1. Welcome! We are glad you are here!

2. A View From The Mountaintop
“Change Matters” Hot Dog Lunch
and Bake Sale
Sunday, Oct. 23rd, After Worship
Sabbatical Reflections

3. Family Fall Fest Saturday, Oct. 29, 3-5pm
@ Ferry Farm Baptist Church (1 Westmoreland Dr., 22405)
Free Food, Fun, Games, Moon Bounces (even pumpkin bowling!)

4. A View From The Mountaintop
Now playing at Muvico behind the Mall
Sabbatical Reflections

5. The Apostle Paul - Courageous Endurance
Portraits in Courage:
The Apostle Paul - Courageous Endurance

6. Definition of Endurance “the capacity of something to last
or to withstand
wear and tear”
(Merriam Webster Dictionary)

7. “Iron Man” Triathlon Examples of Endurance 2.4 mile swim 112 mile bike
26.2 mile run

8. Paul’s Amazing Spiritual Endurance
2 Corinthians 11:24-28
24 “Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea,”

9. 2 Corinthians 11:24-28
26 “I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my own countrymen, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false brothers.”

10. 2 Corinthians 11:24-28
27 “I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep;
I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food;
I have been cold and naked.
28 Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.”

11. How did Paul endure?
He had the greatest Coach and Example ever!

12. Hebrews 12:2-3 “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.”

13. How did Paul endure?
2. He didn’t run alone! He had great running mates like Silas, Barnabas, Timothy, Titus, and many others.

14. Acts 14:19-20 (Lystra example)
19 “Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won the crowd over. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead. 20 But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day he and Barnabas left for Derbe.”

15. Hebrews 12:1 “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.”

16. Heb. 10:24-25 “And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. 25 Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another - and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”

17. “The Grandmothers of Endurance”

18. How did Paul endure?
3. He kept his eyes on the
prize!

19. 2 Timothy 4:6-8
6 “For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time has come for my departure.
7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race,
I have kept the faith.”

20. 2 Timothy 4:6-8
8 “Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.”

21. God’s Reward
for
Courageous Endurance

22. God needs marathoners not sprinters
Those who say…
“I will fight the good fight,
I will finish the race,
I will keep the faith.”

23. God needs marathoners not sprinters
Which will you be?

24. Next Sunday:
“Trick or Treat”

25. See you next Sunday!