Understand what it means and what it takes to endure while going after God's promises.

1. OVERCOMING
How to endure so you receive what’s coming to you …
By: Edward A. Carmona

2. HE SHALL BE LIKE A TREE
PLANTED BY THE RIVERS OF WATER,
THAT BRINGS FORTH ITS FRUIT IN ITS
SEASON,
WHOSE LEAF ALSO SHALL NOT WITHER;
AND WHATEVER HE DOES SHALL PROSPER.
Psalm 1:3

3. CLASS OBJECTIVE
Reference Text Focus Point
Rev 2:10 …Be faithful until
death, and I will give
you the crown of life.
It’s not just about being
saved, its about
receiving the crown.
Rev 4:10 …, and cast
their crowns before
the throne
Will you have
something to give the
King on that day?
Mathew
24:13
But he who endures to
the end shall be saved.
Will the person you
were meant to be,
finally appear.
2 Corinth
4:17
For our light affliction,
… is working for us a
far more exceeding
and eternal weight of
glory
Our crown will be
decorated not by what
we have achieved, but
by what we have
endured.
• To equip you with endurance.
• You will learn:
• What endurance means and why it is
necessary.
• What provisions God has made for us
so that we can win the race and
receive the crown.
• What seasons and traps we will
confront and how to deal with them.
• What the crown entails.

4. CLASS AT-A-GLANCE
• Part I
• Enduring and the Tree of Life
• Part II
• The Key To Sustaining Yourself in the Race
• Part III
• Cycles That Aim To Defeat You and How To Win
• Part IV
• The Crown

5. PART I - OBJECTIVE
• Understand the endurance
imperative.
• You will learn:
• What endurance means
• What it has to do with your likeness
to the Image of God.
• What trees have to do with it.

6. GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE

7. PART I - OBJECTIVE
• Understand the endurance
imperative.
• You will learn:
• What endurance means
• What it has to do with your likeness
to the Image of God.
• What trees have to do with it.

8. ENDURANCE
noun
• the fact or power of enduring or bearing pain, hardships, etc.
• the ability or strength to continue or last, especially despite fatigue, stress,
or other adverse conditions; stamina: He has amazing physical endurance.
• lasting quality; duration:His friendships have little endurance.
• something endured, as a hardship; trial.
t, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory
Dictionary.com

9. WHY IS IT HARD
Hint: When you realize why
it is hard….you will know
why you get a crown 

10. ORDER VS DISORDER
• Everything tends to
toward disorder
• It takes power, instruction,
and a plan to create order
Reference Idea
Gen 1:2 The nature of God is to
create order from disorder
The nature of this world is for
it to fall into disorder, to
become formless and void
Unless God steps in, this
natural world decays
Plan …created heaven and earth
Instruction …He said let there be light
Power …the Spirit hovered over the
waters
More entropy
=
Greater disorder
=
Less structure
Entropy
The Devil’s Game

11. ONE OF GOD’S NATURES
The
Plan
The
Word
The
Power

12. LIFE
The embedding of God’s Plan, Word, and
Power within the vessel so the ordered
structure can be
• Preserved
• Sustained
• Transcended
The difference between an inanimate object
(a rock) and an animate (plants, animal,
human beings), is that these defy the
tendency to decay…
The Word
The Power

13. DISORDER
IS A
CONSTANT
Natural tendency – no
forces required
Requires constant
application of power

14. ENDURING
Affliction
The natural tendency in this world to go
towards disorder
Pain and Suffering
The sensation one experiences when
confronting disorder …. Disorder
Detection System
Proper Sacrifice
The voluntary disposition to suffer
through affliction so that you preserve or
increase order.
Reference Idea
John 10:10 Stealing your vitality,
destroying your work, and
killing of your life is a
constant burden we are
under...it’s the nature of
this existence
Reference Idea
1 Peter 3:12-
14
Suffering is not a strange
thing, and it is part of the
likeness of Christ … if we
endure it well
Enduring it badly simply
means we have created
more disorder than we
started with
Reference Idea
2 Corinth
4:17
For our light affliction, …
is working for us a far
more exceeding
and eternal weight of
glory
James 1:2-4 Going through it is the
process of building the
house

15. ENDURE … SUCH THAT YOU PRESERVE YOUR FAITH,
EARTHLY DOMINION, HEAVENLY REWARD, LIFE PURPOSE
Life Purpose
Your
Heavenly Reward
Your
Earthly Dominion
Your
Faith

16. YOUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE
The World
Your culture
Your community
Your family
Your things
Your Faith

17. ENDURING
• The proper handling of afflictions to preserve and
transcend order.
• At the end of having endured, you should be
• Stronger
• More satisfied
• More capable
• The Good News is that we get to do this without the
“suffering”. How?
Reference Idea
James 1:2-4 Going through it is the
process of building the
house
1 Peter 5:10 ..after you have suffered a
while, perfect, establish,
strengthen, and settled you
Phil 4:11 …for I have learned in
whatever state I am, to be
content

18. THE TREE
- For us to survive and blossom we must
have a constant stream of substance
moving through us.
- Trees are a mechanism God designed
for distributing the substance from one
realm into the other
- It doesn’t only distribute the substance
from Realm 1, it somehow forms it so
that it can manifest itself in the second
realm.
- Works both directions
Reference Idea
Gen 2:8 The trees in the garden,
especially the Tree of Life
is for sustenance.
Realm 1
Realm 2

19. TREE SYMBOLS

20. Circulatory System is a root
system embedded within
our earth (body) tapping
into our water (blood)…life
is in the blood.
Nervous System places us
in the second heaven by
allowing us to perceive
(senses) and act (motor) in
that world
Tree of Life
Tree of Knowledge

21. TREE SCRIPTURES
• The Bible defines us in tree terms.
• Plant trees are symbolic. We are the real
tree.
Reference Idea
Psalm 1:3 He shall be like a tree, planted by the rivers of water…
John 15;1 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.. ...
John 15:4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear
fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can
you, unless you abide in Me.
Ephesians 3:17-19 … that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
Judges 9:7-15 “The trees once went forth to anoint a king over them.
Mathew 1 Genealogies are tree structures
Proverbs 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
Proverbs 15:4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life,
Romans 11:17 And if some of the branches were broken off, and you,
being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them,
and with them became a partaker of the root and
fatness of the olive tree
Other references Parable of sower, Jesus died on a tree, Moses’ burning
bush, Tree of Knowledge, Tree of Life

22. THE TREE
- We are in the business of participating in
God’s work of creating order out of
disorder
- Our fate depends on one thing:
- What are rooted in?
- Rooted means where our focus is, where
are we drawing our sense of reality.
Reference Idea
Ephesians 3
:17-19
… that you, being rooted and
grounded in love,
Nervous
System
Circulatory
System

23. NINE AFFLICTIONS THAT WE EXPERIENCE
Affliction Examples Think
Lack No prosperity, loss of what’s valuable Poverty
Conflict Contrary, tumultuous life, confusion Noise
Trials Sickness, burden, no progress Load
Harshness Corrosive relationships, bitter times Harsh
Evil Abuse, attack, terror Hitler
Betrayal Trust breaking, injustice Stabbing
Accusation Loss of reputation, ridicule, shame Gossip
Temptation Distractions, Addictions, bad habits Prison

24. QUESTIONNAIRE ON
AFFLICTIONS

25. NINE AFFLICTIONS THAT WE EXPERIENCE
Affliction Examples Think
Lack No prosperity, loss of what’s valuable Poverty
Conflict Contrary, tumultuous life, confusion Noise
Trials Sickness, burden, no progress Load
Harshness Corrosive relationships, bitter times Harsh
Evil Abuse, attack, terror Hitler
Betrayal Trust breaking, injustice Stabbing
Accusation Loss of reputation, ridicule, shame Gossip
Temptation Distractions, Addictions, bad habits Prison

26. NINE ANTIDOTES TO OUR AFFLICTIONS
Affliction
Lack
Conflict
Trials
Insensitivities
Evil
Betrayal
Accusation
Temptation
Fruit
Joy
Peace
Patience
Kindness
Goodness
Faithfulness
Meekness
Self-Control

27. Fruit of the Spirit
is foremost for
Consumption.
.

28. PART II - OBJECTIVE Reference Text Focus Point
• Understand The Key To Sustaining
Yourself in the Race
• You will learn:
• Fruit of The Spirit Is For Enduring
• The Nine Natural Afflictions and what
they are after
• How each fruit is designed to combat
the effects of each affliction
• How each fruit changes each affliction
back to order

29. THE SPIRIT’S FRUIT LET’S YOU ENDURE
When you partake of : You endure :
Joy (contentment) Lack, tiredness
Peace (serenity) Conflict, turmoil, war
Longsuffering (patience,grit) Trials, time without
Gentleness (kindness, tenderness) Harshness, annoyance
Goodness (build, encourage, sacrifice) Evil, indifference, hate
Faith (faithfulness, loyalty) Betrayal, unfairness
Meekness (power under control) Accusation, being unnoticed
Self-control (maintain order) Sacrifice, temptation, work
Love (the power to keep oneness) All things

30. FRAMEWORK OF THE SPIRIT’S FRUIT
Maintain Internal Atmosphere
Maintain External Atmosphere
Maintain Power Balance
Maintain Internal/External Balance
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31. PART III - OBJECTIVE Reference Text Focus Point
• Understand The Seasons And The Trap
• You will learn:
• Learn the 10 movements or seasons you
will encounter
• Be aware of Trap #1 - Offences
• Implement the strategies to endure the
Cycles and the Trap

32. TEN MOVEMENTS
Proximity
Exertion
1
2
3
4
5
7
8
0. Promise conceived
1. Grace
2. Trial
3. Conforming
4. Flow (Should be the norm)
5. Attack
6. Backslide
7. Struggle
8. Waiting
9. Miracle
10. Promise reached / Heart Restored
6
9
0
10
Promise
Line

33. ACTIVITY-REST QUADRANTS Luke
Warm
Flow
Vexed Burnout
Vexed: High distress without pursuit.
Burnout: High distress with high pursuit.
Luke Warm: High calm without pursuit.
Flow: High calm with high pursuit.
To move toward flow from
Burnout
Need heart restored. Fruits of the Spirit
Luke Warm:
Need imagination restored. Need Fire of Holy Spirit
Vexed:
Need Heart and Imagination restored. Fire and Fruits of the
Holy Spirit
Activity
Soul
Rest
Foundation/Practitioner

34. PART IV - OBJECTIVE Reference Text Focus Point
• Understand What The Crown Entails
• You will learn:
• Understand what is being formed
• The Road To Victory
• Laying it all Down

35. TRANSFORMATION FRAMEWORK

36. QUESTIONNAIRE ON FRUIT

37. TRANSFORMATION FRAMEWORK
TOWARD REST, FLOW, AND GLORY
The Exodus
Deliverance
Through Spiritual
Gift
Separation
The Red Sea
Eliminating
Mentality
Through
Washing
Water
The Mount
Receiving
Mentality
Through
Encounter
Fire
The Journey
Integrating
Mentality
Through
Endurance
Trial
The Promised
Land
Living Mentality
Through
Retaining
Flow
Release Renew Prove

38. BACK MATTER

39. PERSPECTIVE FILTERS THE TRUTH, AND
ENDS MAKING FALSE CONCLUSIONS

40. I WILL OPEN RIVERS IN DESOLATE
HEIGHTS,
AND FOUNTAINS IN THE MIDST OF THE
VALLEYS;
I WILL MAKE THE WILDERNESS A POOL OF
WATER,
AND THE DRY LAND SPRINGS OF WATER.
ISAIAH 41:18

41. IF YOU WANT TO GO FAR…
F
A R
F – Intention
A – Attention
R - Reflection