in the Thin Places
You’ve been walking through a season where your own strength has felt stretched thin.
SCRIPTURR: Zechariah 4:6 Not by might nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord Almighty.
You’re still showing up. You’re still faithful. You’re still doing what needs to be done. But inside, you know you’re running on something thinner than you’d like. Not empty — just stretched.
This is why we must continue to depend on God—our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. When we feel stretched, we need to examine our expectations. This is the place where your strength feels like a thread, not a rope.
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. Ps 62:5
It’s the season where your spirit knows the cost of perseverance. You’ve been learning how to keep your “flavor,” your clarity, your peace — even while life pulls at you from multiple directions. That’s not weakness. That’s spiritual endurance.
This is why the Apostle Paul writes, In 2 Cor. 12:10 For when I am weak then I am strong. That means that human limitations allow divine strength to shine through.
Spiritual endurance is one of those themes you don’t learn from a book — you learn it from seasons that stretch you, seasons where your capacity doesn’t match the weight you’re carrying, seasons where your own strength feels thin, but you keep walking anyway.
It’s not gritting your teeth. It’s not pretending you’re fine. It’s not pushing through on fumes.
Spiritual endurance is the ability to remain aligned, faithful, and whole even when: your emotions are tired, your strength is stretched, your clarity is tested, your peace is pressured, your capacity feels too small.
This is where God trains your inner life to hold more than you thought you could.
Endurance is sustained by saturation, not effort
This is why “don’t get spiritually dehydrated” hit you so deeply.
Endurance doesn’t come from trying harder. It comes from staying filled — Scripture dwelling richly, worship softening the heart, prayer keeping you connected.
SHALOM/SHALOM/SHALOM/SHALOM/SELAH//