Chapel – Perseverance

Chapel – Perseverance

1 – Here we are at game number ___ of our season.

·      Let’s take a look back at our season so far.

·      We’ve competed at …(tough opponent)

·      We’ve endured a… (hard situation)

·      We’ve won a hard fought battle with …. (good win)

·      We’ve had to battle through… (illness or injury)

·      We won on the road at… (big road win)

·      We now face a worthy opponent on their home turf with a lot at stake.

·      We have handled these tests well and they have made us stronger.

·      This reminds me of an encouraging scripture.

2 – James 1:12 (read the text aloud).

·      Blessed = being contentedly happy.  Remember the bus ride back from ……?  Like that.

·      It says the one who perseveres under trial, not the one who quits under trial, not the one who whines under trial, not the one who complains under trial.

·      It says we are blessed when we refuse to quit and when we continue to move ahead toward the goal.

·      Once we have been approved, we will receive the crown of life.

o   We prove ourselves in the middle of trials, tests and adversity.

o   The result is a crown, a ring, a championship.

3 – Let’s commit ourselves to an attitude that will override every test, trial and each moment of adversity.