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Encourage To Endure
Contributed by Charles Cunningham on Feb 7, 2020 (message contributor)
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1. Encouraged To Endure Sermon I: Encouraged By A Hope That Is Sure
Contributed on Feb 7, 2020
Going through difficult times causes anxiety and uncertainty, even among devoted Christians, but God our Father has provided for our survival and encourages us to endure by the certainty of a hope that is sure.
Encouraged to Endure by a Hope That Is Sure “Encouraged to Endure by a Hope That Is Sure” is a fitting motto for those of you who, like me, have joined the Four Score Overtime Club. It is also a motto apropos to the 1st ...read more
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2. Encouraged To Endure Sermon Ii: Exemplify Christ By Whose Blood Our Hope Is Sure
Contributed on Feb 7, 2020
In a world of distress in which people are stressed to the limits, Christians endure because of trust in, and obedience to, Jesus Christ by whose blood our hope is made sure.
Exemplify Christ By Whose Blood Our Hope Is Sure! It has been said that, in every stage of life, there are three types of people: those who watch things happen . . . those who make things happen . . . those who wonder what happened! For those ...read more
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3. Encouraged To Endure Sermon Iii: Enduring In Anti-Christian Environments
Contributed on Feb 7, 2020
In these days when anti-Christian rhetoric and actions have become viral, Christians are encouraged to remain faithful and true to godly principles and lifestyles - whether it be in the sacred or secular realms of responsibility.
Enduring As Christians in Anti-Christian Environments Christian woman flies out of Sudan, meets Pope . . . (Headline July 24, 2014): “A Sudanese woman sentenced to death for converting from Islam to Christianity walked off the plane cradling her ...read more
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4. Encouraged To Endure Sermon Iv: 5 R's For The Remaining Days Of Our Lives
Contributed on Feb 7, 2020
In times when being a Christian is frowned upon by many, Christians have a hope so sure that, despite the frowns, we will spend our remaining days on a high note of reverence for God and readiness for His final victory in Christ.
5 R’s for the Remaining Days of Our Lives When my son and I attended a Braves game at Turner Field, he asked me how it feels to be 80 years of age. “No different than it felt at 70, but, if and when I get to 90 the Lord willing, ...read more
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5. Encouraged To Endure Sermon V: Real Joy Endures
Contributed on Feb 7, 2020
In these days when so many people seem to be so unhappy about almost everything, let us spread the real joy of knowing and serving Jesus!
Real Joy Endures My first Christian Service assignment was leader of a Youth for Christ Fellowship Group in Hapeville. The chorus we used as our theme song is familiar to all of you who were teenagers in the ...read more
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6. Encouraged To Endure Sermon Vi: Withstand Satan's Roar And Fear No More
Contributed on Feb 7, 2020
"It's a jungle out there" is how we may feel about the ups and downs from which Christians are not exempt, but by the power of God we can withstand the wiles of the devil, but we need to practice certain disciplines taught by the Apostle Peter.
Withstand Satan’s Roar and Fear No More “It’s a jungle out there”! That was my second daddy’s way of warning me how it would be in the “real world” once I graduated from high school. Well, soon after I got out there and was on my ...read more
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7. Encouraged To Endure Sermon Vii: Focus On The Wonder Of It All
Contributed on Feb 7, 2020
When feeling discouraged about schemes of the wicked in a world of disappointments and discombobulation, focus on God's Grand Scheme for His people --- and the wonder of it all will be therapeutic and elicit praise.
The Wonder of It All Is Worthy of Praise by All! Widely known as the leading theologian of the 20th Century, Karl Barth was asked to summarize years of research and volumes of writings, and he responded: “Jesus loves me, this I know, ...read more