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Don’t Stop Believing!

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Finding purpose in life can sometimes take a while but once you do, things seem to be so much more purposeful. When you figure out what you are supposed to be doing, it gives you an opportunity to have clear and succinct goals and the more beautiful thing about it is that it gives you something to believe in.  Now you can have dreams and a vision for your life.  Today I want to encourage you to believe.

The same time you find your purpose and set goals for yourself, you better believe the enemy is ready to do everything he can to shut you down and prevent you from being successful.  That’s his job, so expect it.  But instead of allowing his tactics to prevent you from being triumphant, reverse things up a little and use it as fuel to ignite a fire inside of you that will thrust you towards what you believe in.

When the enemy comes to attack let it be a sense of confirmation so you know that you are headed in the right direction.  This is the point of view I try to take when dealing with the journey of life.  It can hurt at first, mostly because it catches you off guard but once you fully dissect the situation for what it is, you will quickly find the root of the issue.  You see, satan already knows the wonderful and great things that God created you for.  He is going to do everything in his power to stop that from happening.  It’s up to you however, to not let him.  You have to make up in your mind that come hell or high water, you are not going to allow the enemy to defeat you.

So I end with these final thoughts.  God uses people and so does the devil.  Never let someone who gave up on their dreams talk you out of going after yours.  Never let negative comments or quick judgments discourage you.  Things may get tough and at times may be a bit crazy but stay committed.  Matter fact, before you even get started make a covenant with God that as long as He sustains you will be committed to Him in whatever it is He has for you to do.  Don’t expect to do it on your own.  You will need the strength of God to endure, I promise you.  Hang in there, keep the faith and most importantly never stop believing.  You got this, cause God’s got you! #iDeclare #DontStopBelieving

 

Prayer:

Father God in the name of Jesus, thank you for the deams and vision you have given me for my life.  Help me Lord to fulfill these things, for I can do nothing without you.  I decree and declare in the name of Jesus that I will never give up.  I will not quit and I most certainly will not stop believing.  In Jesus Name, Amen.

Scripture Reference:

Philippians 4:12-13 NASB “I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. I can do all things through Him who strengthens me…”

Don’t Quit!

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This time of year, all of the world there are many marathon’s that take place.  Although I’ve never participated in a marathon I always find them to be quite interesting.  Most sporting events, people are in it to compete and win.  With marathons however, there are hundreds, sometimes even thousands of people who participate.  I’m pretty sure that when 95% of the people that sign up for the marathon aren’t signing up to win.  They are probably participating as a personal goal or maybe they may even want to support someone else.  Automatically this lets me know they are in it and plan to finish the race completely.  Sounds good in theory, but when the actual race begins things may play out a little differently.  Some people run it gracefully all the way through, and others have physical ailments that come up to try and hinder them from completing the race (cramps, dehydration, etc.).  I want to talk about those hindrances.  You may not be in an actual marathon race right now, but your life certainly feels like one.  There are moments that go by effortlessly.  All is well, no set backs just smooth sailing.  Then as the season in your life changes, here come those obstacles and stumbling blocks.  They come to stop you in your tracks and cause you to give up.

I’m here today to tell you, don’t quit.  Endurance is essential if you really want to get all that you can out of life.  You have to possess the ability deep down inside to keep running.  If you can’t run, keep walking and if you can’t walk get down and crawl.  Whatever you do, you have to keep moving.  Many times the enemy will send disruption in our life to cause us to stop.  Remember that’s his job (to kill, steal and destroy).  Unfortunately, sometimes his ploys and tactics work because we allow our flesh to take over, instead of allowing our spirit man to rise up on the inside of us.  This is why the Bible tells us that we are to kill our flesh daily.

Are you tired of starting over in life?  Well, stop quitting.  Stop allowing things (people, situations, circumstances) to cause you to lose focus of what God has ahead of you.  When I talk about endurance I always think about when Moses brought the people of Israel out of Egypt.  The place where God was taking them to was between 200 – 400 miles away.  If you do 10 miles a day, which is very possible, they could have been there in 40 days.  Some people say it could have been even quicker than that.  Instead however, the voyage took 40 years.  Here’s why. During their journey they decided to murmur, complain, they even stopped walking and what’s even worse is they continued to look back on what was and what used to be.  Doing so caused them to literally miss what was right ahead of them.  Stop giving your past so much attention.  Leave your past behind you, it’s there for a reason.  Learn from it and keep it moving.

No matter what is going on around you make it up in your mind that you are going to endure to the very end.  You have to get that down in your spirit.  Build yourself up, so when the devil tries to tear you down, that’s all he can do is try.  God has so much in store for you.  He loves you more than you love yourself.  Don’t give up.  Don’t quit.  You got this, cause God got you! #iDeclare #DontQuit

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Prayer:

Father God in the name of Jesus, I thank you for giving me the endurance I need to make it.  I decree and declare that I will not allow any plots, plans, or schemes of the enemy to cause me to stop moving forward.  I will not quit.  I will stay focused at all times.  Thank you Jesus for loving me and for teaching me more and more each day about your perfect will for my life.  In Jesus name, Amen.

Scripture Reference:

Matthew 24:13 NLT “But the one who endures to the end will be saved.”

James 1:2-4 NLT “ Dear brothers and sisters,when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.”

Hebrews 12:1 KJV “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,”