Have you checked your endurance?
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Spiritually,
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endurance is the power
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to endure an
unpleasant situation
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in a Christ-like manner.
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So how is your endurance?
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How about your perseverance,
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your determination to do
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something
despite the difficulty?
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Life offers many opportunities
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to exercise both
perseverance and endurance,
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which are two attributes
God wants us to abound in.
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And truth be told,
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His strength alone
is the only way we can.
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In Exodus 18:23,
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we are reminded
that God will direct us
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and we will be able to endure.
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We all experience struggles
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throughout the
course of our lives,
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but that's why
God filled the Bible
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with encouraging
words about perseverance.
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In James 1:12, it says,
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"Blessed is the man
who endures temptation,
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for when he's been approved
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he will receive
the crown of life,
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which the Lord has
promised to those who love Him."
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In life we will face hardships.
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God will go along with us
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to the other side
of those struggles.
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In fact, He is the one
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who is guiding us
in every situation,
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every step of the way.
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We can only endure and persevere
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by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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Dear Heavenly Father,
thank You for Your love.
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And thank You because we
know that You are with us
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in every step of the way.
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We ask You to help us
to endure, to persevere,
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especially in this moment of
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so many things happening around.
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Help us to trust
You and to know that
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You are gonna be with us always.
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In Jesus' I pray. Amen.
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Dear Heavenly Father,
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we just want to
praise You today.
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We serve a great
and an awesome God,
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and You're so
worthy of our praise.
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We come before You, Father,
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asking in the
precious name of Jesus
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that You would
help us to persevere
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despite the difficult
times we are going through.
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We know that You are our rock
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and our refuge
in times of trouble.
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Lord, we need Your
guidance and we need Your wisdom
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to be a light to
those who don't know You.
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We know, Father, that
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whatever trials
we may go through,
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that You will always be there
and You are still in control.
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We thank You and
we praise You, Father.
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In the precious name of Jesus.
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Amen.
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Heavenly Father, in
these challenging times,
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times that are challenging
our faith, our patience,
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our hope.
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Lord, I lift before You
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the hearts of those
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who in this challenging
season of our experience
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are thinking of giving up
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and walking away
from their faith.
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Lord, I pray that
they will persevere
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beyond the
questions and the challenges.
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I pray that they will
hold on to Your promises
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beyond the changing seasons
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and even things that
challenge us with fear.
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May they persevere
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by looking away
from the problems
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to the problem solver
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and may they
draw their attention
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away from the world
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and look unto You
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and find
salvation in Your presence.
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In Jesus' name I pray.
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Amen
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Day by day, and
with each passing moment
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Strength I find to
meet my trials here
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Trusting in my
father's wise bestowment
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I've no cause
for worry or for fear
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He whose heart
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is kind beyond all measure
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Gives unto each day
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what he deems best
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Lovingly
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its part of pain and pleasure
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Mingling toil
with peace and rest
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Dear Heavenly Father,
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I thank You
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that although we are living
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in unprecedented
times of certainty,
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Your Word has
promised in Matthew 24:13,
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that the race is
not to the swiftest,
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"But he that endureth
unto the end shall be saved."
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So I thank You for this
hope that in perseverance,
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we shall reap a
much greater reward
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if we faint not.
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And in Philippians
3:14, you also remind us to
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"Press toward the mark
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for the prize of
the high calling of God
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in Christ Jesus."
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So I thank You, dear Father,
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that no matter what
we face in this life,
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Your strength is perfect.
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And he that endureth
unto the end shall be saved.
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In Jesus' name I pray.
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Amen.
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Eternal Father, who is mighty
and give strength to the weary,
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I come before
you in Jesus' name.
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Father, I
confess that we are weak
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and rebellious and
undeserving of Your strength.
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Forgive us I pray
and then give us strength
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for we trust in Your mercies.
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Today, Father, I praise You
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for seeing and
knowing and considering
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the frailties of mortal man,
whom You've created from dust.
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I praise You for giving
us strength as our days,
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and that there is no
situation that You haven't seen
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and haven't failed
to provide strength
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that we may be
victors in every battle.
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You promised that we
would run and not be weary.
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And I take You at Your word
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that no matter how
long the trial may last,
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You have given
strength and ability.
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Father, You said that
whosoever endures to the end
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will receive a crown of life.
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I cling to this as a promise
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that You will
give me that endurance.
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I remember Your servant, Elijah,
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who even though
he was running away,
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when he should've stayed
and stood strong with You,
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You fed him and he ran
for 40 days in that strength.
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I trust You to do the
same for Your people today.
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Thank You, O
Father, in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Every day, The
Lord Himself is near me
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With a special
mercy For each hour
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All my cares He gladly bears,
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And cheers me
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He Whose Name Is
Counselor and Power
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The protection of
His child And treasure
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Is a charge that
on Himself He laid
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"As your days,
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your strength
shall be in measure"
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This the pledge to me He made
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Let's just take
some time right now
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to pray for in your own life
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what you sense as
a lack of endurance,
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a lack of being
able to persevere
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or someone that you know.
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Just take time,
take that to the Lord.
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Heavenly Father,
I come before You
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seeking Your strength
during these hard times.
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Lord, renew my strength.
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Let my heart find comfort in You
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because You are
the giver of endurance.
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Without You, I
will truly give up,
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and I won't reach
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the finish line without You.
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So hold my hand, Lord.
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Lord, let Your grace
guide me through life
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and the life
situations peacefully.
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I know that I will
come out victorious
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because you are with me, oh God.
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Father, I count it a blessing
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when I go through
trials and temptations,
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because I know that
my faith is being tested
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to produce perseverance.
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So therefore I pray that
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You will help
my heart to rejoice
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and put all of my trust in You,
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for I am not alone.
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I know I am not
alone in these tough times.
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You are with us.
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And we will endure till
the end through Your grace
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and through Your wisdom.
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You are our tower of
strength, oh God, we run to You.
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Father, I pray for those
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who are in a
difficult phase of life,
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that they need you
more now than ever.
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Lord, You know their struggles,
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You know their weakness,
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You know that many of them
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are on the verge
of giving up, oh God.
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Lord, I pray,
renew their strength.
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Give them an unshakeable faith.
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God, I pray
that You will help us
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not to take the easy road,
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but to focus on You,
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on Your finished
work on the cross
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that You will take us through.
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May You silence our enemies.
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Grant us endurance, oh Lord.
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We kneel before
Your Holy throne,
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precious Lord.
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Despite the times
that we are going through,
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we know that
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You are perfect in all Your ways
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and you Are God.
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All is well with You.
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Whatever season our
viewers are going through,
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You can guide us
safely, Lord, we trust in You.
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My heart is cheerful,
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knowing that after
we have persevered,
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there's a crown of life waiting.
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So I want to encourage you.
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As in Galatians 6:9 says,
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"Let us not grow
weary while doing good,
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for in due season we shall
reap if we do not lose heart."
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Don't give up.
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And in Hebrews 12:1 says,
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"Therefore we also,
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since we are surrounded
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by so great a
cloud of witnesses,
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let us lay aside every weight,
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and the sin which
so easily entangles us.
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Let us run with endurance
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the race that is set before us."
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So I challenge you to identify
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what it is that
is tripping you up.
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What it is that is
keeping you from a closer walk
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with the Lord.
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Shake it off, it isn't worth it.
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Draw near to God.
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Help me then In
every tribulation
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So to trust
Your promises, O Lord
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That I lose Not
faith's sweet consolation
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Offered me Within Your holy Word
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Help me, Lord, when
toil And trouble meeting
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E'er to take, As
from a father's hand
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One by one, the
days, the moments fleeting
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Till I reach the promised land
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