PERSISTENCE

(See also Perseverance)

benefits: w95 8/1 25-29

Bible examples: w95 8/1 28-29

Phoenician woman: w95 8/1 25-27

experiences: w07 2/1 13; km 11/01 8; w89 1/1 31

Bible studies started: w14 5/15 5

blind and deaf man reached: yb14 59, 61-63

brother-in-law responds after 37 years: w08 1/15 15-16

hounded Witnesses return on rainy days: w95 8/1 29

inactive ones helped: w20.06 26; kr 127; km 2/07 8

interested husband never home, wife disinterested: yb04 53-54

locate woman through newspaper and phone book: yb94 59

sisters locate Bible student in bar: yb94 50-51

in field ministry: scl 98; bt 130-131, 170; w12 6/1 15; w11 12/1 25; w08 7/15 11; km 4/08 3; km 6/08 1; w88 1/1 25-29

why call repeatedly: w08 1/15 15; w08 12/15 19; km 7/07 4

in prayer: w92 4/15 6

illustration of persistent friend (Lu 11): it-1 1180; jy 174; w13 4/1 11; w06 12/15 20-22; gt chapter 74; w88 8/1 9

illustration of widow and judge (Lu 18): w21.11 23-24; it-1 1182; it-2 1149; jy 220; w14 4/1 6-7; w06 12/15 25-29; gt chapter 94; w89 7/1 8

‘keep on asking, seeking, knocking’ (Mt 7:7-11): w09 2/15 18-19; w99 1/15 17-18; g92 6/8 21; w88 2/15 13

meaning of term: w95 8/1 27