Have You Felt Like Giving Up Lately?Sample

Stop Condemning Yourself

Are you living under condemnation? Have you sinned against the Lord? Have you grieved the Holy Spirit in your life? Are you waging a losing battle with an overpowering temptation? All you need to do is search God’s Word and you will discover a God of mercy, love and endless compassion. 

If you are discouraged by your failures, I have good news for you. No one is closer to the kingdom of God than the man or woman or young person who can look defeat in the eye, learn to face it and move on to a life of peace and victory.

This seems like an automatic reaction. When Adam sinned, he tried to hide from God. When Peter denied Christ, he was afraid to face him. When Jonah refused to preach to Nineveh, his fear drove him into the ocean to flee the presence of the Lord.

God has shown me a truth that has helped me many times; something much worse than failure is the fear that goes with it. Adam, Jonah and Peter ran away from God, not because they lost their love for him, but because they were afraid that he was too angry with them to understand. Satan uses such fear to make people think there is no use trying.

All this may sound like an oversimplification, but the way out of past failure is simple enough for children, fools and PhDs to follow successfully. Christ says, “The one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out” (John 6:37). “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matt. 11:28).

Don’t be afraid of failure. Keep going on in spite of it. Worship God until victory comes.

The hardest part of faith is the last half hour. Keep going, and you will yet face your finest hour.