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0:22 Welcome to Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle. I'm Michelle Humphreys. And I0:26 am Naina Keegan. Welcome to the broadcast broadcast today. Today, we're gonna be talking about a word for Christians in these days and that's endurance, endure to the end, and toughen up. And I've0:38 been telling Michelle that I feel like God keeps telling me this, that we need to get tougher. I don't feel like things are just always going to get easier. And we need0:49 to run our race with endurance, and we need to toughen up for what's coming ahead. I know when the Bible says count it all joy when you go through trials of many kinds, when that you1:01 will go through afflictions. Count it all joy. I read that the first time when I was very first saved, and I remember thinking, okay, why are we gonna count it all joy when we go through trials of any1:13 kinds? What does that even mean? But I mean I never heard anybody say, oh yay, a trial, that's joyous. Yeah. No. But1:21 You know anytime you think there's a trial, don't you dread it?1:24 Yes. But every time, every single time I've been in a trial, it's been an opportunity to God God to show up and show off in my1:35 life. And what I have learned about him and his faithfulness, each and every time I've been walking through something, he has led me through it. Even if you're walking through the valley of the1:47 shadow of death, fear no evil, he's got you and he has led me through it. And I come out stronger with, my faith strengthened. I have more of a testimony to1:59 bless and help others. So trials and adversity are going to come, and especially now we're in the midst of just a huge worldly trial of good2:11 versus evil, and God wants us to stay strong, to to endure it through his eyes and see what he wants to do in this moment through us and2:23 to toughen up for what's coming.2:25 Well, and the bible says, therefore do not cast I'm I'm reading out of Hebrews 10 starting with 35. Therefore, do not cast away your confidence which has great2:37 reward for you have need of endurance so that after you have done the will of God you may receive the promise. And it says for a little while it says that he who is coming2:49 will and will not tarry. Now the just shall live by faith but if anyone draws back my soul has no pleasure in him. But we are not of those who draw back to perdition3:01 but of those who believe to the saving of the soul. And when you think about that, we are not of those who draw back to perdition. Now that's a little scary Yeah. When I read3:12 that. That that causes me to feel an alarm bell, know, to hear 1 going off that that's a possibility. So we really do have need to3:24 endure. Now when you go through a trial day in, day out, day in, day out, it is easy to be weary. And the bible says don't be weary in well3:36 doing for if you do not faint, you will reap a reward. And so know that. Hang on. Get in church. Read your3:48 bible. Listen to messages. Turn on praise music. Get with a a small life group. Do some things to help yours to build yourself up in your most holy faith4:00 so that you can toughen up and so that you can endure.4:05 You know, the bible says that in in Timothy, second Timothy 3 12, yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will4:16 suffer persecution. Will. That's not an if. That's not a maybe. It's will. And how many of you have noticed more and more4:27 that Christianity is getting canceled? We know even some of our own stuff that we've put in putting on social media, the scriptures, they'll they'll cancel it, they'll shut it down, they'll say it's offensive.4:41 Who is it offending, especially when the subscribers subscribe to read those that word of God? But I mean, you've had4:48 something canceled where it said God is love, and and what is that about? How is that hate speech? I don't understand that.4:57 They said that that's that's false. We can't prove that. And it's like, well, I you know, so we just keep going, we keep putting it out there, we keep, you know, fighting and and and for for5:09 God's word to be alive and go all over the globe. You know, you only think about what they're taking down. They're taking down the truth. They're taking down and and saying it's hate speech, but who says5:20 that? And then literally it is said facts fact checkers. Well, who are they? Who are the fact checkers that are saying that the bible is hate speech? And so we know it's coming,5:32 God wants us to prepare. God wants us to know who we are. God wants us to be ready, have the lamp, the oil lamp ready, be ready with the word of God, be ready to give an5:44 answer about why you will have joy in the midst of the crazy times and the end times in the midst of what's going on. Because no matter what, the joy of the Lord is our strength.5:56 And we're gonna walk through whatever God sends our way or allows to come our way with with a dignity and a righteousness that we have from6:07 from Jesus being in our lives, from being saved, from being born again, we have the righteousness of God in us, and we can and will walk through these things6:19 and do all we know to do and be all that God has for us in these times, and we will the gates of hell shall not prevail against us, and no weapon formed6:30 against shall ever prosper. But we have to get our armor on, and we have to get in a place where we fight for everything that we have, and we come at it with the word of God, and we need to be6:41 strong with that and not back down. And6:44 and we have to realize that we have been fairly warned. It says in the end times, which I think I mean, I'm not certain, but it looks like we6:56 live in the end times. It says in the end times many will fall away. Now if that's not a scary scripture to you, I don't know what is because that7:08 is terrifying that many will fall away. That means many will not endure. That's Christians. Yeah. They will begin to fall away. What is gonna cause7:20 that? You know, the Bible says in Revelations if you know, I'm not saying that I'm you know, perfect in revelations. I I I am not sure about some of the things. I think some of it is very7:32 mysterious to me still, but it looks to me if I read it correctly like the antichrist is going to die. He's gonna raise in 3 days, and he's going to7:44 walk in miracles. So that is going to look very close to our Jesus. If you don't if you're not ready for that Mhmm. Then you you might7:56 not make it. You might turn back to perdition. So what we're trying to do here today is to get you ready to call you to be a boot camp8:07 soldier and toughen up. And we're gonna talk more about that when we come back.8:13 The world needs to be reached with the message of Jesus. And that is the mission of Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle. To see people's lives change with the saving power of Jesus Christ.8:25 When you donate to Grace Grace Ministries, you're also reaching orphans and the underprivileged throughout the world, as well as the United States. The Bible says that when we help the least, the forgotten, and the8:36 overlooked, we have done something for Jesus himself. Will you be a part of what God is doing to help those in need and those who are hungry to hear the real message of Jesus? Give today by logging8:48 on to naina and michelle dot com or text the word give to 3 2 5 6 0 3 3 3 5 4. You can also send in a check to 63 15 b f m 14 88 road9:00 number 1 22 Magnolia, Texas 7 7 3 5 4. Grace Grace Ministries is a 5 0 1 c 3 charitable organization. Gifts are tax deductible, so join us in the great commission9:11 today. Give now.9:14 Welcome back to the program. We are talking about enduring until the end and toughening up. What do you what say you about this, Naina?9:26 Toughen up. Well, let me just tell you that recently I I got the scripture, you know, go the extra mile, and I felt like that is a toughening up9:37 because that scripture comes from a place in the Bible where a Roman soldier with their huge packs of armory could grab any Jewish9:49 citizen and make them carry it for a mile, and there were even markers back then, markers, road markers of how many miles because the second that that that10:00 Jewish civilian would just get to that mile marker, they could drop the pack and be done. But when the bible says go the extra mile, now think about that though because wherever they10:12 were, drop everything, you gotta take this the soldier's pack, carry it a mile wherever he was going, and then you had to go all the way back to get your stuff and do whatever you were doing. You're talking 410:24 miles. So if you go the extra mile, you're talking 2 miles with the pack and and and 2 miles back. And so when I studied that because that is toughening up because when you're having to do10:35 something that you don't really wanna do and it's really not fair and that's kind of what a lot of people are feeling right now that things aren't fair in the way things are going in our world right now. But going that10:47 extra mile, it meant that that second mile, when that the the the soldier would wonder why. Why are you carrying this this pack for me? Why are you doing that? Then it10:59 wasn't an obligation anymore, it's an opportunity. That's when that Jewish civilian can start telling, well, I'm doing this because this is what the Lord expects of me. That's when he has an11:11 opportunity because that soldier couldn't, for the life of him, believe that someone would just go and do that. Right.11:18 And That was a witness.11:20 And so he would be able to witness and would be able to turn that obligation, that that that thing, it's like when the bible says turn your cheek, turn the cheek. And so, you11:31 know, when when he takes your shirt, give him your coat. You know, there are so many things in the bible that can be a tool for us. Even if it brings some suffering to us, What is the greater good?11:43 Right. What is coming from this adversity? And that's where we have to toughen up and understand that it's not about us, but it's what God wants to do through us and we need to be an example of how we11:55 handle adversity and how we, you know, how we like behave. Right. And what is what is our example when things are crazy in this world right now?12:06 Well, and you know, it says in first Peter 5 8, it says, be sober, be vigilant because your adversary, the devil walks about like a12:18 roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. And in Luke 8 5, Jesus told a parable about a sower that the sum of the seed fell12:30 by the wayside and was trampled down and the birds of the air devoured it. And Jesus said this seed is the word of God and those by the wayside are the ones who hear then the devil comes12:42 and takes away the word out of their hearts lest they should believe and be saved. And here's the thing, we have downplayed the devil so much in the12:53 church, in the world, and it almost seems like fictional, but the devil is very real. Yeah. You have an adversary. You have an enemy. I have an13:05 enemy, and he is the enemy of our soul. And if we are not careful, we will get so entangled by the cares of life. You know, cares of13:17 life. You know, you get busy. You have to work. You have problems. There can be health scares or serious health problems, and you13:29 can get so entangled in the cares of life. And, you know, the bible says that there's an answer to that, and it goes back to being a soldier. And it says, you know, be like a13:40 soldier. It says in Timothy, it says second Timothy 2 3, the bible says, you therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No 113:52 engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier. Every soldier you know had14:04 to toughen up just to go to boot camp. Can you imagine? I mean first of all they shave your hair. That's the nightmare, right? And then they beat you down and14:16 make you run and by the end of it every soldier that I've known that has gone to boot camp, when they come back they're buff, Right? They have toughened up and they are no longer14:27 babies.14:29 Well it's true. You ever notice that like when you work out or when you exercise, it's like sometimes when you're very first starting on a certain muscle group, like the next day you can barely move, but then after a14:41 while, you're doing those same exercises and it doesn't bother you anymore because now you're strengthened in that area. And so it's the same way. It's like when whenever we go through something, we14:53 allow it to be used to strengthen us, to strengthen our faith, to toughen us up Mhmm. So that when we go through that again or when that comes up again or when we have an opportunity to witness, we15:04 are able to to use that as a strength. What actually the devil meant for harm, what he meant to use against us, God will use for us to be a blessing,15:16 to testify, to bring that blessing on that testimony to someone else and help strengthen someone else's faith. Because at the end of the day, we're what what are we here15:28 for? We all have a part of this great commission. We all have ministry. We are all being used by God. Who are you talking to? Who are you witnessing to? Who are you an example15:40 to? You know, you can bring the word of God to your neighbor at the grocery store, wherever you are, and be an example in your family. Don't just let it be what people see on the outside. You know,15:52 there's so many times you think that there's these perfect little families everywhere, and it's really not like that. The it it it's like you you just don't know their whole story. You're looking at the little Facebook16:02 version of all the perfect stuff. But let me just tell you, people are watching you and they wanna know why you have the joy you have in the midst of the trials you're going through. Every day is16:14 an opportunity to be an example and to be a witness no matter what we're going through. And so it's time to toughen up. It's time to get strengthened in the Lord. It's time to let the joy of the Lord be our strength.16:25 Like apostle Paul says, even when he was in prison always, he was always in prison, but he wrote so much of the bible. And he said, what does it matter? None of this at the end of16:37 the day is gonna matter unless Christ is preached. That's what he says. Nothing else matters. So you just you suck it up, you put on your your full armor16:49 of God, and you let God strengthen you, and you let God do a work in you, and you get about doing God's business no matter what's going on, no matter what. So we all know17:01 that that this is something we're gonna do. We're all gonna toughen up. I'm gonna talk more in just a minute.17:09 We wanna honor God because he sees everything.17:16 You were born with a plan and a purpose. He's the god of all things possible. He's God of all17:28 miracles.17:36 The world needs to be reached with the message of Jesus. And that is the mission of Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle. To see people's lives change with the saving power of Jesus Christ.17:48 When you donate to Grace Grace Ministries, you're also reaching orphans and the underprivileged throughout the world, as well as the United States. The Bible says that when we help the least, the forgotten, and the18:00 overlooked, we have done something for Jesus himself. Will you be a part of what God is doing to help those in need and those who are hungering to hear the real message of Jesus? Give today by logging18:12 on to naina and michelle dot com or text the word give to 3 2 5 6 0 3 3 3 5 4. You can also send in a check to 63 15 b f m 14 88 road18:23 number 1 2 Magnolia, Texas 7 7 3 5 4. Grace Grace Ministries is a 5 0 1 c 3 charitable organization. Gifts are tax deductible, so join us in the great commission18:35 today. Give now.18:37 Welcome back to Grace Grace. We are talking about endurance, enduring until the end, and toughening up. And the word endurance in the bible, it18:49 is hupamon. How about that? I like that word. It says it means constancy, perseverance, continuance, bearing up,19:00 steadfastness, holding out patient endurance. The word combines hupo, under, and moan to remain. It describes the capacity to continue19:12 to bear up under difficult circumstances not with complacency but with hopeful fortitude that actively resists weariness and defeat.19:24 So we're talking about a powerful word. This word endurance means that you are you're you're taking ground, you are moving19:36 forward, but you are steadfast. Nothing is shaking you. You are no longer entangled in the world's process. No good19:47 soldier gets entangled. Know soldiers, you know my son-in-law was a Navy Seal and still is, and he does19:59 not, like he goes off on missions, He does he cannot think about anything but the mission. They have spent over a half million dollars to train him and20:11 the mission is all he can think about. He does not get entangled with the things that are going on in the family, the things that are going on in life. I mean seriously, it is a20:22 high focused He has to have that or he could get killed or someone else could get killed. You have to focus on the mission. And that endurance is you're tired, you're20:34 sad, you're lonely, you're hungry, but you continue to press in to that high calling that Jesus called us to. That's endurance.20:44 The blessing is in the pressing and it's the Bible says in first Corinthians 16 13, watch with and it has an exclamation point. Watch. Stand firm20:56 in the faith. Be courageous and be strong. That's what we're called to do. We have to stand firm in our faith of knowing that you know that you know who God is and what he can do,21:08 what he will do, what he has done. That's how we know what he will do by what he has done. You just go back and you count the times that he's done things for you and he hasn't moved. He hasn't changed. He is still that21:20 same God. We're to be bold. We're to be have have the the courage to step out in faith and to go with his word no matter what. No matter who's doesn't like it. No matter who comes against21:31 it. We know that we have all authority. There that when, you know, the devil is is running amok in this world right now, but guess what? When he fell from heaven,21:43 he took he only took a third of the angels. 2 thirds of the angels are still on our side.21:49 We have the majority. There's no demon making factory.21:52 Nope. There's no21:55 So greater is he that is in us than he that is in the world. So there's we've got it all. We win.22:01 And he's not omniscient, he's not omnipresent, he doesn't know things that we know. We know all of of that that God keeps making bringing souls. God keeps bringing souls. Our22:12 army keeps growing because we have Jesus in us, and so together we have the majority because we have Jesus interceding for us at the right hand of22:24 his father. What can be better than that? We have the Holy Spirit in us. God goes before us. He's in in us. He goes beside us. He's he's everywhere that we are. He's never22:36 asleep at the wheel, and that is so comforting to know no matter what we're going through. And sometimes the trials are just so horrific. Sometimes we're just crying out to Lord. We don't even know22:49 what tomorrow is even gonna look like. And if you're in that place today, we want to encourage you that God knows where you are. He knows who you are. He knows your name. He is23:01 has got a plan for you. And even though you're walking through this right now, God has a plan, and God will bring you through that because many are the afflictions of the righteous, but God sees23:13 you through them all. And the Bible says all. That means all of them. That means exactly what you're going through right now. And so we need to trust that. He's got us and he's there.23:24 Absolutely. And I mean, think about like I think about, you know, in ministry sometimes, you you know, you can be going and going and going, and23:36 then when you think it's time to rest, to me that's whenever it gets really rough. And even, you know, Jesus went away to rest. Right? Yeah. And23:48 and I I do think that in our world, it's kinda like it it's like a badge of honor to be busy all the time. And it's I don't know why that's a good thing to be busy24:00 all the time. I mean, do think we have to be busy about the Lord's business, but to be busy all the time, not even Jesus himself was busy all the time. He stepped away, and I think24:11 that's part of our strategy of being a good soldier. We have to step away and rest in the Lord, put on the yoke of the Lord, and and and get away. And I I find that24:24 when I am thinking that it's time to rest, like on a plane, like after I have been gone for a while and I sit down on a plane, a lot of times I just think,24:37 it's that that part is over. I am resting. And it it it almost seems like almost all the time now, the Lord sends me someone on the plane. Mhmm.24:49 And and so I have to be like, God, this is you. I know it's you, and so I have to say, you're gonna have to give me strength for this because I am so tired and25:01 I thought it was time to rest, and now I am, you know, witnessing or counseling or something and and that is when I get caught off guard, you know, and and25:13 and I am not so tough at that point. I'm like, no. No. No. No. No. No. Don't tell me this. Don't tell me this because I was planning on taking a nap, you25:25 know. And and then by the time it's all over, I'm like, God, that was so amazing. There's no way that out of all the people on the plane or in the world, you know, sometimes25:36 I'll get like a connecting flight or something, this is the person that you sat by by me, you know.25:42 Isn't he always amazing?25:43 He does.25:44 Our steps are always ordered, and we're gonna pray right now that God is going to give you strength. Right now, we declare that he's gonna give us all the strength that we need to endure25:56 to the end. And I pray the blood of Jesus over each and every 1 in Jesus name. Amen. We are so grateful that you joined us for the broadcast today, however you found us, but you can26:07 continue to follow us on social media. We have a podcast on your favorite podcast apps, and we can we just want you to just leave us your prayer requests, get in touch with us. We want to hear from26:19 you. We love you all, and God bless you, and stay tuned for this word from Darrell Youngblood.26:24 Does science disprove God? Is there a war between science and faith? 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