Phil Ware talks about the harshness of a long, cold, hard winter and the trials and troubles we must endure as believers.
02/09/2023 by Phil Ware
Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware share a powerful virtual worship in Scripture, songs, and communion focused on Hebrews 12:2 and our need to fix our eyes on Jesus to continue with perseverance and endurance as we follow Jesus and seek to become like him.
04/02/2022 by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware
James Nored and Phil Ware remind us that God's great stories of deliverance, like the Exodus with Moses leading God's people to victory over Egypt and Pharaoh, are reminders of Jesus' greater deliverance and God's faithfulness.
05/08/2020 by James Nored & Phil Ware
Phil Ware continues his reflections on Holy Communion by reminding us of coming reunion that The Supper ensures will happen!
03/01/2020 by Phil Ware
James Nored and Phil Ware remind us that God's great stories of deliverance, like the Exodus with Moses leading God's people to victory over Egypt and Pharaoh, are reminders of Jesus' greater deliverance and God's faithfulness.
04/14/2019 by James Nored & Phil Ware
Rubel Shelly reminds us to not get knocked off our path when we encounter potholes, even big bad ones that do damage, but to keep pressing on and persevering toward the call of God.
03/02/2014 by Rubel Shelly
Ann Voskamp and Joni Eareckson Tada team up to provide a beautiful and powerful reminder of the power of our words to change everything.
08/30/2013 by Joni Eareckson Tada
Rubel Shelly reminds us of the missing virtue of persistence -- endurance and perseverance mixed with consistency and integrity.
05/19/2013 by Rubel Shelly
It's important to start our walk with God, but even more important that we finish it. We have to persevere until the end.
02/06/2013 by Tim Archer
Ron Rose talks about getting up after we have fallen down again and again, and keep on going.
03/08/2009 by Ron Rose
Rubel Shelly warns us about the lure of the quick fix and reminds us that there are no short cuts to what is valuable and that perseverance is necessary for character.
02/17/2009 by Rubel Shelly
Rubel Shelly reminds us of how hard times can actually shape us for the better and help us see our role in making the world a better place.
08/12/2008 by Rubel Shelly
Mike Barres gets stumped on moving a stump but keeps on going and reaches the tipping point and comes through because he doesn't give up.
07/26/2008 by Mike Barres
Rubel Shelly reminds us to play through pain and go on to victory.
07/25/2008 by Rubel Shelly
Mike Barres contrasts our whiny little attempts at perseverance and compares it to the real martyrs in the world and calls us to genuine perseverance.
04/26/2008 by Mike Barres
Mike Barres reminds us that we need to be like trees: flexible, rooted, connected, and built on the rock.
01/17/2008 by Mike Barres
Russ Lawson reminds us that even though it is hard to wait patiently, God always responds to our prayers at just the right time and we should never give up asking him for his help.
10/23/2007 by Russ Lawson
Paul Faulkner encourages us to press on and persevere.
09/14/2007 by Paul Faulkner
Teresa Bell Kindred encourages us to endure and do the work necessary to grow strong roots in our children and compares it to growing strong roots to grow strong trees and tall bamboo plants.
09/09/2007 by Teresa Bell Kindred
Rubel Shelly reminds us that we need to not give up when our life seems to be in the toilet, because as often archaeologists do, we can sometimes find the greatest treasures in the most surprising places.
08/21/2007 by Rubel Shelly
Mike Barres reminds us that waiting is hard, but God's timing is always best.
06/05/2007 by Mike Barres
So often we look for short cuts or ways to cut corners to get to a goal that can only be reached by hard work, perserverance, and a willingness to keep on working over time.
04/12/2007 by Rubel Shelly
Life is unfair and in the unfairness we need to learn to pray and keep after it and not relent, not praying those PC prayers, but gut check from the heart prayers that are real.
12/17/2006 by Patrick D. Odum
Learning to take things one hour and one step at a time helps this mother learn to make it when her premature baby is having problems in the hospital.
12/06/2006 by Denise Waldrop
Burn out seems to happen more and more frequently, but when see why it happens, we realize that folks are losing sight of the goal and are often motivated for the wrong reasons.
09/12/2006 by Bill Sherrill