PERSEVERANCE
INTRO: HOLD ON!!!!!!!!!!!!
1: DETERMINATION
A) THE ACT OF DECIDING DEFINITELY AND FIRMLY
B) AN ACT
C) SOMETHING THAT TAKES US DOING SOMETHING
D) THE ACT, ACTION IS REQUIRED PHYSICAL OR MENTAL SOMETIMES BOTH
POINT: THIS IS THE FIRST WORD USED IN THE MEANING OF PERSEVERANCE A DETERMINED CONTINUATION. FIRM AND DEFINITE ACT.
2: ECCLESIASTES 10:10
A) IF THE IRON BE BLUNT
B) THE IRON IS REFERING TO AN AXE
C) WHET THE EDGE
D) THAT MEANS TO SHARPEN
POINT: IF THE IRON BE BLUNT, AND HE DO NOT WHET THE EDGE, THEN MUST HE PUT TO MORE STRENGTH: BUT WISDOM IS PROFITABLE TO DIRECT . PERSEVERANCE COMES FROM HOLDIN ON OVER A PERIOD OF TIME AFTER YOU HAD SETBACKS AND DIFFICULTIES, BUT GOD WISHES US TO BE WISE HE DOESN’T WANT US TO SUFFER ALL THE TIME. SHARPEN YOUR AXE.
BODY: HEBREWS 4:12
1: THE WORD IS SHARP
A) POWERFUL
B) THE TOUGHTS AND INTENTS OF THE HEART
C) GOD KNOWS AND UNDERSTANDS WHAT YOU DEAL WITH AND GO THROUGH
D) HE WANTS US TO PERSEVERE HE WANTS US TO PULL THROUGH
POINT: GOD’S WORD CAN FIX ANY PROBLEM IN YOUR LIFE, IT CAN RESTORE ANY BROKEN OR LOST REALATIONSHIP OR EVEN HELP YOU TO PUT A BAD SINFUL ONE BEHIND YOU. IT’S SHARP AND POWERFUL IT CAN HEAL YOU, HELP YOU, AND IT WILL ALSO CORRECT YOU
2: PEOPLE IN GENERAL
A) DULL AXES
B) DO EVERYTHING THE HARD WAY
C) WE HAVE TO PUT MORE WORK AND STRIVE AND STRUGGLE MORE
D) WHY?
E) BECAUSE WE WON’T SUBMIT TO WHAT GOD WANTS FOR OUR LIVES
POINT: WISDOM IS PROFIABLE, KNOWING GOD IS IN CONTROL OF EVERYTHING, THE RAIN, THE WATER, THE WAR, THE ECONOMY, THE GLOBAL TEMPERATURE, HE IS EVERYWHERE AND HE IS THE SUPREME CREATOR OF EVERYTHING THING.
3: HOW SHARP ARE YOU?
A) PERSEVERANCE , DETERMINED CONTINUATION WITH SOMETHING
B) STEADY ACTION OR BELIEF
C) EVEN THROUGH THE HARD TIMES
POINT: HOW DO I DO IT? PSALM 103:12 AS FAR AS THE EAST IS FROM THE WEST. ALWAYS KEEP IT IN MIND, HE REMOVED OUR SIN THAT FAR FROM US. SATAN WILL TRY AND TELL YOU DIFFERENT.
CLOSING: ISAIAH 26:3
1: PERFECT PEACE
A) WHOSE MIND IS STAYED ON THEE
B) ROMANS 12:2 BE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND
C) PERFECT PEACE TO THOSE WHO KEEP THEIR MIND ON GOD
POINT: YOU HAVE TO DECIDE WITHIN YOURSELF TO TRUST GOD AND HOLD ON NO MATTER WHAT. PERSEVERANCE IS OUR PART OF THE DEAL, WE GOT TO HOLD ON AND TRUST GOD, GUESS WHAT GOD DOES FOR US. HE PRESERVES US FOR ALL ETERNITY.
PRESERVE- TO KEEP SAFE FROM INJURY, OR DESTRUCTION, AND FREE FROM DECAY. NO ONE CAN BLOT YOUR NAME OUT OF THE LAMB’S BOOK OF LIFE.
HOLD ON BROTHER, HOLD ON SISTER, DETERMINE RIGHT NOW THAT YOU AREN’T JUST A VICTOR TODAY BUT YOU ARE VICTORIOUS FOR ALL ETERNITY THROUGH JESUS CHRIST YOUR LORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
