# Perseverance ## Divine Intimacy Meditations - Necessity of — to derive fruit from the word of God: [[84-the-divine-seed#Meditation 2|84,2]]; - — in prayer: [[156-energetic-resolve#Meditation 1|156,1]], [[156-energetic-resolve#Meditation 2|156,2]]; - — in the struggle against one’s defects and in the effort to acquire virtue: [[298-spiritual-progress#Meditation 2|298,2]]; - remedy for the instability of human nature: [[293-perseverance#Meditation 1|293,1]]; - has for object endurance in effort: [[293-perseverance#Meditation 1|293,1]]; - perfect — not possible without habitual intervention of the gifts of the Holy Spirit: [[293-perseverance#Meditation 2|293,2]]; - our — consists in continually beginning again [[293-perseverance#Meditation 2|293,2]]; [[295-perseverance-and-confidence#Meditation 2|295,2]]; - God will crown our efforts with the grace of final — [[293-perseverance#Meditation 2|293,2]]; - he who after every fall humbles himself and rises, relying on the infinite strength of God, will persevere: [[295-perseverance-and-confidence#Meditation 2|295,2]]. - [[84-the-divine-seed|84. The Divine Seed]] - [[156-energetic-resolve|156. Energetic Resolve]] - [[293-perseverance|293. Perseverance]] - [[295-perseverance-and-confidence|295. Perseverance and Confidence]] - [[298-spiritual-progress|298. Spiritual Progress]]