NEVER GIVE UP. GOD IS FAITHFUL!

°°Remember that:

1. A large OAK TREE is just an acorn (seed) that refused to give up.°
2. When God wants to make a mushroom, he takes six hours, but when God wants to make an oak tree, he takes 60 years. So, do you want to be a mushroom or an oak tree?
3. Whenever you feel like quitting, just giving up, WATCH SOME ANTS! Ants never quit. If they’re headed somewhere and you try to stop them; they’ll look for another way. They’ll climb over, they’ll climb under, and they’ll climb around. They keep looking for another way. What a neat philosophy, to never quit looking for a way to get where you’re supposed to go.
4. No matter the situation or how long it may take in waiting or in persevering, EVENTUALLY we know that all things work for the good of those who love the Lord and have been called according to his purpose°°°

—“That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day. v17 For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! v18 So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever. ( 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 NLT)

Therefore,

—“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” (Galatians 6:9)

Don’t be discouraged – usually, it’s the last key in the bunch that opens the door.

–Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. (1 Corinthians 15:58 NIV)

—“When life is heavy and hard to take, go off by yourself. ENTER THE SILENCE. BOW IN PRAYER. DON’T Don’t ASK QUESTIONS: WAIT FOR THE HOPE TO APPEAR. Don’t run from trouble. Take it full-face. The “worst” is never the worst. (Lamentations 3:28-30 MSG)

— “I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.” (Romans 8:18)

— At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail. Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil, yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth shoots like a plant. (Job 14:7-9)