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Rudy: Run and Not Grow Weary (Isaiah 40:31) - Illustration on perseverance | IllustrateTheWord

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Rudy: Run and Not Grow Weary (Isaiah 40:31)

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In Rudy, Daniel Ruettiger has no athletic gifts—too small, too slow, not smart enough for Notre Dame. But he has something else: he refuses to quit. After years of rejection, he dresses for one game, gets in for one play, makes one tackle.

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Isaiah 40:31 Hebrews 12:1 Galatians 6:9

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