Perseverance

 Spiritual Vitamin

"Perseverance is more than endurance. It is endurance combined with absolute assurance and certainty that what we are looking for is going to happen." Oswald Chambers

Challenge: How do you need to persevere this week? Ask God to help you persevere with His strength.

Today's Prayer 

Dear God, Lord, we admit our need for endurance and a stick-to-itiveness spirit to walk through these days of social isolation.  How, Lord? Please help us endure! The separation from our family, our friends, the elderly, those sick and our work associates is hard enough! Not to think of the joys of life we miss, like going out to eat, enjoying a happy hour with friends or going to a concert. Lord, we truly miss life as know it and the separation is so tough. But, we are reminded this morning, that nothing will be able to separate us from your love! Paul speaks with total certainty when he says in Romans 8:38-39 “For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor thing present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. “ So, Lord, we lean into your love today that is sure! We thank you for your constant presence, peace and comfort. We walk into this day with renewed hope that You will indeed see us through! Thank you! Amen.