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NEVER GIVE UP!

NEVER GIVE UP!. Dr . Larry J. McKinney. Perseverance. Perseverance is a mark of true leadership. Quitting. The opposite of perseverance is quitting. Definition of Quitting. Discontinue Abandon Capitulate Leave. Background of John Mark. He was a native of Jerusalem.

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NEVER GIVE UP!

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  1. NEVER GIVE UP! Dr. Larry J. McKinney

  2. Perseverance • Perseverance is a mark of true leadership.

  3. Quitting • The opposite of perseverance is quitting.

  4. Definition of Quitting • Discontinue • Abandon • Capitulate • Leave

  5. Background of John Mark • He was a native of Jerusalem. • His mother (Mary) held prayer meetings in their home. (Acts 12:12) • Peter may have led him to the Lord. (I Peter 5:13) • Barnabas was his cousin. • He accompanied Paul and Barnabas on their first missionary Journey. (Acts 13:5)

  6. PRINCIPLE # ONE • Quitting, because of discouragement, is not a proper excuse.

  7. Acts 13:5 and Acts 13:13 • John Mark accompanied Barnabas and Saul on Missionary Journey # 1. • John Mark left them in Pamphylia and returned to Jerusalem.

  8. PRINCIPLE # TWO • Quitting just does not pay.

  9. Acts 15:36-41 • John Mark’s quitting resulted in a split between Paul and Barnabas.

  10. PRINCIPLE # THREE • Quitting can be forgiven.

  11. I John 1:9 • II Timothy 4:11

  12. Church history tells us that John Mark later became the bishop of the Church in Alexandria. • John Mark also became the author of the Gospel of Mark.

  13. “Mark flickered in the crisis but his light did not go out.” A.T. Robertson

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