Learning about Endurance

 

 

Endurance - Wikipedia

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Endurance (also related to sufferance, resilience, constitution, fortitude, and hardiness) is the ability of an organism to exert itself and remain active for a long period of time, as well as its ability to resist, withstand, recover from, and have immunity to trauma, wounds, or fatigue.

Word Definition  [ Thayer | Strong | Mounce ]

Thayer's Definition

1. steadfastness, constancy, endurance
   1. in the NT the characteristic of a man who is not swerved from his deliberate purpose and his loyalty to faith and piety by even the greatest trials and sufferings
   2. patiently, and steadfastly
2. a patient, steadfast waiting for
3. a patient enduring, sustaining, perseverance

Endurance is a tricky thing. Choosing to keep doing no matter what. No matter how hard no matter how tough It is.

Endurance requires determination. Determination to defeat the enemy no matter what. Determination to let nothing stop you. Determination that regardless of what life hangs you your Going to move forward. Nothing can stop you.  No turning to the right or left.

 

And if you can't see the path keep pushing. Keep walking in faith. One for after

the other. One step at a time. Focusing on the end goal even if you can't see the path. Being the best you can each and every minute of the day no matter how you feel like behaving.  No matter what lies from Satan  your hearing in your head. No matter who thinks what of you. You must have the word sown deep in your heart to endure. So that when hardship or temptation come the first thing you retreat to it scripture. It Has the enduring power!!! It has stood the test of time! It has endured everything and still stands!

 

Psalms 100:5“For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.”

Mark 4:¹⁴The sower soweth the word. ¹⁵And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. ¹⁶And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; ¹⁷And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. ¹⁸And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, ¹⁹And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. ²⁰And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred. 

 

1 Esdras 4:38“As for the truth, it endureth, and is always strong; it liveth and conquereth for evermore.”

1 Peter 1:25“But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.”

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Your body the temple????

1 Corinthians 3:16Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

2 Corinthians 6:16“And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”

Romans 8:9“But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.”


Ephesians 2:21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.


So now I have a question for you.... would you offer the foods you put into your body as a sacrifice to The Most High???

Leviticus 22:20“But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.” 

  In Genesis 4 the Most High rejected Cains offering. Are you putting defiled offerings into your temple? Have you ever even considered this??

We were given a list of acceptable foods in the Leviticus(Leviticus 11) If you have a bread-maker and you put ice cream and chips in it you don't expect to get bread,do you????  If you have a bottle of purified water you wouldn't pour mud in it then begin to drink?  If you have a computer you wouldn't intentionally put a disk in that contained a virus, would you??? So why do you not question the food like products that you are consuming??? Why not question the sources and manufacturing processes??    Why not look at the source that is offering you this food???  Everyday we awaken with a choice. A choice to cleanse and purify our temples or a choice to continue doing what we have been doing.  Is your life working for you?? Do you have energy and health? Are you strong and mentally clear? If the answer is no Why not I ask???? You have a choice.  You are not a garbage disposal.

We were given this one life. This one chance. This day to choose to fight the good fight of faith. Show that you have respect unto the Most High and his creation by purifying and cleansing your temple to the very best of your ability. Put down the poison and contamination that has been offered as fuel and turn back to the operation manual for instruction.

Romans 12:1“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”

 

Stir up the gifts within you.

 

Romans 11:29“For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.”

Scripture says that the gifts of God are without repentance.  That means if He has blessed you with a gift he meant for you to have it. Do you feel like you've lost it or it isn't functioning anymore?? Stir it up! It's your job to learn about your gift and cultivate it. Find your use in the kingdom and take your place.

2 Timothy 1:6“Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.”

Luke 11:13“If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?”

Remember the wise servant that used his talent and the scared one who buried his talent? Matthew 25

Are you allowing fear to make you bury your talent? Fear of judgement? Fear of the unknown? Fear  of ridicule?








Perfect love casts out fear 1 John 4:18. Our job here on this earth is to fear God and keep his commandments.


When you search your scriptures and there are stories or lessons that particularly excite you, I.e. your favorites, those are giving you hints to your gifts. Everything was written for or example.1 Corinthians 10:11
So was it people being healed? People getting delivered? Ministering to a crowd? Serving a meal as Mary? Singing like Miriam? Fasting like Judith? Loving like Ruth?  Search it out !!

Baruch

Baruch 2:31And shall know that I am the Lord their God: for I will give them an heart, and ears to hear:
32 And they shall praise me in the land of their captivity, and think upon my name,
33 And return from their stiff neck, and from their wicked deeds: for they shall remember the way of their fathers, which sinned before the Lord.
34 And I will bring them again into the land which I promised with an oath unto their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and they shall be lords of it: and I will increase them, and they shall not be diminished.
35 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them to be their God, and they shall be my people: and I will no more drive my people of Israel out of the land that I have given them.

Baruch 3:5Remember not the iniquities of our forefathers: but think upon thy power and thy name now at this time.
6 For thou art the Lord our God, and thee, O Lord, will we praise.
7 And for this cause thou hast put thy fear in our hearts, to the intent that we should call upon thy name, and praise thee in our captivity: for we have called to mind all the iniquity of our forefathers, that sinned before thee.
8 Behold, we are yet this day in our captivity, where thou hast scattered us, for a reproach and a curse, and to be subject to payments, according to all the iniquities of our fathers, which departed from the Lord our God.
9 Hear, Israel, the commandments of life: give ear to understand wisdom.

Baruch 4:
1 This is the book of the commandments of God, and the law that endureth for ever: all they that keep it shall come to life; but such as leave it shall die.
2 Turn thee, O Jacob, and take hold of it: walk in the presence of the light thereof, that thou mayest be illuminated.
3 Give not thine honour to another, nor the things that are profitable unto thee to a strange nation.

25My children, suffer patiently the wrath that is come upon you from God: for thine enemy hath persecuted thee; but shortly thou shalt see his destruction, and shalt tread upon his neck.
26 My delicate ones have gone rough ways, and were taken away as a flock caught of the enemies.
27 Be of good comfort, O my children, and cry unto God: for ye shall be remembered of him that brought these things upon you.

Self Righteous

Proverbs 20:9 “Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?” 10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD. 11Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

That's what the Pharisees were. They were better then anyone.That they didn't sin. After all they taught the law of course they weren't breaking it. Christ rebuked them over and over. Said they were dirty on the inside and defiled.

Matthew23:25Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. 26Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. bones, and of all uncleanness.'>27Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. 28Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
 
Offend in one point. Guilty of all

James 2:10“For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.”

Luke 20:46Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts; 47Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
 
Judgement


Ezekiel 3:20Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

Matthew 7:2“For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.”

Romans 14:10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. 
12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.

Laying down your life

 

Laying down your feelings your thoughts your base emotions and what your dealing with for another. it is completely contrary to the ways of this modern world. We are born into this world and the first thing we learn is to communicate our needs, then wants. Do you know the difference? So you have the ability to be content when your needs only are met? Christ said who ever is to be greatest in the kingdom will be last.

Matthew 23:11“But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.” 

Matthew 20:16“So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.”

 

When we are willing to put ourselves last. Even our attacks, our mental struggles, our personal stuff last.... in order to listen, care for, support,  or pray with another of the Faith. On then you are beginning to step into servant-hood.   Servant hood encompasses so much more then that.  Servant-hood often entails doing the opposite of what you want and and think is your priority to take care of or tend to anothers wants or needs. Love was intended to be a verb. AN ACTION WORD.  We can say we love our brother but do we really???? What about when your not in the mood? What about when your overwhelmed, tired, cranky, or sick???  

 

John 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. (Matthew 22:39, Lev. 19:18)

 

Do you love your brother or sister in the Faith with the patience concern and care that you would hope for when you are at your worst? Even if they are not seemingly at their worst??? The Most High can help you to do it!!

The enemy is real

2 Corinthians 2:11“Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.” 

 

 

 Are you aware of his devices??? Do you know the subtleties that he is going to come after you with? Struggles in your finances. People who would take advantage of your kindness. Feelings of inadequacy or struggles in your self esteem.  Trust, hope, frustration, patience? Have you examined the tender areas in your life, places that you can be easily offended?

 

2 Corinthians 12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

 

 The Most High is looking for those who would stand for him no matter what opposition you face. If you fold in the face of opposition, when it feels like a personal attack, how can you know that when you are attacked for following the Most High that you will stand?? Satan knows that the great day of confrontation prophesied in the book of Revelations is closer now then ever before. He is ramping up the attack and making his children raise up and stand for him. Who's side are you on?? You must be firm in your decisions and dedication now while things are relatively peaceful or you will never stand when real persecution comes. 

Galatians 4:9“But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?”