The document discusses themes of endurance and faith from a biblical perspective, emphasizing the importance of overcoming doubt and discouragement while relying on God's guidance. It includes verses from scripture that highlight the significance of maintaining steadfastness in the face of trials and the value of faith. Additionally, it presents options for dealing with failure, encouraging practice, reassessment, and patience in seeking divine timing.

2. Heb 12:1-2
Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by
so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside
every weight, and the sin which so easily
ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the
race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus,
the author and finisher of our faith, who for
the joy that was set before Him endured the
cross, despising the shame, and has sat down
at the right hand of the throne of God.

3. Secular Humanism can be defined as a
religious worldview based on atheism,
naturalism, evolution, and ethical
relativism.

4. Part 4:
Beyond “D”
OPPOSITION

5. Isa 54:17
No weapon formed against you shall prosper,
and every tongue which rises against you in
judgment you shall condemn. This is the
heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their
righteousness is from Me," says the LORD.

6. Tianenmen Square
Beijing, China 1989

7. 1 Cor 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast,
immovable, always abounding in the work of
the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain
in the Lord.

8. You are Here

9. You Are Here
Doubt
Beyond “D” Opposition

10. Heb 11:6
…without faith it is impossible to please Him,
for he who comes to God must believe that He
is, and that He is a rewarder of those who
diligently seek Him.

11. Rom 10:17
So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by
the word of God.

12. Eph 4:14” ……tossed to and fro and carried
about with every wind of doctrine, by the
trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of
deceitful plotting…”

13. You are Here
Doubt
Discouragement
Beyond “D” Opposition

14. You are Here
Doubt
Discouragement
Diversion
Beyond “D” Opposition

15. You are Here
Doubt
Discouragement
Diversion Defeats
Beyond “D” Opposition

16. Proverbs 24:16
Even if good people fall seven times, they will
get back up. But when trouble strikes the
wicked, that's the end of them. (CEV)

17. Psalm 40:2-3
…and pulled me from a lonely pit full of mud
and mire. You let me stand on a rock with my
feet firm, and you gave me a new song, a song
of praise to you. Many will see this, and they
will honor and trust you, the LORD God.

18. Three Options with Failure
1. Practice until you get better.

19. Three Options with Failure
1. Practice until you get better.
2. Move on to something you’re more suited
for.

20. Three Options with Failure
1. Practice until you get better.
2. Move on to something you’re more suited
for.
3. Just be patient and wait for God’s timing.

21. Jeremiah 8:4-5
The LORD said: People of Jerusalem, when you
stumble and fall, you get back up, and if you
take a wrong road, you turn around and go
back. So why do you refuse to come back to
me? Why do you hold so tightly to your false
gods? (CEV)

22. You are Here
Doubt
Discouragement
Diversion Defeat
Delay
Beyond “D” Opposition

23. Doubt
Discouragement
Diversion
Defeat
Delay
Beyond “D” Opposition