1. Chapter 15
Endurance – Why
Endure?
Liz Casteel, M.A., LPC
Counselor and Founder, Nikao Counseling Center
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2. I. Overview
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3. I. Overview
• You’ve made it!
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4. I. Overview
• You’ve made it!
– 2 Corinthians 4:8
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5. I. Overview
• You’ve made it!
– 2 Corinthians 4:8
– You have endured – you have overcome
hardship and adversity
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6. I. Overview
• You’ve made it!
– 2 Corinthians 4:8
– You have endured – you have overcome
hardship and adversity
– Doesn’t matter how many tools, resources,
etc. …you need something greater than
yourself to have endurance
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7. I. Overview
• You’ve made it!
– 2 Corinthians 4:8
– You have endured – you have overcome
hardship and adversity
– Doesn’t matter how many tools, resources,
etc. …you need something greater than
yourself to have endurance
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8. I. Overview
• You’ve made it!
– 2 Corinthians 4:8
– You have endured – you have overcome
hardship and adversity
– Doesn’t matter how many tools, resources,
etc. …you need something greater than
yourself to have endurance
Saving Private Ryan
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9. II. Where does endurance come from?
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10. II. Where does endurance come from?
• Tell me I have been a good man…that
I have lived a good life
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11. II. Where does endurance come from?
• Tell me I have been a good man…that
I have lived a good life
• 1 Peter – Christ died for one and for
all – the righteous and the
unrighteous
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12. II. Where does endurance come from?
• Tell me I have been a good man…that
I have lived a good life
• 1 Peter – Christ died for one and for
all – the righteous and the
unrighteous
• Private Ryan wanted to know…. “Did I
honor the sacrifice that was made for
me?”
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13. II. Where does endurance come from?
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14. II. Where does endurance come from?
• IS YOUR life in a place that you are
honoring the man who died for you?
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15. II. Where does endurance come from?
• IS YOUR life in a place that you are
honoring the man who died for you?
• Bloody savior and a lazy believer is an
oxymoron
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16. II. Where does endurance come from?
• IS YOUR life in a place that you are
honoring the man who died for you?
• Bloody savior and a lazy believer is an
oxymoron
– See Galatians 5:7
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17. II. Where does endurance come from?
• IS YOUR life in a place that you are
honoring the man who died for you?
• Bloody savior and a lazy believer is an
oxymoron
– See Galatians 5:7
• A motivated believer and a bloody
savior make sense
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18. II. Where does endurance come from?
• IS YOUR life in a place that you are
honoring the man who died for you?
• Bloody savior and a lazy believer is an
oxymoron
– See Galatians 5:7
• A motivated believer and a bloody
savior make sense
– See Galatians 2:20
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19. II. Where does endurance come from?
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20. II. Where does endurance come from?
• Put yourself in front of the cross – there
you will find endurance
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21. II. Where does endurance come from?
• Put yourself in front of the cross – there
you will find endurance
• Live your life in light of the sacrifice
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22. II. Are we honoring the sacrifice?
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23. II. Are we honoring the sacrifice?
• Recognize the sacrifice
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24. II. Are we honoring the sacrifice?
• Recognize the sacrifice
• Respond with your life—live your life
differently than you would otherwise
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25. II. Are we honoring the sacrifice?
• Recognize the sacrifice
• Respond with your life—live your life
differently than you would otherwise
• Release yourself to his purposes
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26. II. Are we honoring the sacrifice?
• Recognize the sacrifice
• Respond with your life—live your life
differently than you would otherwise
• Release yourself to his purposes
– To be like Christ
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27. II. Are we honoring the sacrifice?
• Recognize the sacrifice
• Respond with your life—live your life
differently than you would otherwise
• Release yourself to his purposes
– To be like Christ
– To belong to God’s family (Fellowship)
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28. II. Are we honoring the sacrifice?
• Recognize the sacrifice
• Respond with your life—live your life
differently than you would otherwise
• Release yourself to his purposes
– To be like Christ
– To belong to God’s family (Fellowship)
– To serve others – share your story!
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29. III. The challenge
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30. III. The challenge
• Maybe this is the first time you have really
thought about all this
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31. III. The challenge
• Maybe this is the first time you have really
thought about all this
– Pray to receive Christ
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32. III. The challenge
• Maybe this is the first time you have really
thought about all this
– Pray to receive Christ
– Rededicate – get Christ out of the box –
and let him control your whole life
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33. III. The challenge
• Maybe this is the first time you have really
thought about all this
– Pray to receive Christ
– Rededicate – get Christ out of the box –
and let him control your whole life
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34. III. The challenge
• Maybe this is the first time you have really
thought about all this
– Pray to receive Christ
– Rededicate – get Christ out of the box –
and let him control your whole life
• Congratulations!
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35. Live your life in light of the sacrifice.
Clip used under educational license and is from Saving Private
Ryan © 1998 DreamWorks SKG & Paramount Pictures
Corporation & Amblin Entertainment, Inc.
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36. Clip used under educational license and is from Saving Private
Ryan © 1998 DreamWorks SKG & Paramount Pictures
Corporation & Amblin Entertainment, Inc.
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