I like the way John Piper once put this along the lines of fearing God and perseverance. “Fearing the Lord means fearing to run away from Him. It means fearing to seek refuge and joy and hope anywhere but in God. It means keeping before our eyes what a fearful prospect it is to stop trusting and depending on God to meet our needs.” He who does not fear God has called a peace treaty with sin. But he who does fear God, battles sin and fervently continues in the daily quest for holiness. So fearing God enables us to obey Him, mature spiritually and faithfully persevere until the end.
Randy Smith

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Balthasar Hubmaier

Balthasar Hubmaier Balthasar Hubmaier 1480-1528 German Anabaptist. Hubmaier was born of poor parents in Augsburg, Germany. Although little is known of his early life, he became an unusual student, receiving…

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David Livingstone

David Livingstone David Livingstone 1813-1873 Missionary and explorer. David Livingstone was born near Glasgow, Scotland. He studied medicine and theology at the University of Glasgow. He tried to go to…

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Girolamo Savonarola

Girolamo Savonarola Girolamo Savonarola 1452-1498 Italian reformer. Girolamo Savonarola was in a Dominican monastery for seven years. He began to preach the Bible in Florence, Italy, in 1481. This city…

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John Jasper

John Jasper John Jasper 1812-1901 John Jasper was born a slave, the last of 24 children. He grew up on a plantation where he labored in the fields until he…

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Melvin Ernest Trotter

Melvin Ernest Trotter Melvin Ernest Trotter 1870-1940 Rescue mission worker. Mel Trotter was born in Orangeville, Illinois, the son of a godly mother and a drunken father. His mother tried…

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Robert Pierce Shuler

Robert Pierce Shuler Robert Pierce Shuler 1880-1965 Robert Shuler was born August 4, 1880, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. At the age of nine, kneeling…

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William Carey

William Carey William Carey 1761-1834 The father of modern missions. William Carey was born at Northamptonshire, England, and became a cobbler at the age of 14. He studied privately on…

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CAUGHT BY A TREE

CAUGHT BY A TREE CAUGHT BY A TREE 2 Samuel 18:1-18 1 And David numbered the people that [were] with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds…

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SAMSON

SAMSON SAMSON'S FINAL VICTORY Judges 16:4-31 4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name [was] Delilah. 5 And the…

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