🔴🟡🔵🟢 - Temperament Transformational Thursday - TENACITY

  TENACITY

"Don’t tell me you’re strong when the sun is shining—show me when the storm won’t stop."

• Contrast Each Temperament:
  • Choleric wants to take over, but God says, “Wait on Me.”
  • Sanguine wants to run away, but God says, “Stand and speak.”
  • Melancholic wants to retreat, but God says, “Hope and build.”
  • Phlegmatic wants to pause forever, but God says, “Move in faith.”
    
• "Trouble ain't your end—it’s your test, your tempering, your transformation."
• "Tenacity ain't just survival—it’s faith that fights back with wisdom, worship, and a Word."

🎤 "Tenacity in Trouble"

A Temperament Transformation Thursday
Spoken Word Inspired by Proverbs 24.

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[Intro – Voice of Wisdom]
If you faint in the day of trouble, your strength is small…
But God didn’t form you small—He formed you strong.
Not by might, not by muscle,
But by grace to press on when the battle is long.
This is not just about survival…
This is temperament revival.

🔴 Choleric Clara

She storms in like thunder—commanding the sky.
A natural-born leader, she’ll do or die.
But when life won’t bend to her control,
She clenches her fists instead of her soul.
Tenacity for her? It’s not in the push—
It’s in the pause, the wait, the hush.
God says: “I’m not impressed by power plays.
Trust Me in the silence. That’s strength that stays.”

🟡 Sanguine Sandra

She laughs through life, light on her feet,
But when storms come—she’s quick to retreat.
Trouble? She’ll joke. Discomfort? She’ll dodge.
She’ll change the topic, switch the lodge.
But tenacity, Sandra, is facing the fire.
Even when your joy expires.
God says: “Don’t escape with charm and cheer—
Endure with Me. I’m still right here.”

🔵 Melancholic Marla

She’s deep like oceans, layered and wide,
But overthinks storms till she’s paralyzed inside.
Perfection’s her prison. Details her chain.
She rehearses the sorrow, magnifies pain.
But tenacity is not the perfect plan—
It’s trusting God more than she understands.
God says: “Build anyway. Begin through the blur.
I am the Author. Trust what you heard.”

🟢 Phlegmatic Paula

She’s steady, sweet, unshaken by wind,
But in crisis, she waits... again and again.
She’d rather delay than deal with the war,
Hide in her comfort, ignore the roar.
But tenacity, Paula, isn’t just peace—
It’s pressing forward when ease must cease.
God says: “You were born to rise, not nap.
Put your hand to the plow. Time to unwrap.”

💥 [Bridge – Unity Call]

Trouble comes dressed in shadows and fear,
But the Wisdom of God makes the path clear.
It’s not about who’s the loudest or fastest—
It’s about who stands when the storm is the blackest.
This ain’t temperament weakness, it’s spiritual might—
Temperament transformation ignites in the fight.

🕊️ [Final Charge]

So don’t you fold, don’t you faint,
Don’t you sit back and let fear paint
your story.
You were made for glory.
Temperaments transformed in the fire’s test—
Tenacity in Trouble is when we give God our best.

🔥 Proverbs 24:10 is not your warning—it’s your wake-up.
Now tell your temperament:
“I’m not tapping out. I’m toughened up in Truth.”

🔍 Reflection Question:

When was the last time you felt like giving up in a moment of trouble—and how did your temperament respond?

• Did you try to control it? (Choleric)
• Did you avoid it? (Sanguine)
• Did you overthink it? (Melancholic)
• Did you delay or disengage? (Phlegmatic)

🙏 Temperament Transformation Prayer: Tenacity in Trouble

Father God,
You see the truth behind my temperament—my habits, my hesitation, my hidden fears.
When trouble rises, I confess that I don’t always rise with it.
But today, I receive Your call to tenacity—not my strength, but Yours.
Let Your Spirit teach me how to endure, to stand firm,
To wait when I must wait, and to act when I must move.

🔥 Transform my temperament:

• Teach Choleric courage in stillness.
• Teach Sanguine strength in silence.
• Teach Melancholic hope in progress.
• Teach Phlegmatic power in purpose.

Anchor me in Your wisdom. Let Proverbs 24:10 echo in my spirit:
“If I faint in the day of trouble, my strength is small.”
But with You, Lord, my strength is being made mighty.

In Jesus’ name,
Amen.