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Endurance in the Bible: 2 Timothy 2:8-10
The apostle Paul suffered greatly for the Gospel, to the point of imprisonment and death. Here he states confidently that he is able to suffer through these trials because he wants everyone to hear the good news of Jesus Christ.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Timothy%202:8-10&version=NIV
Tribulation in the Bible: Revelation 2:10
Christians are not promised an easy life--far from it. The Bible specifically warns that Christ-followers will experience suffering. Our consolation comes in the knowledge that the battle against sin has already been won, and that Jesus will return one day.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Rev.2.10&version=NIV
Gold in the Bible: Job 23:10
Job, who has suffered much, here expresses his faith that once he has passed through the "tests" that he is being subjected to, his true character will be revealed, just as you might perform tests on a mineral to find out if it really is gold.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job.23.10&version=NIV
Character in the Bible: Romans 5:3-5
What does godly character look like? This passage teaches us that it is born out of suffering and perseverance, and blossoms into hope and faith in Christ.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Rom.5.3-Rom.5.5&version=NIV
Confidence in the Bible: Hebrews 10:34-36
In this passage, Paul encourages his audience not to let their faith and confidence in God slacken just because they aren't seeing immediate evidence of it in their difficult lives and ministry work. Faith in God means being willing to serve Him even without always seeing the end results--God is worth our utmost confidence.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Heb.10.34-Heb.10.36&version=NIV
Discipline in the Bible: Hebrews 12:1-12
Not all of the trials we face in life are evils that we should seek to avoid. Sometimes, God is using life's challenges to discipline and strengthen us, as a father does to his children. When difficulty strikes, we should prayerfully consider whether it's something God might be using to strengthen your faith.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Heb.12.1-12&version=NIV
CQOD—Maurice: children
F. D. Maurice on the perseverance of our status as children of God
http://cqod.com/index-04-01-09.html
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries, Inc. - Spring In the Middle of Your Winter - #8221 | Radio Program | A Life That Matters
You know we can learn a lot about the ways of God through the ways He brings Spring out of winter. That may be what He’s doing right now in the middle of what has been for you a cold and dark winter season of your life.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-life-that-matters/radio-program/spring-in-the-middle-of-your-wi...
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - A Transformed Heart
You know who you want to be and who people need for you to be, but you're not anywhere close to that person. It's difficult to close the gap between the two. ... When you can admit that, it is the first step to a new you. Behind your mask of having it together, is a man or woman addicted to selfishness, or unfaithfulness, or depression, or an out-of-control temper, or sexual appetite, or a bad habit. Maybe you have tried reforming, but it hasn't worked.
http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Integrity/A-Transformed-Heart
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Fallen Down but Finishing Strong
There are many today who know the disappointment, and maybe even the shame, of a serious fall. Do you give up, or do you fight back? ... Usually the most watched event of the Winter Olympics every four years is the women's figure skating competition. At the 2006 Games in Italy, a lot of America's hopes for a gold medal were riding on Sasha Cohen after she managed a thin, first-place edge after the initial short program. Then came the decisive long skating program. Suddenly, all hopes of any medal seemed to disappear with a major fall early in her program. With a major deficit in her score from her fall, Sasha Cohen could have easily lost heart, but she didn't. She fought back with a strong and impressive showing in the rest of her performance. When the rest of the world's best had all skated, the young woman who had fallen and seemed to have forfeited any hope of being a champion stood on that podium with a coveted silver medal.
http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Integrity/Fallen-Down-but-Finishing-Strong