Building and Battling

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Building and Battling
Perseverance

• Neh 4-6 Part 3 of 4

Pastor Dave Martin Cross Creek Community Church
Oct 2, 2005
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Perseverance

• Steady persistence in adhering to a course of
  action a call to faithfulness to Christ in spite
  of the circumstances

Building
Battling
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A. Your Faith will Undergo Testing (Battling)

• James 12-4 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.

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Testing From Without... (Sanballet, Tobiah,
Geshem Others)

• By Mockery 41-6
• By Conspiracy 47-15
• By Compromise 61-4
• By Slander 65-9
• By Treachery 610-14

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• 1 Peter 58-9 Be self-controlled and alert. Your
  enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion
  looking for someone to devour. Resist him,
  standing firm in the faith, because you know that
  your brothers throughout the world are undergoing
  the same kind of sufferings.

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Testing From Within...

• By Weakness 410
• By Rubble 410
• By Attitudes 411-12
• By Isolation 419
• By Pressures 51

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B. Utilize all the Resources God has given you.

• Neh. 49 But we prayed to our God and posted a
  guard day and night to meet this threat.

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C. Victory is Achieved through Perseverance...

• James 112 Blessed is the man who perseveres
  under trial, because when he has stood the test,
  he will receive the crown of life that God has
  promised to those who love him.

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Perseverance...

• In Prayer! 49 We prayed to our God...
• Philip. 46 Do not be anxious about anything, but
  in everything, by prayer and petition, with
  thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

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Perseverance...

• In Prayer! 49 We prayed to our God...
• In Trust! 410 ... Strength gave out... much
  rubble...
• Hebrews 1127 By faith he (Moses) left Egypt, not
  fearing the king's anger he persevered because
  he saw him who is invisible.

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Perseverance...

• In Prayer! 49 We prayed to our God...
• In Trust! 410 ... Strength gave out... much
  rubble...
• In Example! 514-19 ...I devoted myself...
• Hebrews 121 Therefore, since we are surrounded
  by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw
  off everything that hinders and the sin that so
  easily entangles, and let us run with
  perseverance the race marked out for us.

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Perseverance...

• In Prayer! 49 We prayed to our God...
• In Trust! 410 ... Strength gave out... much
  rubble...
• In Example! 514-19 ...I devoted myself...
• In Purpose! 414 ...Remember the Lord...
  families...
• Romans 53-4 Not only so, but we also rejoice in
  our sufferings, because we know that suffering
  produces perseverance perseverance, character
  and character, hope.

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Perseverance...

• In Prayer! 49 We prayed to our God...
• In Trust! 410 ... Strength gave out... much
  rubble...
• In Example! 514-19 ...I devoted myself...
• In Purpose! 414 ...Remember the Lord...
  families...
• In Vigilance! 421-23 ...wore his sword at his
  side...
• 1 Tim. 416 Watch your life and doctrine closely.
  Persevere in them, because if you do, you will
  save both yourself and your hearers.

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The Prize 615 ...the wall was completed in 52
days...

• Romans 27 To those who by persistence in doing
  good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will
  give eternal life.

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