Today's Turning Point with David Jeremiah

Weekend, April 12 & 13 Winning Moments: Perseverance And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance. Romans 5:3 Recommended Reading 2 Peter 1:5-9 An athlete could be forgiven for choosing basketball (plays indoors) or baseball (plays in the summer) instead of football (sooner or later will play in freezing rain, sleet, or snow). When the wind is freezing and the line markers are covered with snow, pro footballers break the game into small pieces: "A quarter is only 15 minutes. Four of those, with a warm break at the half, and I'm done. I can do that." It takes perseverance to make it through a freezing cold game. And it likewise takes perseverance to make it through the challenges of life. Like a sporting event, life doesn't last forever. We are here for a limited time before being translated into the warmth and glory of the presence of Christ in heaven. When he wrote that "tribulation produces perseverance," Paul went on to say that "perseverance [produces] character; and character, hope" (Romans 5:4). Everyone wants hope in times of tribulation, but the connectors between tribulation and hope are perseverance and character. If God has called you onto an uncomfortable playing field right now, remember that tribulation leads to hope—if you persevere. By perseverance the snail reached the ark. Charles H. Spurgeon Read-Thru-the-Bible 1 Kings 16:1 - 18:46 ; 1 Kings 19:1 - 21:29

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