Perseverance

Intro

-Louie Zamporini… Does this name mean anything to anyone?

-Think about his life. It is a perfect example of my sermon topic. And that is persistance

-Hero?

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Talk about Zamporini’s life and how we can connect with it

Transfer over to the parable on the Persistent Widow

Read

-Plane went down and out of the 7 original there were only 3 survivors

Emphasis: “Does not fear God nor cared what people think.” yet because of this woman he changed his mind

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-In the water the faced shark attacks, an attack from a Japanese fighter piolet, starvation, dehydration and sun exposure

Talk about the difference of power between the Judge and the old woman

-Made it to an island after 47 days.... A japanese island

-There is the scene where he is punched by every man in the camp

-In the third camp where he held the bar above his head for

-starve tourture take away all their hope

A lowly woman changed this man of power’s mind

-Bob Goff

-Pepperdine University

-Sat on the steps

-Bob Goff changed the mind of the Pepperdine President.

-Transfer over to the parable on the Persistent Widow

-Read

-Emphasis: “Does not fear God nor cared what people think.” yet because of this woman he changed his mind

-Talk about the difference of power between the Judge and the helpless old woman

-The Judge was probably looking for a bribe of some sort which is why he kept saying no. wether or not she had the money she knew she was correct and deserved justice.

-A lowly woman changed this man of power’s mind

-We need to be the widow, bob, Louie

-We are going to go up against Doc, Lawyer, Politician

-They are like the Judge or the Pepperdine president

-In Luke the woman and the judge butted heads

-Bob butted heads with the President

-We are going to butt heads with those in modern positions of power

-But if we persevere change can happen.

-Imagine if a pastor butted heads with Trump like the widow did.

Eventually, we would have a christian power influencing the white house.

-How can we make this happen? It’s simple

-Pray

-It says it right here in Verses 6-8

-God is not like the unjust Judge

-God will grant justice to those who pray and will do it swiftly

-That is when true change is consume the world in the way God intended