Overview
Introduction
1. My Qualifications
- Still persevering
- I can identify
- The ‘elder’
2. Persevering with Passion
- ‘Do you still love Jesus?’
- Going flat out
3. The Enemy of Passion: Spiritual Dryness
- Marathon Man
- A long race
- The support of the crowd
4. The Symptoms of Spiritual Dryness
- Sermons
- Quiet times
- Loneliness
5. The Dangers of Spiritual Dryness
- ‘A kind of Sacrilege’
- Looking for something more
- Open to temptation
6. Causes of Spiritual Dryness
- Conflict
- Our own – and others – expectations to succeed
- Just getting older
7. Persevering in Ministry
Remember Wholeness – Mark 12:30-31
- Physical care
- Intellectual care
- Relational care
Remember the Privilege
Remember the Disciplines
Remember the Day – 2 Timothy 4:1-2