Don't Quit! Don't Let it be in You!

It's no secret that life is tough.  Sometimes so tough we just want to throw in the towel.  In those times of despair, we really don't want to hear an "encouraging word."  We just want a solution to get us out of whatever it is.  But I'm here to tell you...in all truth and transparency...quitting should NOT be an option!  Don't let it be!  I truly know what it feels like to be in the pits.  To try everything you know to do and still nothing moves or changes for you.  I know that feeling of quitting that creeps up and all of a sudden becomes overwhelmingly powerful.  Just today was one of my "not so good days" and I watched a T.D. Jakes sermon titled "Defying the Urge to Quit."  In it, he repeated over and over the words, "I DON'T QUIT."  The more I heard those words and began repeating them, the more the I felt empowered by God to believe those words.  

We're going to have our ups and downs.  Good and bad, but please don't allow quitting to be in that equation.  If you have to write it down so you can see it (Habbakuk 2:3) or say it over and over until it becomes a part of your character...do it!  Do whatever it takes to rid that spirit of quitting...God didn't give us a spirit of fear 2 Timothy 1:7 (quitting is a part of that fear spirit).  

Sometimes we have to encourage ourselves as David did in 1 Samuel 30:6.  

My words of encouragement to you are this...I don't know where you are in life, but never (and yes I'm saying never) allow quitting to be an option.  Take the feelings of hurt, disappointment, discouragement or whatever negative feelings you have and use them to fuel your drive.  Continue on like the video displays and what you're not able to do, God will do the rest! It's not fluff, it's the truth! Be blessed!

**I posted the sermons from T.D. Jakes on my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/authenticallyspoken.  Please check them out!