PERSEVERANCE
(See also Endurance; Persistence)
Bible examples:
Elisha: w13 8/15 29
Jeremiah: yc 20-21; jr 121-122; w09 12/1 24-25; w95 11/15 24
Paul: mwb24.07 2; w95 11/15 24-25
Peter: w23.09 20-25
Samson: w23.09 5-6
child training: w86 8/1 30-31
teaching perseverance: ijwhf article 36
contributing factors: w95 12/1 14-19
positive outlook: scl 39
despite disappointments: w24.03 14-19
discussion: w00 2/1 3-6
experiences:
Bible student moves: yb00 59-60
Bible student moves, leaving no address: w95 10/15 17
Bible student moves repeatedly: w95 4/1 8
calling on not-at-homes: w14 4/15 31; km 4/07 8; yb06 43-44
dirty, obnoxious homeless man reached: w17.06 14-15
elderly couple: km 4/01 3
father accepts truth: w03 1/1 26
opposed husband: lff lesson 12; w13 3/15 31
visits by intercom: yb00 54-55, 58
Witness hunts for man in rurals: w09 3/1 18-19
youth hides: w16.08 26
field ministry: bt 130-131, 170; km 11/13 1; km 2/10 2; km 1/09 1; w08 1/15 5-6, 15; w08 7/15 11; w08 12/15 19; km 6/08 1; w05 1/1 17; wt 167-172, 174; yb98 254-255; w88 7/15 13-16
despite persecution: bt 220-221, 223
return visits: lmd lesson 7; w19.07 16; km 11/14 3; km 11/11 1
in prayer: ijwbv article 30; scl 24; wp21.1 12; w16.09 12; w09 2/1 17; w06 9/1 28; w03 1/15 25; kl 156, 158; w91 12/15 14-18
in reaching spiritual goals: w16.08 22-23
life stories:
“Since We Have This Ministry ... , We Do Not Give Up”: w95 2/1 20-25
meaning of term: w00 2/1 4-5; w91 12/15 14
meetings: yb98 254-255
need for, as Christians: w89 1/1 9
not giving up: ijwbv article 56; w21.10 24-28; mwb19.05 2; w16.09 9-10; w95 12/1 9-19; g91 8/22 31
serving Jehovah: w02 3/1 16; km 6/01 1; yb98 253-255
under ban: w87 1/1 7