PERSEVERANCE

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PERSEVERANCE
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FAITH DEFINED

• Being SURE
• Being CERTAIN

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• Its the firm foundation under everything that
  makes life worth living.
• Its our handle on what we cant see. (Peterson,
  the Message)

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• HOW YOU START is just as important as HOW YOU
  END.
• We count the future things as certain and base
  our choices and decisions on them.

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ENEMIES OF PERSEVERANCE

• The P J syndrome
• Offence
• Instant gratification
• Cheap grace
• Contract faith
• Hope deferred

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OUR SAVING GRACE

• Steady determination to keep going even when
  everything in you wants to slow down or give up.
• Patience is not a romantic thing giving us wings
  to fly over difficulties and hard places.
• Faith and suffering are not incompatible