Resolute

One of the qualities that sets people apart and makes them of great use to the King. COMMITMENT. Angel mentioned Desmond Doss in his 10am introduction. The movie Hacksaw Ridge affected me deeply because of Doss’s RESOLUTE attitude.

People are often able to make the hard choice concerning one person when they or their loved one aren’t the one person. Doss was resolute.

Resolute - admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering.

Three Points

A Servant’s Heart

Count It All Joy

Attitude

A Servant’s Heart

James 1:1 KJV 1900

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

He didn’t hype himself up. He could have dropped names but didn’t

Why is this important? A servants heart is RESOLUTE. IT does it out of love for His master.

Where are the servants? They're here.

Count It All Joy

James 1:2 KJV 1900

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

Was he a masochist? No, he knew trials had a purpose.

Bones get stronger with exercise.

Memory gets better with use.

Bodies that move last longer.

Worst thing for a ship, house, or car is not using it.

Check your trials out. Look for their origin.

My poor decisions

God’s

The enemy’s

*does it count if a firefighter sets the fire he puts out?

**Don't just go through it to go through it. You'll be back if you do.

Attitude

Hypomone - Patience, Steadfastness, RESOLUTE = admirable determination)

Doss was resolute.

James 1:3 KJV 1900

Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

James 1:4 KJV 1900

But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

James 1:4 (NLT)

So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.

Endurance is fully developed - NLT

Perseverance - NIV

Steadfastness - James 1:4

James 1:4 AMP

But let endurance and steadfastness and patience have full play and do a thorough work, so that you may be [people] perfectly and fully developed [with no defects], lacking in nothing.

Steadfastness tells a story about who our God is

Steadfastness shows the world who we are