"How to Persevere" {2Tim2:1-13}
* Olympic story: ". . . came not to start the race, but to finish"
* Be strong in the grace
- Passive verb: go to the source of str
* Disciple the faithful
- Relay race analogy
* Suffer hardship/endure pain
- Soldier: Focus on mission
- Athlete: Play by rules
- Farmer: Feed self first (in seeking God)
* Remember risen Savior
- Ideal of suffering
- Str in Him strong enough to rise
* Remember power of Word
- His Word not chained
- Most common inscription in catacombs
- Bunyan preaching to wall
* Remember purpose of serving -- your situation may not change
* Remember eternal consequences
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