1. Love controls/compels us (2 Corinthians 5:14-15)
2. Nothing is greater than this privilege (Acts 20:24)
3. In Christ we possess life in the midst of death (John 6:63)
4. God loves us first (1 John 4:10)
5. He loves at great cost (Isaiah 53:10)
6. He joyfully anticipates eternity with us (Ephesians 2:7)
7. Christ endured for us (Hebrews 12:2)
8. His endurance gives rise to ours (Hebrews 12:3)
9. Endurance produces hope (Romans 5:3-5)