7 Essential Elements to Endurance

You Can Learn to Endure!

To follow Jesus, we need endurance. In fact, for almost every good thing in life we need endurance. We need endurance because life is hard. Following Jesus comes with opposition. It requires faith. It requires some work!

Endurance brings great reward. Paul urged the Galatian churches:

Do not grow weary in doing good for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

Galatians 6:9 (NIV)

Those who endure, make the most of life. Remember that your life is not built in a moment but over a lifetime. Those moments of decision when you take a giant leap forward must be sustained in order to make a difference.

How do we endure?

1. Keep our eyes on the goal. We are following Jesus. He is providing a vision of what our lives will be like. Stay focused on him!
2. Remember that hardship is always temporary. Just make it through the next day, or hour, or minute. Realize that you can do it!
3. Know that all things worthwhile take time. The most permanent things around us took a long time to build! Your life takes a whole lifetime to build!
4. Keep encouraging words and truth ringing in your ears! Read your Bible. Find other encouraging words to help you.
5. Pray – ask God to help you endure.
6. Keep your perspective clear! This encompasses previous five points. You are not defined by your present hardship or difficulty.
7. Keep your head up! Be strong and stay true to your decision to follow. Your reward will be great!

Endurance grows with time. The more we experience the successful results of endurance the more determined we become to stay with it!

You cannot give up at the first sign of trouble or resistance. You cannot give up when you are disappointed, or your expectations are not met. Keep on taking those steps of faith as you follow Jesus and as you follow your God-given dream!

Giving up will only make it harder to endure next time trouble comes.

Your Turn

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