{"id":343,"date":"2010-07-20T15:43:29","date_gmt":"2010-07-20T15:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/svm2.net\/abandonedtimes\/?p=343"},"modified":"2019-08-30T03:01:30","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T03:01:30","slug":"becoming-a-people-of-perseverance-in-a-now-generation-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalmmi.net\/becoming-a-people-of-perseverance-in-a-now-generation-part-1","title":{"rendered":"Becoming a People of Perseverance in a “Now” Generation – Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Bernard Messing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bernard is the national lead facilitator for SVM2 in Cameroon.<\/em><\/p>\n

James1:2-4 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
\nKnowing this, that the trying of your faith worked patience.
\nBut let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Obviously, no one can continue to run in the race, stand firm in the struggles of life, labor effectively, or handle the trials of life without endurance or perseverance, and patience.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s define perseverance<\/strong><\/em> as \u201csteady persistence in adhering to a course of action, a belief, or a purpose; steadfastness,\u201d endurance<\/strong><\/em> as \u201cthe act, quality, or power of withstanding hardship or stress,\u201d but in another second definition we define endurance as \u201cthe state or act of persevering.\u201d<\/p>\n

While they are synonyms and each word carries in it the idea of \u201ccontinuance,\u201d perseverance lays stress on a given course of action in the face of difficulty or opposition. Endurance perhaps more strongly adds the idea of continuing under resistance or the adversities of life, to carry on in spite of hardships.<\/p>\n

Patience refers to the quality of enduring pain, hardship, provocation, or annoyance with calmness. Either perseverance, endurance or patience all are qualities of Christ-likeness.<\/p>\n

In Hebrews 12:1 – “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,” the writer teaches us that we have a \u201cgreat cloud of witnesses surrounding us.\u201d These witnesses are cited in Hebrews 11. In our generation how can we describe the endurance, perseverance, and patience of the following:<\/p>\n