"Endurance" and the lessons it teaches us...

[Neogaia777]

You can't learn the invaluable lessons it (endurance) can teach us unless your facing trial or tribulation, or have troubles in life.

What are some lessons that endurance can teach us, I'll start...

One can be complete dependence on God,

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God Bless!

 

[Neogaia777]

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[chapmic]

Endurance can teach us to have hope for the long term goal and can encourage us in the moments we are experiencing difficult trials.

 

[Alithis]

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Ideas? Comments?....

testify
many post topic titles which are actually of serious eternal nature .
serious as in - essential truths to aid us in our walk and growth in the grace of God .

personally i would like to see more folks post such titled topics and then
testify as to how the lord brought them through a situation ,how that topic was actually effected their life and the result of it thus far .

endurance ..its hanging on when it feels like there is no strength left to hang on with ,its hanging on faithfully when there is nothing left but faith to hang on to .
last year when my wife and 6mnth baby went to Tacloban city Philippines ,before they left the lord told me they would see troubles but NOT be harmed .
i did not know that meant they would be in the eye of hurricane yolander (haiyan:the fastest recorded to ever strike land ) for 4 days i knew nothing ,heard nothing but terrible reports of devastation .. i had only Gods word to my heart to hold onto .So many doubts flew at me .. did the lord really say that to me or had i imagined from my own thoughts etc ..

did i hold on like some mighty man of god .lol NO did i endure like some giant of faith NO ..i was a mess ,i didn't sleep and worried and fretted and stressed and bit back tears by the minute but i refused to weep i called out lord ..you told me they wont be harmed you told me i believe you lord i believe you ..its all i had ,his words to my heart the day before they left was all i had ...

and needless to say -the lord was faithful and they were found unharmed and we were reunited joyously .
but endurance is like that -it is hard and lonely and painful and biting -it is not some wonderful ideal .
i often think of Abraham ... from when God spoke to his heart ..it was not the next day but years 10 - 20 30 40 50 60 plus years before he saw the fruit of Gods word to his heart ..
"that" - is endurance . the guy was only a man .. at times he would have remembered his encounters with the lord from many years ago and wondered ,doubted ,struggled with a sense of dispair ans he watched all around him having kids and watched them grow up and have kids and he without a son ...
endurance is something experienced "Alone " .. between you and the lord .it holds on when there is nothing left to hold on to but FAITH .and it hurts

 

[PraiseBlogs]

Endurance teaches us to have faith in God and His plan for our life. Endurance and the result of trusting God is a great testimony for others. It is much easier for someone who is in an endurance situation to consult you and receive reassurance when you have been in a similar situation and have achieved victory from it.

 

[Grub]

New guy here,

In my humble opinion we are taught endurance much more than it teaches us. As one goes into a deeper level with Christ he or she learns that one of the ways to have great victory is to continue in the path God has chosen for you no matter the circumstances. I believe that endurance has to be taught to us by the Holy Spirit as a way to be consistent for the long term.

 

[Alithis]

New guy here,

In my humble opinion we are taught endurance much more than it teaches us. As one goes into a deeper level with Christ he or she learns that one of the ways to have great victory is to continue in the path God has chosen for you no matter the circumstances. I believe that endurance has to be taught to us by the Holy Spirit as a way to be consistent for the long term.

hey there

great point

 

[Neogaia777]

But why is it that without trials and tribulation, misery, suffering, then you couldn't learn the lessons endurance has to teach us...

Thank all the rest of you for your replies...

God Bless!

 

[chapmic]

But why is it that without trials and tribulation, misery, suffering, then you couldn't learn the lessons endurance has to teach us...

Thank all the rest of you for your replies...

God Bless!

Because we would take for granted the blessings we already have, most people appreciate the sunshine the day after it rains. It is like that saying, you do not know how much you got until its gone. Endurance teaches us about the hope that we have in God, that even though it storms, thru him, Joy will come in the morning time.

 

[MWood]

But why is it that without trials and tribulation, misery, suffering, then you couldn't learn the lessons endurance has to teach us...

Thank all the rest of you for your replies...

God Bless!

Listen to the words of Paul. In them you will find your answer.

Romans KJV

5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
5:2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the Glory of God.
5:3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulations worketh patience;
5:4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
5:5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.


This is endurance as I understand it.

 

[Alithis]

Listen to the words of Paul. In them you will find your answer.

Romans KJV

5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
5:2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the Glory of God.
5:3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulations worketh patience;
5:4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
5:5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.


This is endurance as I understand it.

good stuff

&-because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts.. yes that is an amazing thing . the harder the experience in my own life the lord has brought me through .. the more my heart has softened ,melted and the easier it is to joyously love people ... that is a definite and greatest outcome of eternal value