The ninth BridgePointe value is Gritty Determination.
This is how we define Gritty Determination.
Jesus provides the ideal picture of Gritty Determination.
In this passage, we see that as Jesus approached the time of His death, burial, and resurrection, even He needed to draw on a deeper level of resolve than He had during His day-to-day ministry.
While we live on mission we need to imitate Jesus. It will take Gritty Determination to face the obstacles of life while on mission.
Jesus does not apologize for the difficulty of serving in The Kingdom of Heaven nor does He lower the standard for commitment when it gets difficult.
Our mission has many facets. But they all require Gritty Determination.
We can be inspired and challenged by Paul who even refers to his dying physical body as a, “light and momentary trial.”
Pray and ask the Holy Spirit where you need Christ’s Gritty Determination in your life.