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Robert Jeffress - Choosing Perseverance Over Defeat (Part 1)

January 5, 2026 | 29:0

Robert Jeffress - Choosing Perseverance Over Defeat (Part 1)
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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - Choosing Perseverance Over Defeat (Part 1) | January 5, 2026
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  • Male announcer: from the pulpit of the first baptist church of
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  • Dallas, texas, this is "pathway to victory" with dr.
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  • Robert jeffress.
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  • Dr. robert jeffress: hi, i'm robert jeffress and welcome
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  • Again to "pathway to victory."
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  • Today, i wanna show you how victory can be yours as well.
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  • My message is titled "choosing perseverance over defeat," on
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  • Jeffress: tim hansel has a great story in his book, "eating
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  • Problems for breakfast."
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  • Isn't that a great title for a book?
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  • "eating problems for breakfast."
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  • But tim hansel describes a conversation he had with a
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  • Wilderness scout named bernie.
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  • He writes, "late one afternoon, as the blue western sky was
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  • Beginning to fade into oranges and grays, he got to talking
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  • About different experiences of people on his trips who became
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  • Lost in the wilderness.
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  • 'i've had lots of people get lost up here,' bernie said.
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  • I responded, 'well, that's probably because they don't
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  • Really understand the map and the compass
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  • And all that, right?'
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  • 'nope,' bernie said.
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  • 'well, then,' i said, 'it's probably because they're new to
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  • The wilderness.'
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  • Again, bernie said, 'nope.'
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  • 'then it's probably because they're city folk and they don't
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  • Know the east from the west.'
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  • 'nope,' bernie said.
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  • 'well, it has to be because they're out here for the first
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  • Time and they are all rookies and stuff.'
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  • 'nope,' bernie said."
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  • Tim said, "i must have asked him at least six different
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  • Reasons more about why people get lost up here, he kept
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  • Responding, 'nope.'
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  • So finally, my curiosity went out and i said, 'well, then how
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  • Come they get lost all the time?'
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  • Bernie said, ''cause they don't go far enough.'
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  • He said, 'these city folk come up here and i'll tell them to go
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  • Five miles and instead they go about 3/4 of a mile and they
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  • Start turning left and right and end up all over the place.
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  • They don't go far enough.'"
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  • You know, there are a lot of people who get lost in life
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  • Because they have no idea where they're going to begin with.
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  • I think about the rich texas businessman who went to the
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  • Airline counter and said, "ma'am, give me a first
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  • Class ticket."
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  • She said, "well, sir, where do you wanna go?"
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  • He said, "it don't matter.
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  • I've got business everywhere."
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  • Well, some people are like that.
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  • They don't have any clear destination in mind.
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  • I think about the chapter one of my books, "if you don't know
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  • Where you're going, you're gonna end up someplace else."
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  • That's some people.
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  • But there are other people who do have a clear destination in
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  • Mind and they have a map, a road map to get them to where they
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  • Think god wants them to be in their life, but they get lost
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  • Along the way.
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  • Why?
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  • They don't go far enough.
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  • They give up.
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  • They get distracted before they ever arrive at their
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  • Intended destination.
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  • Perhaps you're one of those people.
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  • You began this new year a few weeks ago with all kind of goals
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  • That you thought would honor god in every part of your life.
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  • Maybe with your finances or your health or your quiet time with
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  • The lord.
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  • You started out strong january the 1st.
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  • Did you know, studies show most people have given up
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  • On their new year's resolutions by january 12?
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  • How many of you--no, we're not gonna do that right now.
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  • But i imagine that may be true about you.
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  • You've given up.
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  • You didn't go far enough.
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  • Why?
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  • Because of a failure to adopt the attitude choice we're going
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  • To talk about today.
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  • In our series, "choose your attitudes, change your life,"
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  • We're saying there, you can't always choose your
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  • Circumstances, you can't change your circumstances, but you can
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  • Choose and change your response to life's circumstances.
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  • And in this series, we're looking at the 11 biblical
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  • Attitude choices that are necessary to experience the
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  • Abundant life jesus promised in john 10, verse 10.
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  • And today, we're going to look at the second of those attitude
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  • Choices, "choosing perseverance over defeat."
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  • What do we mean by perseverance?
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  • Somebody has said that courage is the desire to begin pursuing
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  • Your dream, but perseverance is the determination to continue
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  • Pursuing your god-given dream in spite of unexpected setbacks,
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  • Undeserved criticism, and unrelenting hard work.
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  • Now, let me say that again.
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  • Don't look at me, look at your notes and write this down so you
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  • Remember it.
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  • Perseverance is the determination to continue
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  • Pursuing your god-given dreams in spite of unanticipated,
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  • Unexpected setbacks, undeserved criticism, and unrelenting
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  • Hard work.
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  • Perseverance is the attitude that says, "i will not give up."
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  • You know, during the dark days of world war ii, winston
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  • Churchill had the job of holding his nation together under
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  • Relentless attacks by nazi germany.
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  • When they were threatened even with invasion and perhaps
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  • Occupation by the nazis.
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  • Some of churchill's friends and counselors advised him that he
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  • Needed to negotiate with the nazis, perhaps surrender to
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  • The nazis.
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  • But instead, winston churchill said, "wars are not won
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  • By evacuation."
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  • Guess what?
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  • Life is not won by evacuations.
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  • Successful people are those who continue pursuing their
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  • God-given dreams.
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  • Now, for example, let's just say, for example, one of your
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  • New year's resolutions, one change you wanted to make in
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  • Your life is you wanted to set aside a little bit of money
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  • Every month, save money for unanticipated emergencies.
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  • And you have a goal of saving $500 a month.
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  • By the way, that's biblical, we'll talk about that later in
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  • This series.
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  • God encourages people at all income levels, not just at the
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  • Highest, but at all income levels, proverbs 6, to set aside
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  • A little money for unexpected emergencies in the future.
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  • Only the fool consumes everything he has.
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  • They're gonna be unexpected things that come into your life
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  • Like a government shutdown, for example, that you have no
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  • Control over.
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  • Solomon says, "the wise person has set aside money for those
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  • Unanticipated emergencies."
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  • So let's say you decide to do that.
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  • That's your goal.
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  • The first month when your paycheck comes in, you have an
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  • Unexpected trip to the emergency room that wipes out your $500.
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  • The next month, you say, "i'm gonna do better.
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  • I'm gonna do it this month."
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  • And you have a car repair bill that you weren't expecting.
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  • The key is what do you do the third month?
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  • Do you give up and just say this isn't working, i'm not gonna try
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  • To do it any longer, or do you keep pursuing that goal.
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  • Or maybe you have a goal in your relationship with god.
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  • You say, you know, whatever happens, beginning next monday,
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  • Next monday, i'm gonna set the alarm clock 20 minutes earlier
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  • And i'm gonna get up and read a couple of chapters of the bible
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  • And pray.
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  • I'm gonna do that regardless.
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  • So monday morning rolls around and the alarm goes off and some
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  • Mysterious hand reaches over and hits the snooze button on it.
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  • And you say, "well, i didn't do it this time.
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  • I'm gonna plan tomorrow to do that."
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  • And your boss calls you in early unexpectedly.
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  • You can't do it then.
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  • The question is, what do you do on the third day?
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  • You see, persistence, and this is so key, doesn't mean
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  • Necessarily removing obstacles.
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  • You can't always remove obstacles.
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  • Persistence means continuing to pursue your god-given dream in
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  • Spite of the obstacles that life erects.
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  • You know, one of my favorite stories about perseverance comes
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  • From our own nation's history.
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  • When he was seven years old, his family was forced out of their
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  • Home on a legal technicality and he had to work to help
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  • Support them.
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  • At age nine, his mother died.
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  • At 22, he lost his job as a store clerk.
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  • He wanted to go to law school but lacked the education.
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  • At 23, he went into debt to become a partner in a
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  • Small store.
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  • At 26, his business partner died, leaving him a huge debt
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  • That took years to repay.
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  • At 28, after courting a girl for four years, he asked her to
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  • Marry him.
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  • She said no.
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  • At 37, on his third try, he was elected to congress, but two
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  • Years later, he failed to be re-elected.
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  • At 41, his four-year-old son died.
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  • At 45, he ran for the senate and lost.
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  • At 47, he failed as the vice presidential candidate.
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  • At 49, he ran for the senate again and lost.
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  • At 51, he was elected president of the united states.
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  • His name was abraham lincoln.
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  • That is what persistence is.
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  • Moving forward in spite of unanticipated obstacles in life.
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  • Now, some people might say, "well, wait a minute.
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  • Is persistence always the right response to your goals.
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  • Isn't this maybe an excuse for self reliance instead of
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  • God reliance?"
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  • Let's make it clear, we're only talking about persisting in
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  • Those goals that come from god.
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  • You know, there is a strain of positive thinking that goes
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  • Around that comes up with platitudes like "whatever the
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  • Mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve."
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  • That makes for a nice wall plaque.
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  • But, you know, adolf hitler could have had that dream in
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  • Life and that philosophy.
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  • I mean, he had a goal in life and he certainly persisted in
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  • It, but it was the wrong goal, wasn't it?
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  • No, we're talking about your god-given goals.
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  • Remember what we read from philippians 3, just a few
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  • Moments ago about the words of the apostle paul.
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  • He said, "i run, i wanna apprehend that which i was
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  • Apprehended for."
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  • Now, that's key.
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  • God had chosen the apostle paul to be a light to the gentiles.
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  • That's why god apprehended him.
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  • He caught him.
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  • But paul said, "i'm running in such a way to lay hold of that
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  • For which i was laid hold of."
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  • Paul had a responsibility in that as well.
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  • He had to grab hold of what god had grabbed hold of him for.
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  • We're talking about not pursuing any goal but pursuing your
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  • God-given goals in life.
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  • You say, "well, how do i know if my goal is really from god
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  • Or not?"
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  • Let me give you three questions you ought to ask about any goal
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  • That you're pursuing in your life.
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  • Question number one, does your goal violate any principle of
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  • God's word?
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  • Does your goal in life violate any principle in god's word?
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  • For example, you know, you may have the goal to be the most
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  • Successful drug dealer in america.
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  • That's obviously not a god-given goal.
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  • You say, "well, that's kind of ludicrous and silly."
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  • Some christians have a goal.
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  • I'm gonna find a mate who's gonna satisfy my every need.
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  • The only problem is they're already married, but their goal
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  • Is to find somebody else.
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  • That is not a god-given goal.
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  • Does your goal violate any principle of god's word?
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  • Secondly, is your goal in keeping with god's purpose for
  • 00:13:24.994 --> 00:13:29.198
  • Your life?
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  • Is your goal in keeping with god's purpose for your life?
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  • There may be something you're interested in doing
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  • And achieving.
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  • It may not be sinful, but it may not be in keeping with god's
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  • Unique purpose for your life.
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  • I remember more than 30 years ago when i was first starting in
  • 00:13:46.882 --> 00:13:49.852
  • The pastorate, i had some extra time on my hands.
  • 00:13:49.852 --> 00:13:55.958
  • And so i decided, you know, i've got some time.
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  • There's a particular thing i would like to do, a particular
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  • Goal i have.
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  • So i get--started getting involved in a side vocation.
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  • And it wasn't anything sinful, but it was something i was
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  • Interested in and was gifted to do.
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  • And i started pursuing this and, after a while, i started to even
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  • Enjoy some success in doing this.
  • 00:14:17.079 --> 00:14:18.881
  • I said, "man, this is pretty neat.
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  • I think i'm gonna keep doing this."
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  • But i'll never forget that moment of clarity when i
  • 00:14:23.319 --> 00:14:26.689
  • Realized i was gonna have to make a choice: either continue
  • 00:14:26.689 --> 00:14:30.459
  • In the ministry or continue doing this,
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  • But i couldn't do both.
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  • And god made it very clear to me that was not his choice, his
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  • Plan and purpose for my life.
  • 00:14:39.068 --> 00:14:41.203
  • So the question is, does your goal in any way conflict with
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  • God's unique purpose for your life?
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  • Thirdly, how will the achievement of your goal bring
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  • Honor to god?
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  • How will the achievement of your goal bring honor to god?
  • 00:14:53.949 --> 00:14:57.619
  • If there's something you're pursuing, you ought to be able
  • 00:14:57.619 --> 00:15:00.122
  • To answer clearly, how will the achievement of this goal bring
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  • Honor to the lord?
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  • In 1 corinthians 10, verse 31, paul said, "whether then you eat
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  • Or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of god."
  • 00:15:10.232 --> 00:15:17.506
  • Now again, when we talk about perseverance, people who read
  • 00:15:17.506 --> 00:15:21.844
  • The bible have in the back of their mind, "well, is that
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  • Really a biblical attitude?
  • 00:15:25.014 --> 00:15:27.516
  • Isn't that more the name it and claim it theology of
  • 00:15:27.516 --> 00:15:30.285
  • Positive thinking?
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  • Where do you find perseverance in the bible?
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  • Well, you find it all throughout the book of proverbs.
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  • Proverbs uses the word diligence to describe perseverance, but
  • 00:15:37.126 --> 00:15:42.197
  • There are two great illustrations in the bible of
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  • Perseverance and why it's so important.
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  • The first is found in joshua chapter 6, the story of joshua
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  • And the walls of jericho.
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  • You remember the story.
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  • God had given joshua a dream: that is of inhabiting and taking
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  • Charge of the land of canaan, the promised land.
  • 00:16:01.417 --> 00:16:04.420
  • That was god's promise to joshua and to the israelites.
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  • The only problem was there's a giant obstacle between joshua
  • 00:16:07.923 --> 00:16:11.593
  • And his dream, and it was that nine-acre city of jericho and
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  • The large wall that stood around it.
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  • In joshua 6 verse 2, god said to joshua, "see, i have given
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  • Jericho into your hand, with its king and the valiant warriors."
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  • He said, "joshua, i'm gonna give you the city, but i'm not gonna
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  • Do it without your effort."
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  • And he goes on to detail the instructions of what he would
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  • Have to do.
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  • God told joshua and i wanna take your men--and i want you to take
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  • The men, and i want you to march around this nine-acre wall once
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  • A day for six days.
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  • March around it, don't say a word, and go back to your camp.
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  • Then on the seventh day, i want you to march around the wall
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  • Seven times and on the seventh time, you're to have the priest
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  • Blow the trumpets and the people to shout and the wall will
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  • Come down.
  • 00:17:09.118 --> 00:17:10.686
  • And so joshua did that.
  • 00:17:10.686 --> 00:17:12.154
  • He got the men out, they didn't understand, but they said,
  • 00:17:12.154 --> 00:17:15.023
  • "joshua, you're the leader.
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  • We'll follow you."
  • 00:17:16.358 --> 00:17:17.726
  • They went around one time back to the camp, the second, the
  • 00:17:17.726 --> 00:17:21.296
  • Third, the fourth.
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  • By this time, the fourth day, you can be sure the people of
  • 00:17:22.664 --> 00:17:26.535
  • Jericho were standing on top of the wall.
  • 00:17:26.535 --> 00:17:29.771
  • You know, that wall was so large,
  • 00:17:29.771 --> 00:17:31.440
  • Some commentators said you could drive two chariots side by
  • 00:17:31.440 --> 00:17:36.245
  • Side on top of the wall of jericho.
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  • So there was room for people to amass and i'm sure they
  • 00:17:39.014 --> 00:17:41.483
  • Started hurling insults at the israelites for doing what they
  • 00:17:41.483 --> 00:17:46.989
  • Were doing.
  • 00:17:46.989 --> 00:17:48.323
  • They may have thrown rocks at them, but that didn't deter
  • 00:17:48.323 --> 00:17:50.425
  • The israelites.
  • 00:17:50.425 --> 00:17:51.827
  • But i'm sure by the fifth day, they started to have some
  • 00:17:51.827 --> 00:17:54.163
  • Real doubts.
  • 00:17:54.163 --> 00:17:55.497
  • "joshua, are you sure you got the instruction right?
  • 00:17:55.497 --> 00:17:58.000
  • We don't see any sign of any walls falling down."
  • 00:17:58.000 --> 00:18:01.236
  • If they had given up the fifth day, they would have missed
  • 00:18:01.236 --> 00:18:04.139
  • The blessing.
  • 00:18:04.139 --> 00:18:05.541
  • But they kept going.
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  • I imagine by the seventh day, they were tired of lugging that
  • 00:18:07.109 --> 00:18:10.646
  • Armor around in that hot palestinian sun.
  • 00:18:10.646 --> 00:18:13.515
  • It's awfully dry down in jericho.
  • 00:18:13.515 --> 00:18:15.617
  • But they kept doing it.
  • 00:18:15.617 --> 00:18:17.286
  • Just imagine on the third time, on the seventh day, they stopped
  • 00:18:17.286 --> 00:18:20.722
  • And they said, "there's not even a crack in the wall, joshua.
  • 00:18:20.722 --> 00:18:24.159
  • What are you having us do?"
  • 00:18:24.159 --> 00:18:26.061
  • But they kept doing what god told them to do.
  • 00:18:26.061 --> 00:18:29.298
  • And by the end of the seventh time when they blew the trumpet
  • 00:18:29.298 --> 00:18:32.701
  • And shouted, the walls instantaneously came down.
  • 00:18:32.701 --> 00:18:37.339
  • My point is, if they hadn't gone far enough, they would have
  • 00:18:37.339 --> 00:18:42.778
  • Missed god's blessing.
  • 00:18:42.778 --> 00:18:44.179
  • They were--in order to do something that seemed to make no
  • 00:18:44.179 --> 00:18:47.783
  • Sense whatsoever, and yet god blessed them.
  • 00:18:47.783 --> 00:18:51.086
  • Why?
  • 00:18:51.086 --> 00:18:52.454
  • Because they had faith.
  • 00:18:52.454 --> 00:18:53.789
  • We go to hebrews chapter 11.
  • 00:18:53.789 --> 00:18:55.824
  • Remember what the writer says?
  • 00:18:55.824 --> 00:18:57.492
  • "now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, it is the
  • 00:18:57.492 --> 00:19:01.463
  • Conviction of things not seen."
  • 00:19:01.463 --> 00:19:03.732
  • Faith is not a hope, it's not a wish, it is the assurance that
  • 00:19:03.732 --> 00:19:07.636
  • God is going to do what he has promised to do and
  • 00:19:07.636 --> 00:19:10.806
  • Acting accordingly.
  • 00:19:10.806 --> 00:19:12.975
  • God blessed their faith, and their faith resulted
  • 00:19:12.975 --> 00:19:16.278
  • In perseverance,
  • 00:19:16.278 --> 00:19:17.613
  • Continuing in spite of the circumstances.
  • 00:19:17.613 --> 00:19:20.782
  • Here's another great story of perseverance and why you need to
  • 00:19:20.782 --> 00:19:24.219
  • Make sure you go far enough.
  • 00:19:24.219 --> 00:19:26.321
  • The story of naaman and the unusual command.
  • 00:19:26.321 --> 00:19:29.124
  • It's found in 2 kings chapter 5.
  • 00:19:29.124 --> 00:19:31.593
  • I love this story.
  • 00:19:31.593 --> 00:19:33.262
  • You know, naaman was the captain of the syrian army and he
  • 00:19:33.262 --> 00:19:37.966
  • Contracted leprosy.
  • 00:19:37.966 --> 00:19:39.635
  • And so he asked the prophet elisha, what he should do.
  • 00:19:39.635 --> 00:19:43.605
  • And word came back from elisha exactly what he needed to do to
  • 00:19:43.605 --> 00:19:47.442
  • Be healed from the leprosy.
  • 00:19:47.442 --> 00:19:48.777
  • Look at 2 kings 5 verse 10.
  • 00:19:48.777 --> 00:19:51.213
  • "go and wash in the jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be
  • 00:19:51.213 --> 00:19:57.286
  • Restored to you and you shall be clean."
  • 00:19:57.286 --> 00:20:00.722
  • Verse 11,
  • 00:20:00.722 --> 00:20:02.057
  • "but naaman was furious when he heard that instruction."
  • 00:20:02.057 --> 00:20:07.629
  • Now, why was he so mad at that instruction?
  • 00:20:07.629 --> 00:20:11.400
  • If you've ever been to the jordan river, you
  • 00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:13.635
  • Understand why.
  • 00:20:13.635 --> 00:20:15.270
  • This idea of washing in the jordan, verse 10, that's
  • 00:20:15.270 --> 00:20:18.173
  • An oxymoron.
  • 00:20:18.173 --> 00:20:19.508
  • Nobody washes in the jordan.
  • 00:20:19.508 --> 00:20:21.977
  • You know, it's interesting when people go to israel for the
  • 00:20:21.977 --> 00:20:24.413
  • First time, "oh, i wanna be baptized in the jordan.
  • 00:20:24.413 --> 00:20:26.915
  • Pastor, can i be baptized in the jordan?"
  • 00:20:26.915 --> 00:20:29.351
  • And they've got this image that the jordan river is this clear,
  • 00:20:29.351 --> 00:20:33.021
  • Pristine water with a holy mist that emanates from the surface.
  • 00:20:33.021 --> 00:20:38.794
  • And when they get there, they see it's nothing but a mud hole.
  • 00:20:38.794 --> 00:20:42.030
  • It is a filthy mud hole.
  • 00:20:42.030 --> 00:20:44.833
  • And when people wanna be baptized in the jordan, i said,
  • 00:20:44.833 --> 00:20:48.603
  • "we'll be happy to do it.
  • 00:20:48.603 --> 00:20:50.205
  • Ben, come over here."
  • 00:20:50.205 --> 00:20:52.441
  • Ben is our official jordan river baptizer.
  • 00:20:52.441 --> 00:20:57.346
  • People say, "what does an executive pastor do?"
  • 00:20:57.346 --> 00:20:59.448
  • He baptizes in the jordan river, among other things.
  • 00:20:59.448 --> 00:21:03.085
  • He's happy to do it.
  • 00:21:03.085 --> 00:21:04.419
  • I'm not happy to do it.
  • 00:21:04.419 --> 00:21:05.754
  • It's filthy.
  • 00:21:05.754 --> 00:21:07.189
  • And that's exactly why naaman was furious.
  • 00:21:07.189 --> 00:21:09.658
  • But i think there's something else at work here.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Jeffress: sometimes our daily chores make us feel like a slave
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  • To our own responsibilities, and never more so often when
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  • Surprises come our way.
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  • Are you tired of the rat race?
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  • Do you feel like your days are becoming more like a slog than
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  • A celebration?
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  • Well, the solution starts with your attitude.
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  • It's a simple choice, beginning with shifting your perspective
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  • From that of a victim to a victor.
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  • In our series, we're looking at 11 biblical attitude choices
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  • That are necessary to experience the abundance life jesus christ
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  • Has promised.
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  • And there's much more for us to learn about choosing
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  • Perseverance over defeat.
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  • Series, "choose your attitudes, change your life."
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  • Jeffress: do you desire to achieve your god-given purpose
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  • In life?
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  • Expect to work hard.
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  • We don't wanna hear that.
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  • We wanna think we--we try to disguise our laziness with
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  • Theology, "oh, well, you know, if it's meant to be, it's up
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  • To god.
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  • You know, he's got to do it.
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  • It won't require any effort from me."
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  • Announcer: set your dvr and join
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  • Us next time for part two of the
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  • Message, "choosing perseverance
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  • Over defeat" here on "pathway
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  • To victory."
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  • Jeffress: each of us will leave a legacy.
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  • What will your legacy be?
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  • Your legacy giving can further
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  • The gospel and be an example
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  • To your children about
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  • What matters most in life.
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  • The world my daughters and grandchildren are growing up in
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  • Is vastly different than the one you and i grew up in.
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  • The gospel of jesus christ is our only answer, and naming
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  • "pathway to victory" as a beneficiary in your will
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  • Helps guarantee that there will be a trusted ministry
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  • That will continue to be salt and light.
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  • Like the ripples that emanate from a rock thrown into a pond,
  • 00:25:56.311 --> 00:26:00.615
  • Your influence for christ can keep going on and on
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  • After you die, with a gift in your will.
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  • What will your legacy be?
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  • "only one life, will soon be past.
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  • Only what's done for christ will last."
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  • Announcer: experience the beauty of alaska with the
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  • Pathway to victory family june 13-20, 2026.
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  • Sail through the calm waters of the legendary inside passage
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  • With dr. robert jeffress aboard holland america's
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  • Magnificent koningsdam.
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  • Be inspired by award-winning musician michael o'brien's
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  • Powerful worship; share laughter with dennis swanberg,
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  • America's minister of encouragement;
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  • All while exploring frontier towns like juneau,
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  • Skagway, and ketchikan.
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  • Jeffress: there's something powerful about connecting with
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  • God and fellow believers in the majesty
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  • Of his untamed wilderness.
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  • From the majestic glaciers to soaring eagles,
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  • These moments in god's creation will deepen your
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  • Faith in powerful ways.
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  • Announcer: join us for a spiritual journey through some
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  • Of creation's most spectacular displays.
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  • Don't wait, our best cabins are going fast.
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  • Secure your alaska adventure now.
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