ONE | A Potter’s House Church

Podcast Episode: Resilient ONE – Ebenezer Quaye
Date: June 2, 2025
Host: ONE | A Potter’s House Church
Speaker: Pastor Ebenezer Quaye

Main Theme Overview

In this compelling and practical message, Pastor Ebenezer Quaye explores the meaning and process of becoming a "Resilient One" in Christ. Drawing from Romans 5:1–4, he unpacks the spiritual blueprint for building resilience: how tribulation develops patience, patience refines character, and character gives rise to enduring hope. The teaching encourages listeners to embrace their evolving identities through adversity, seeing every challenge as an opportunity to discover new aspects of themselves and, most importantly, to experience deeper revelations of God’s nature.

Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Scriptural Foundations of Resilience

Reference: Romans 5:1–4

• The pathway to resilience is praised as being woven throughout scripture, notably in the transition from tribulation to hope.
  • Quote: “There has been a blueprint for resiliency there in the Word the whole time … this process that we just spoke of in Romans 5.” (04:40)
• Pastor Ebenezer calls listeners to read tribulation not as a sign of failing but as an essential step in God’s transformative process.

2. Redefining ‘Glory in Tribulation’

Timestamp: 13:00–20:00

• Celebrating while under pressure isn’t about pretending, but about recognizing and boasting in who God reveals Himself to be during hard times.
  • Quote: “The boasting, the lifting, the joy is in who God was through it all.” (17:40)
• The Christian life does not promise exemption from difficulty. Instead, Christians are called to adapt and to allow Scripture not to bypass pain, but to build strategy and transformation through it.

3. The True Meaning of Resilience

Resilience is not toughness for its own sake, but: - Flexibility under both external and internal demands. - The willingness to continually let God shape attitudes, perspectives, and responses. - Becoming the "new thing"—the ever-changing version of oneself that each season requires.

4. The Assembly Line of Spiritual Growth

Timestamp: 31:00–34:00

• Tribulation produces patience.
• Patience produces character (experience / trustiness).
• Character produces hope (expectation and anticipation of God's goodness).
  • Quote: “Patience allows the proof of who God is to mature in our story.” (39:07)
• Growth is seen as a spiritual assembly line: each challenge is a stage in our refinement, and each stage reveals a new facet of God’s faithfulness and our own identity.

5. Practical Application: Living as a Resilient One

• Don't chase comfort by “smiling through” tribulation. Let yourself change.
• Understand that patience is formed not by asking for it, but by enduring situations that require it.
  • Quote: “You ask for patience, God’s going to put you in a situation that requires patience, that requires us to now learn what being patient is.” (24:00)
• There’s an assembly-line process to spiritual growth—embrace becoming, not just “being.”

6. Changing Perspectives on Identity and Adaptation

• Your identity as a “resilient one” is adaptability—answering God’s call to change as often as needed.
  • Quote: “I’ll become that. This is what being a resilient one is. I’ll become that.” (48:45)
• Recognize both gains and losses as part of God’s ongoing work; sometimes, you outgrow old traits to make room for what’s needed next.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Resilience Defined (APA):
  • “Resilience is the process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences, especially through mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility and adjustment to external and internal demands.” (09:40)
• On the Cost of Cheer:
  • “Cheer ain’t cheap. Say that again. Cheer ain’t cheap. It costs, especially in the midst of tribulation.” (26:40)
• On the Assembly Line of Growth:
  • “There are parts of our lives that God is using, like an assembly line to develop us … but nobody awards the factories.” (34:03)
• Challenge to the Listener:
  • “If you are afraid of becoming the next one ... put your hand up ... If one of your greatest challenges has been, ‘Lord, how do I learn the process of becoming resilient?’ put your hand up there as well. We’re going to pray.” (44:30)
• Summary of the Resilient Process:
  • “Being a resilient one means I am committed to becoming. But it’s something that has to be worked out through this process, over and over and over again.” (46:00)

Segment Timestamps

| Timestamp | Segment | Key Content Summary | |-----------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------| | 00:54 | Opening Scripture & Context | Romans 5:1-4; setting up theme of resilience | | 09:40 | APA Definition of Resilience | Flexibility, adaptation, and adjustment | | 13:00 | Glorying in Tribulation | True meaning and the challenge of boasting in hardship | | 20:00 | Patience Through Pressure | Tribulation produces patience, and the struggle therein | | 31:00 | Character & Experience | The assembly-line metaphor; patience develops character | | 39:07 | Patience Matures God’s Proof | The practical outworking of spiritual patience | | 44:30 | Invitation to Vulnerability | Challenging listeners' willingness to become | | 46:00 | The Ongoing Process of Becoming | Becoming resilient is cyclical, not a one-time event | | 48:45 | The Mantra: “I’ll Become That” | Summary call-to-action for listeners |

Conclusion & Takeaways

• Resilience is Developed: It is not inherited nor instantaneous—it is a process, rooted in repeated encounters with adversity, transformed mindsets, and discovered trust in God.
• Cheer Grows with Trust: Joy in adversity doesn’t come cheap; it grows as a byproduct of trust built through repeated perseverance.
• Commit to Becoming: A true “Resilient One” is always open to transformation, never growing stagnant or nostalgic for past victories.
• God is the Central Character: The ultimate glory is not our triumph, but God’s faithfulness in and through every trial.
• Embrace Both Loss and Gain: Awareness that both new growth and the shedding of old identities are necessary for resilience.
• Application through Prayer: The episode concludes with guided prayers for change, resilience, surrender, and new beginnings in Christ.

Final Memorable Line

“Christ does not solve our problems. He is the power within us that allows the solution to be worked out in his Father’s timing. As long as we remember that … the glory ain’t about me. The glory is always about him.” (49:45)