Don't You Dare Give Up

​There are days in life when every effort you make or give looks to be going nowhere. Your trying trials have reached the limit, numbering too many to count and you wonder 'what is the point?' You start to question every action, decision and steps you have made until now and your mind is paralysed either with fear or disappointment.

Things have not happened as quickly as you thought, the way you thought or with the results you thought. What do you do?

In John 6, after a long day’s hard teaching and performing miracles Jesus is left with much less followers than  when  He started the day.  See John 6: 48-70.

When He asked the twelve if they also wanted to give up on following Him because it was a hard path to follow, Peter's answer is so refreshing  and so pivotal to use when feeling like giving up. 

Peter said “Lord, who else can we go to? You have words that give life that lasts forever.” John 6:68 NLV.
There are 2 crucial questions to ask when you feel like giving up.

Firstly 'Where the other path takes you?

Secondly 'How long will that new adventure last until you come to the exact same point of defeat'?

Like many of Jesus’ disciples you may feel insecure and uncertain in what you are doing or following at the moment, but if you are his Disciples he that has started a good work in you will finish it. Phil 1:6.

Today you may feel like giving up on your work, marriage, calling, friendship, church, ministry, or children, but  remember that giving up does not requires any special qualification.
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There is somebody waiting on the other side of your "not giving up" attitude and determination whose life and future is connected to yours. Remember all those stories of success that we love to hear and read like the stories of Thomas A. Edison, Mother Teresa, Mozart, Helen Keller, George Whitefield, Martin Luther etc, they all got to the point of success by not giving up. Endurance is the main muscle of success.  
So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you! Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.Hebrews 10:35-36 (NLT)

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. Franklin D. Roosevelt

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