Winners never quit, quitters never win…

Many people live with scars or lingering wounds from having quit on something

or someone

It is easier to do what you want with your life than to kneel before God in prayer and

ask Him to guide you

It is easier to quit following Jesus Christ than to go through the painful process of

daily surrender

Quitting is very expensive - a lot of us have paid dearly for giving up too soon

If our expectations aren’t met we have a strong tendency to quit

Endurance is essential for facing life challenges headlong

L ooking back over your life, what do you wish you had not quit? Do you wish you had fi nished high

school or college? Do you wish you had stayed with that low level job that had great potential for advancement? Do you wish you had continued to work on your relationship? Do you wish you hadn’t given up on God? Whatever your answer is to these questions, God advises us not to live in the past. This means that there is hope for your future. Hallelujah! Occasionally, it pays to consider the high cost of quitting. Many people live with scars or lingering wounds from having quit on something or someone. More look back on their lives, shake their heads and ask, ‘Why did I quit so quick?’

It is easier to quit than to endure. It is easier to do what you want with your life than to kneel before God in prayer and ask Him to guide you. It is easier to quit following Jesus Christ than to go through the painful process of daily surrender. It is always easier to quit than to endure. Quitting is very expensive. A lot of us have paid dearly for giving up too soon. If our expectations aren’t met we have a strong tendency to quit. We quit jobs, education, relationships. We quit spiritual life prematurely and give up on God. Endurance is essential for facing life challenges headlong. Endurance can

be developed. We are blessed when we endure.

Don’t dread change, dread the pain of staying

the same

Many lives have turned up hopeless, because of the unwillingness and inability to endure. Too many times most of the things we fail to endure are only temporary. We lose lifetime rewards for refusing to stay discomfort for a while. People want refi nement, but scorn the process. However, it is the process that brings about refi nement. For us to bear much fruit that glorify God with our lives, we have to be pruned. No pruning, no fruit. We all want to do well, but not all of us are willing to go through the process of preparation. Preparation is for the future, without which we cannot possess it. The future belongs to those who are well prepared. That is why we send our children to schools in the hope that they could be masters of their own future and life. People who want change, prepare themselves for change. They do something they had not done or failed to do before. Don’t dread change, dread the pain of staying the same. Success is not far from us, it is so much within our reach. If we could only endure for a little

while, we would surprise ourselves. For lack of patience, beautiful marriages and relationships couldn’t see another light of day. For lack of endurance, promising businesses died prematurely. For lack of perseverance, another child has just become a victim of a painful divorce. For lack of forbearance, another abortion has been procured, another suicide and murder committed. People forgo the best of life the Lord has to give for quitting too soon, let alone those who are mortifi ed by procrastination.

The best things do not come to those who wait, but those who endure come to the best things. Life doesn’t just happen; rather you make it happen by your own choices. You make a choice to stay on, procrastinate or quit. Today you can make that choice to turn things around. You can choose to stay a good course. You can choose to make your marriage work, to start a relationship with your children, to assume responsibility for your family. You can choose to look for a job until you fi nd one, or to start a business, no matter how small, until it works. You can choose to turn to Jesus until He meets you. Life is all a choice! No one is created to quit or fail. Your greatness lies within you. Stop coping out, you can do all things through Christ who is your life and strength.

No one is created to quit or fail -

your greatness lies within you

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By Prophet Philip Banda

For the joy that was set before For the joy that was set before For the joy that was set before Him, [He] endured the cross… Him, [He] endured the cross… Him, [He] endured the cross… Hebrews 12:2