Columbia Community Bible Church

Opening

Phil. 4:19 NASB, “… my God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus,”

God Meets Our Need For Endurance & Perseverance

1 Tim. 4:7b NASB, “… discipline yourselves for the purpose of godliness.”

1 Pet. 1:23 “For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.”

Isa. 66:22 " ‘As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before Me,’ declares the Lord, ‘so will your name and descendants endure.’ ”

1 Kgs. 11:38 “If you do whatever I [the Lord, v. 31] command you and walk in My ways and do what is right in My eyes by keeping My statutes and commands, as David My servant did, I will be with you. I will build you a dynasty as enduring as the one I built for David and will give Israel to you.”

Eccl. 3:14 “… that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere Him.”

We Need To Endure & Persevere

1 Tim. 6:11 “But you, man of God, … pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.”

James 1:2-4 “Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”

Rom. 15:4 “For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.”

2 Cor. 1:5-7 “For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.”

2 Thess. 1:4 “… among God's churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.”

2 Tim. 2:12a “… if we endure, we will also reign with Him.”

Jam. 5:11 “As you know, we consider blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about.”