Endurance……...

Here's a good sermon on pastoral endurance. “Endurance Needed: Strength for a Slow Reformation and the Dangerous Allure of Speed” — Mark Dever (T4G 2016) on Vimeo

“But if you define success in terms of faithfulness, then you are in a position to persevere, because you are released from the demand of immediately observable results, freeing you for faithfulness to the Gospel’s message and methods, leaving numbers to the Lord.” Mark Dever

2 Timothy 2:12 "If we endure, we shall also reign with him…."