NEVER NEVER NEVER QUIT

Luke 11:5-8 “Then, teaching them more about prayer, he used this story: “Suppose you went to a friend’s house at midnight, wanting to borrow three loaves of bread. You say to him, 6 ‘A friend of mine has just arrived for a visit, and I have nothing for him to eat.’ 7 And suppose he calls out from his bedroom, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is locked for the night, and my family and I are all in bed. I can’t help you.’ 8 But I tell you this—though he won’t do it for friendship’s sake, if you keep knocking long enough, he will get up and give you whatever you need because of your shameless persistence.”

On January 29th we got together to talk about the blessings of persistence and how God rewards those who relentlessly push on and never quit. Life throws us many situations that make it easy to throw in the towel and say "I'm finished." But God gives the us the best reasons to hold on to hope and continue on ahead against all odds.

The examples in the Bible are countless of people who defied the odds and believed God rather than present circumstances. And because of their belief that God would not let them down they were rewarded with history making accomplishments; from Joseph's bottom of the well to second in command of Egypt experience; Noah's build and ark in the middle of a desert experience and of course David's shepherd boy to King of Israel experience. God sends us a message in the bible that if we hold on, have a good attitude and never lose our faith He will always come through for us. Every one of these people could have given up in the middle of the process and no one would have blamed them but they didn't, and God is sending a message to all those going through a rough spot in life to hold on to Him and not let go. Let God be your hope and strength in the middles of hard confusing times.

2 Corinthians 4:16So we're not giving up. How could we! Even though on the outside it often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where God is making new life, not a day goes by without his unfolding grace. These hard times are small potatoes compared to the coming good times, the lavish celebration prepared for us. There's far more here than meets the eye. The things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow. But the things we can't see now will last forever.

Never never never quit!!! Join us every Thursday night @ 7:00 for prayer and 7:30 for worship.

Until ALL have heard,


Oliver