According to researcher Angela Duckworth, grit is passion and perseverance for long-term goals. Grit is about having what some researchers call an”ultimate concern”– a goal you care about so much that it organizes and gives meaning to almost everything you do. And grit is holding steadfast to that goal - even when you fall down, even when you screw up, even when progress toward that goal is halting or slow.
Duckworth finds that in the long run, GRIT is the primary determinant of life success - not talent, skill, education, IQ, luck, etc. There is a spiritual parallel - those who are most effective for the kingdom of God can endure and press on in spite of challenges. A right understanding of the gospel SHOULD provide the greatest passion and perseverance because of the greatness of the goal. This teaching will examine gospel grit in the lives of two men named Timothy and Epaphroditus in order to develop it in ourselves.