The cloud of witnesses the heroes of faith are not watching us from heaven, It is their faithful lives that witness to us 12:1.
Every one of us can carry unnecessary baggage (weights) often without any awareness, its a good thing to ask the Holy Spirit to show us, then with His help we can learn to lay them aside 12:1.
While we look at the heroes of faith and what they achieved we must fix our eyes on Jesus no one has suffered as He did for each and every one of us. When hanging on the Cross He endured it all because of the joy that He knew would be His afterward. I believe every Christian will share in Christs joy at His return 12:2 see also Galatians 6:9 and Mathew 25:21
When we face hardships or feelings of discouragement never loose sight of the bigger picture, Jesus didn’t 12:2.
God is never responsible for the difficult circumstances that sometime happen but He will often use these to accomplish His purposes in our lives 12:5-11 see also Romans 8:28
God disciplines those He loves and those He loves He corrects, this is further proof that we are His Children. We should never run from but accept and even embrace God’s correction for it will make our lives more fruitful in every way 12:11
A verse to remember
He was willing to die a shameful death on the cross because of the joy He knew would be His afterward. Hebrews 12:2 N.L.T.
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End Times Bible Truth with Robert Spiller 