August 23 - Rejoicing Amidst Suffering
August 30 - What Suffering Leads To
September 6 - What Endurance Produces
September 13 - What Character Produces
September 20 - What Hope Does

1. Endurance can be obtained.

"Unless the divine power has raised you up... I see not how you can go through your glorious enterprise in opposing that (abominable practice of slavery), which is the scandal of religion, of England, and of human nature. Unless God has raised you up for this very thing, you will be worn out by the opposition of men and devils. But if God be for you, who can be against you? Are all of them together stronger than God? Oh, be not weary of well-doing. Go on in the name of God, and in the power of His might."

(Daily Bread 6-16-89 https://www.sermonillustrations.com/a-z/p/perseverance.htm)

2. Endurance is a gift.

3. Endurance is not the end goal.

Sermon Questions

1. Share a story of when God helped you to endure.

2. Share a Biblical example of God's endurance.

3. How can we see endurance as a gift?

4. How can we keep in mind that suffering and endurance are not the end goal?

5. Be willing to share with your group an enduring thing for you right now so they can pray with you.