God’s Abundance: Vision (#929) We’ll continue our series today on God’s Abundance. We’ve seen so many things that God offers us, not just in small amounts, but in great abundance. And today we’re going to talk about vision. Vision: vision being a positive outlook for your life. You have to have a vision, you have to have a goal, you have to have sort of that direction you’re going. Otherwise there is that story about somebody at the airport; and if you are at the airport and you don’t care what your destination is you can take any flight. It doesn’t matter. Well, we have clear vision from God; God has clear ideas about how are lives can work and how we can move forward in everything in life, and we’ll be looking into that today. So, here we are; let’s go to II Kings 6…
As taught by Bruce Mahone 20171015, All rights reserved. Verse Listing and Notes
II Kings 6:8-23 Chariots of fire — Raise your vision for your life
Psalm 60:11-12 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he shall tread down our enemies
Psalm 91 1000, 10,000 shall fall, but it shall not come nigh thee (vs. 7)
Proverbs 16:3 Commit(roll) your works unto the Lord, and your thoughts shall be established
Proverbs 28:1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth, but the righteous are bold as a lion
Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision (divine communication), the people perish (wander): but he that keepeth the law, happy is he
Eccl. 9:4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope [986 — bittachown — trust, confidence, hope]
Jer. 17:7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope [4009 — mibtach — trust, confidence, refuge] the LORD is
Daniel 6:1-23 Daniel prayed, survived the lion’s den
Daniel 11:32 The people that do know their God shall be strong (stand firm) and do exploits (take action)
Romans 8:31-39 Nothing shall separate us from the love of God!
II Cor. 4:(1-)18 Look not at those things which are seen
Phil. 3:3 Worship God in the spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, have no confidence in the flesh
Col. 3:1-3 Seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth (vs. 1)
II Tim. 4:16-18 At my first answer [defense] no man stood with me.
The Lord stood with me…shall deliver me from every evil work. Teaching God’s Abundance: Vision (#929)
God’s Abundance: Healing, Part 2 (#928) Good morning! Today we are going to look at part two of our session on healing. And again, this is within the context of the general topic we’ve been studying for many weeks: God’s Abundance. That what God gives, He gives in abundance; He doesn’t give stintingly, He doesn’t give tiny amounts, He gives in abundance. He always provides what we need and usually quite a bit more. So, we’re going to continue on healing; let’s start in Matthew chapter 10…
As taught by Bruce Mahone, 20170917. All rights reserved. Verse Listing and Notes
Matt. 10:1, 7-8 He gave them power [authority] … to heal all manner of sickness…
Mark 10:46-52 Go thy way, thy faith hath made thee whole
Acts 3:1-6 In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk
Acts 9:36-42 He prayed, then said, Tabitha arise
Acts 28:7-8 Paul prayed, laid his hands on him, and healed him
I Cor. 12:7-11 To another gifts of healing by the same spirit (vs. 12)
Acts 2:4 They were filled, and spoke as the Spirit gave them utterance
I Peter 2:24 By his stripes we were healed
III John 2 I wish above all things that thou mightest prosper and be in health
Luke 10:17-20 Rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven Teaching God’s Abundance: Healing, Part 2 (#928
God’s Abundance: Healing, Part 1 (#927) Today we’ll continue our series on God’s Abundance by looking at healing. Healing is one of the most..; we’ll there is so many interesting things in the history of Christianity, because people love to argue so much about everything. Healing is one of them. Some people think healing died with the Apostles and God no longer heals people; so it’s not important. Other people think it’s the only important thing in Christianity, and if you’re not continually healing blind people and raising the dead. there is something very wrong with you. Everybody has different views and opinions on it, but as usual rather than spend all our time arguing over peoples different opinions, other that to state that people have them. We’ll go straight the the Word and see what the Word says. And what I will say in summary is: I have seen the greatest success when people do what the Word says, which is to pray, which is to fill their mind with the Word of God, which is to operate the manifestations of holy spirit and expect healing. And at the same time, use their common sense to do what they can in the senses realm: eat well, exercise, go to the doctor regularly, do what the doctor says, and I have have doing that for years. People have often asked me: should I pray and believe God for healing or should I take medical advice, and eat well? And I say, yes. Do all of the above. And that is was I try to do. And I’m convinced that there are times when I’m healthy simply because I pray, and try to keep my mind filled with the Word. I am convinced there times I’m healthy because I’m eating well and taking the medicine my doctor told me to. From day to day I don’t always know from which it is that’s helping me, but I do both. There is nothing in the scripture saying it is evil to eat well, exercise, and listen to your doctor. Although you’ll find Christians that say it is. And then you’ll find Christians that say certain types of organic food are godly and certain kinds of processed food aren’t godly. And I just sort of chuckle at that, because there is nothing in the Bible that talks about what’s organic, what’s vegan, and fertilizers; it is just not in the Bible. Now it maybe true, that a certain kind of food is healthier than another type; and that is OK and you eat the best way you feel you can eat. But don’t try to tell me you’re more Biblical or more Christian because you’ve got a granola that doesn’t have an additive in it and mine does. So, I’m not saying this to discourage you from finding the healthiest food you can, I’m just saying let’s separate what is good common sense advice, whether is is from medical, or nutrition, or exercise and what the Word says. The Word is very, very clear that as we fill are minds with the Word, pray, and operate the manifestations of holy spirit it will lead to tremendous vibrant health. And that is what we’ll talk about today. But we also know from experience, and we’ve all lived a few years, that people that eat better, exercise more, and take the advice of their doctor, they also tend to do much better long term. So, before we dive into the Word I want to be very clear; I’m recommending both. It is up to every person how much they want to trust medical science, how much they want to trust nutritional science, how much they want to trust exercise science. Everybody has that choice, and I’m not going to tell you what the best thing is for you. You probably all experienced things, talked to experts, read books, and you have your own views on that and I would encourage you to continue learning and growing in all of those areas. I think especially as we get older, putting the time into learning in the senses realm what keeps you healthy is very, very wise. Just because God’s made it available let’s take advantage of it. At the same time, operating the power of God is far, far, far greater. It is just, if you don’t have to have a miracle to overcome something that you could of easily overcome by taking a vitamin, or taking a walk every day; why not just take the vitamin and take the walk — or whatever else physically may help you? And then save your focus and your prayer and believing on those areas where medical science can’t help. Because we all know that medical science and nutrition and all those things are not going to solve every problem. They’ll solve a lot of them, but we know the power of God can solve anything. So with that brief introduction, which I felt was important because this is such a controversial topic that people that we’ve known in fellowship for years will argue about and have their own opinions, let alone all the fights and arguments that have gone on in history of Christianity for two thousand years, just a very controversial topic. So, let’s put the controversy aside now and let’s dive into God’s Word and see what it says. We’ll start in Genesis chapter 20…
As taught by Bruce Mahone, 20170903. All rights reserved. Verse Listing and Notes
Gen 20:17-18 Abraham prayed unto God, and God healed Abimelech
Ex 15:26 I am the Lord that healeth thee
Psalm 103:1-5 Who healeth all thy diseases (vs. 3)
Psalm 107:20 He sent his word, and healed them
Prov 3:7-8 The fear of the Lord is health to thy navel and marrow to thy bones
Prov 4:20-22 They are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh
Isa 53:1-6 Surely he has borne our infirmities and carried our diseases; yet we accounted him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. (vs. 4, NRSV)
With his stripes we are healed (vs. 5)
Mat 4:23-24 Teaching, preaching, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease
Mat 8:5-13 Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed
Mat 10:1, 7-8 He gave them power [authority] … to heal all manner of sickness… Teaching God’s Abundance: Healing Part 1 (#927)
God’s Abundance: Persistence (#926) Good morning, we’ll continue today with our series on God’s Abundance. We’ve seen that God has abundance available for us in many, many ways. And today we’re going to talk about persistence. God is abundantly persistent to be there to supply our needs, to direct our paths, to give us the desires of our hearts, to protect us in every way. And, as the result, we need to be abundantly persistent in our prayers, and our looking to God. We hear stories all the time about people that are persistent. Think of some of the stories we’ve heard: what, did Abraham Lincoln lose the first five elections he was in? And I think the first one he won, was to be President. Something like that. And there are other people that you read about, like great football coaches: that guy that was the famous coach of the Greenbay Packers forever, I can’t remember his name. But he just failed and failed and failed, and then all of the sudden he was coaching a team that went on to beat everybody in the country for years. And not that we’re all looking for failure, but we all have challenges, we all have some successes and failures. And the people that tend to succeed are people that just persist. If they have successes, they keep at it and get more successes. No matter how many failures they may have, they don’t care, they look beyond it, and they move ahead. And so we know this even in the business world, we know it in the sports world, we know it in the political world, and how much greater when we have God promises. That was just people with their own determination, and you can do an awesome lot with your own determination. But imagine when you add the blessing of God and the power of God in there. Then you can go way, way beyond what somebody with their own persistence can do. Some we’ll be reading about how God wants us to be abundantly persistent when we go there. Because He is abundantly persistent to take care of us, so He wants us to be abundantly persistent as well. So, let’s start in Luke chapter 18…
As taught by Bruce Mahone, 20170820. All rights reserved. Verse Listing and Notes
Luke 18:1-8 Men ought always to pray, and not to faint
Gen. 18:20-33 Abraham reasoned with God about Sodom’s destruction
II Kings 4:18-37 He walked in the house to and fro…child sneezed seven times
I Kings 18:41-45 Elijah prayed, and it rained – James 5:17-18
Mark 8:22-25 Men as trees walking
Rom. 1:8-13 I purposed (determined) to come unto you, but was let (forbidden)
Col. 4:1-4 Praying…that God would open unto us a door of utterance (vs. 3)
Rom. 12:10-14 Patient in mental pressure, continuing instant [steadfastly, faithful, persevering, be constant] in prayer (vs. 12) Teaching God’s Abundance: Persistence (#926)
God’s Abundance: Patience (#925) Today we’ll continue our series on God’s Abundance, with looking at the the concept of Patience. God has great patience with us, and as a result we need to have great patience, being imitators of God: we need to patient with ourselves, with other people, and mostly on waiting on the Lord and expecting Him to take care of us, and in not getting impatient about that. Patience is a great topic, I had a friend the other day that said: “One doctor said another one, thank you for your patience” … I wasn’t there so I’m not sure the guy laughed of not. But in any rate, lets start in Psalms 37… Verse Listing and Notes
Psalms. 37:7 Rest in the Lord [be still, silent before the Lord]; Wait patiently for him
Psalms. 40:1 I waited (with expectation) [patiently and expectantly] and he heard
Eccl. 7:8-10 Better is the patient than the proud in spirit (disposition). [patience is better than pride]
Luke 8:15 Fruit with patience (steadfast perseverance) [by persevering]
(Luke 21:5-19 In your patience possess ye your souls)
Rom. 5:2-5 Patience leads to [brings about, produces] hope, which maketh not ashamed
Rom. 12:10-14 Patient in mental pressure [continuing steadfast, faithful, persevering in prayer]
Rom. 15:1-6 Patience and comfort of the scriptures [through patient endurance and the encouragement drawn from the scriptures]; the God of patience.
2 Cor. 6:1-10 In MUCH patience
2 Cor, 12:11-13 In ALL patience
Eph. 4:1-6 Walk worthy of the calling wherewith you were called.
Vs. 2: With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing (holding up) one another in love (NRSV+)
Col. 1:9-11 Strengthened unto all patience with joyfulness
1 Thes. 1:3 Patience of (proceeding from) hope
1 Thes. 5:14-15 Be patient toward all
2 Thes. 1:3-4 We glory for your patience and believing
2 Thes. 3:1-5 The Lord direct into patient waiting for [patience of] Christ
Heb. 12:1 Let us run with patience [patient endurance] the race before us
As taught by Bruce Mahone 20170806. All rights reserved. Teaching God Abundance: Patience (#925)
Good morning. We will continue our series today on God’s abundance. As we’ve seen in the last number of sessions; God has tremendous abundance. Abundance of righteousness, abundance of an ability to call on him, abundance of financial supply; in just every part of life, God has abundance. What we’re going to talk about today is God has great abundance as far as plans for our future. Some people get very worried about their future, they maybe rely on one thing and if that one thing doesn’t come through, they figure: we’ll that’s it: that didn’t happen, so I have nothing good to look forward to. Or maybe they had only one or two things, they had like two options, and if they don’t work out, we’ll they’re toast. Whereas, the reality is God has an abundance of great things in store for us; in the near term and in the far term. And it is important to know that and be aware of the huge abundance God has for our future. So we’re going to cover a number of different verses, looking at this from different angles today. Let’s start in Jeremiah 29…
As taught by Bruce Mahone 20170723. All rights reserved. Verse Listing and Notes Jer. 29:11-13 An expected end [NRS – a future with hope – 3615, tiqvah – hope, expectation, grounds for hope](vs. 11) “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. (vs. 11 – NIV)
I Tim 1:1 Lord Jesus Christ our hope
Col 1:3-5 For the hope which is laid up (NIV: stored up) for you in heaven – vs. 5
I Pet 1:3-5 Begotten us again unto a lively hope be the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead – vs. 3
Rom 5:3-5 Knowing that tribulation worketh patience
This doesn’t mean, of course, that we have only a hope of future joys – we can be full of joy here and now even in our trials and troubles. Taken in the right spirit these very things will give us a patient endurance; this in turn will develop a mature character, and a character of this sort produces a steady hope, a hope that will never disappoint us. (JBP)
I Kings 21:18-29 Ahab was wicked, but humbled himself (vs. 29)
II Kings 20:1-11 Hezekiah sick unto death, prayed, and healed (vs. 7)
Acts 20:7-21:36 Paul went to Jerusalem against the will of the Lord
Acts 23:11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer,
Acts 24:27 But after two years Porcius Festus left Paul bound.
Acts 25:10 Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar’s judgment seat
Acts 27:23-24 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, Saying, Fear not, Paul;
Acts 28:23 He expounded and testified the kingdom of God concerning Jesus
Acts 28:30-31 And Paul dwelt two whole years preaching the kingdom of God
2 Tim. 4:16 Nevertheless, the Lord stood with me Teaching God’s Abundance: Your Future (#924)
God’s Abundance: Call Upon Him (#923) Good morning, as you can tell from our web site, we’ve been going trough a series of sessions on God’s abundance. And the focus is on (and I don’t know if we’ll hit all of them) at least some of the many, many ways that God has great abundance for us. The obvious way is our fiancial abundance, but there are so many other ways where He has just lots and lots of abundance for us. What we’ll talk about today is we have the abundant opportunity to call on Him at any time. Some people think thay can only call on God when they’re hanging by their finger nail off the end of a cliff or when their on their last nickle and about to starve to death, or when they’re being attacked by vulcans, for you Star-Trek fans. But of course none of that is true; we can, and should call on the name of the Lord at all times. He wants us to. Think of a young child, a very young child, that really can’t do anything without his mother, or some other nice person taking care of him. That is the way we are; we are God’s kids. He didn’t call us Titans or anything; we’re His kids. We need God’s help, we need God’s support, we need His direction; in all that we do. And He will always be ther for us. So, it is appropriate that we call on the name of the Lord at all times. So, let’s get started. And there are a couple of other words that are very similar in context: crying unto to the Lord, seeking the Lord, we’ll see a few of those pop up here, but we’re going to focus on “calling on the Lord.” Let’s start in I Samuel chapter 12…
As taught by Bruce Mahone, 20170709. All rights reserved. Verse Listing and Notes
I Sam 12:1-12 They cried (called) on the Lord, and dwelled safe (vs. 10-11)
II Sam 22:1-4 I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised (vs. 4)
Psalm 17:6-7 I have called, for thou wilt hear
Psalm 63:1 Early will I seek thee
Psalm 86:5-7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: thou wilt answer me (vs. 7)
Jer. 29:10-14 Ye shall call upon me and I will hearken unto you (vs. 12)
Ye shall seek me and find me (vs. 13)
Hosea 7 No one called upon the Lord (vs. 7) No one cried unto Him (vs. 14)
I Cor. 1:2 To all that call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord Teaching God’s Abundance: Call on Him (#923)
God’s Abundance: Righteousness (#922) Good morning. We’re going to continue our series on God’s Abundance today. As you can see from the web site, we’ve covered a number of topics where God just doesn’t give us things, He gives us lots of them, and we’re going to talk today about God’s Righteousness and how unbelievably abundant His Righteousness is towards us. As you know in much of Christianity, they will tell you you are righteous through Christ and then give you a big long list of things to do to earn your Righteousness. And, if you do one thing they don’t like then they tell you you are not righteous anymore — that is a common occurrence. Well, as we’ll see in the scriptures, as many of you have read, already: that is not the way God operates. God makes us righteous and we are righteous: absolutely, 100%, not through our works, but through the work of Jesus Christ. But, getting that into our heads: that we are really righteous, and living that every day can take a little more mental effort, but the righteousness itself is completely paid for. There is nothing you could do to not be righteous before God. And before I start, let me say that the two words: righteousness and justification, come from the same Greek word. Because Jesus Christ justified us, the result is we are righteous. It is like if you clean the dishes, the dishes would be clean. That is the same verb, but in English we have two different words. We are justified, means to be made righteous. So you’ll see the word justified and the word righteousness show up. And the word justified is interesting, people have come up with cute little puns about it, like: “to be justified is just as if I never sinned,” and it is true because Jesus Christ has paid for our sins. And righteousness is a word that William Tyndale came up with when he was making one of the first translations of the Bible into English. He came up with it because he felt when you’re righteous, you’re basically right with God: there is no conflict between you. We know what it means to be right with a person: when you get along, when you see eye to eye; there is no disagreement. And we also know what is like to not be in right with somebody: and have big disagreements, and fights, and arguments. We’ll when it comes to us and God, we are right with God. Not through our works, but through the work of Jesus Christ. So because we’ve been justified, we are right with God. So you’ll see the word justified and the work righteousness show up over and over today. Let’s start in Deuteronomy chapter six….
As taught by Bruce Mahone, 20170625. All rights reserved. Verse Listing and Notes
Deut. 6:25 It shall be our righteousness if we observe to do
Prov. 28:1 The righteous are bold as a lion
Prov. 18:10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous runneth into it, and is safe
Isaiah 32:17 The work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever
Acts 13:39 Justified from all things that you could not be justified by the law
Romans 3:20 ff By the deeds of the law no flesh shall be justified (vs. 20)
Romans 4:1-5 Faith counted for righteousness (vs. 5)
Romans 5:1-8 Justified by faith (vs. 1)
Romans 10:9, 10 Believeth unto righteousness.
I Cor. 1:30 Christ Jesus is made unto us righteousness.
II Cor. 5:21 That we might be made the righteousness of God.
Gal, 2:16 A man is not justified by the works of the law
Gal. 2:21 I do not frustrate the grace of God – if righteousness is by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
Gal, 3:11 The just shall live by faith
Phil. 3:9 Righteousness through the believing of Jesus Christ.
Heb. 4:16 Come boldly to the throne of grace (cf. vss. 14-15)
Righteousness is the God-given justification (freedom from the penalties of sin) whereby a person stands in the presence of God without any consciousness of sin, guilt, or shortcomings.
Because we have been justified, we are righteous.
The whole world is trying to earn righteousness by their own deeds, which they can never do. We have the joy of walking in the righteousness which he already accomplished for us, by his perfect, accomplished believing as our lord and savior. Teaching God’s Abundance: Righteousness (#922)
God’s Abundance: Care (#921) Good morning! We’ll contine today with our series today on God’s abundance. We’ve talked about so many areas where God provides not just a little bit, but a lot, and today we’ll talk about God’s care. The word care is used in, and obviously, we’re used to that where somebody cares about you, they take care of you, they’re concerned and they do stuff for you. God does a lot of that for us. And it is also used another way in the King James Bible in the sense of worrying and being mentally distracted. What we would call today being stressed out, freaked out, or generally discombobulated. And the scriptures spend a a lot of time telling us not to worry about stuff. And the reason we don’t have to worry is because God cares about us. I mean imagine if you all worried about something that you had to accomplish, but then you realized, wait a minute, there is this other person on my team that is so good and going to take care of everything and I don’t have to worry about it anymore. I can just sort of let it go, because somebody else has it covered. We’ll we have that in spades because we have God taking care of us and because God so cares for us that there is really nothing for us to be worried about. And that’s what we’ll look at today and its in abundance, that is the main thing, because the whole series is on abundance. Some of these topics we’ve covered before, but we’re gong to cover them from the point of view that God not only takes care of us a little bit, but a lot. And He has much care for us; so let’s go to Matthew 13….
As taught by Bruce Mahone 20170611. All right reserved. Verse Listing and Notes
Mat. 13:1-9; 18-23 The care (merimna – anxiety, worry, care) of this world can choke God’s Word
Mat. 6:25-34 Take no thought (merimnao – to be apprehensive, have anxiety, be anxious, be (unduly) concerned ) for tomorrow
Luke 10:38-42 Thou art careful (merimnao) and troubled (agitated). One thing is needful
Phil. 4:4-9 Be anxious for nothing (moderation – gentleness, patience)
Don’t worry over anything whatever; tell God every detail of your needs in earnest and thankful prayer, and the peace of God, which transcends human understanding, will keep constant guard over your hearts and minds as they rest in Christ Jesus – JB Phillips
Philippians 4:6-7 6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 7 If you do this, you will experience God’s peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. – NLT
I Peter 5:6-9 Casting all your mental distraction (merimna) on him, for is is aware (melo) of your needs
Psalm 1 Meditate on God’s Word
Prov 3:5-6 He shall direct your paths
Phil. 3:13-16 Reaching forth unto those things which are before Teaching God’s Abundance: Care (#921)
God’s Abundance: Steadfastness (#920) Today we’ll continue our series on God’s Abundance and we’ll talk about the abundance of God’s steadfastness. God is very, very steadfast; He is very reliable. One of the things we heard in manifestations today was God said: “I am the one you can always count on.” And that is great, Because as we’ve talked about many times in fellowship, we love people, we work with them, we expect the best from them, but sometimes people fall short. Either because they don’t care or because they try very hard but just can’t seem to figure out how to come through for you. Either way, God’s the one you can always count on. So with people, we do the best we can and we enjoy them the best we can, but ultimately God is the one we can always count on; as Mary-Rose and Brian prayed for and we heard in manifestations. So we’ll talk about God’s steadfastness, we’ll read a bunch of verses talking about God being steadfast and we’ll also read some verses about believers, people, being steadfast. God is encouraging us to be steadfast, because we are to be imitators of God, so there are people who the Bible said were steadfast in their confidence in God and we are encouraged to be steadfast as well. But the focus, the main focus, today will be on God being steadfast. So, let’s start in the book of Ruth. A wonderful believer: Ruth; Joshua, Judges, Ruth…
As taught by Bruce Mahone on 20170528, all rights reserved. Verse Listing and Notes
Ruth She was steadfastly minded (determined) [1:18]
Daniel 6 He is the living God, and steadfast for ever (vs. 26)
Psalm 13:5-6 I have trusted in thy steadfast love
Psalm 18:46-50 God shows steadfast love to his anointed, and to his seed forevermore
Psalm 23 Surely goodness and steadfast love (vs. 6) shall follow me
Psalm 107:1 O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his mercy (steadfast love) endures forever
Psalm 108:1-6, 12-13 Your mercy (steadfast love, lovingkindness) is great above (higher than) the heavens and thy truth (faithfulness) reaches to the clouds (skies) (vs. 4)
Psalm 112:1, 7-8 His heart is fixed (vs 7 – steadfast), his heart is established (vs 8 – steady)
Psalm 136 Mercy: love (NIV), lovingkindness (ASV), steadfast love (NRSV)
Isa. 26:3-4 Stayed on thee – steadfast (Expositors Bible Commentary), well stayed, steady (ICC)
Luke 8:15 Fruit with patience (steadfast perseverance) [by persevering]
Rom. 12:10-14 Patient in mental pressure, continuing instant in prayer [continuing steadfast, faithful, persevering in prayer]
I Cor. 15:58 Be ye steadfast unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord
II Thes. 3:5 Love of God & Patient (steadfast) waiting
I Peter 5:6-9 Whom resist, steadfast in the faith Teaching God’s Abundance: Steadfastness (#920)