Category: Perserverance

“Fight one more round. When your feet are so tired that you have to shuffle back to the center of the ring, fight one more round. When your arms are so tired that you can hardly lift your hands to come on guard, fight one more round. When your nose is bleeding and your eyes are black and you are so tired you wish your opponent would crack you one on the jaw and put you to sleep, fight one more round – remembering that the man who always fights one more round is never whipped.”

― James Corbett –

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes, and seeing them gratified. He that labors in any great or laudable undertaking has his fatigues first supported by hope, and afterwards rewarded by joy…
To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity

Samuel Johnson

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:13-14 King James Version (KJV)

TD Jakes said, “As it is with weight training, you can determine a man’s strength by the amount of weight he is able to press.” Such it is in life, when the cares of this world weigh on us, our ability to press through the storms determines our spiritual resolve. It is very easy to believe in God when there’s money in the bank and things are going your way, but it’s a completely different animal when the odds are stacked against you.
It is at this time that you must dig deep inside yourself and summon the will, the intestinal, the moxy, the desire, etc. to press on in the face of adversity and uncertainty. We must realize however that the key to victory doesn’t lie in us, but in who we are in Christ Jesus. He is our source and we can do all things through Him
It’s not by might or by strength, but by His Spirit that we will be able to persevere through the storms and challenges of life. The Word of God assures us that we will have challenges in this world, but He instructs us to be cheerful because He has overcome the world. While we may not understand the nature or origin of the obstacles we sometimes face one thing is certain; if He bring us to it, He will bring us through it.

“Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and Determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan “Press On” has solved and will always solve the problems of the human race.”
-Calvin Coolidge-

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
John 16:33

God the Father has promised us the victory in Christ. This doesn’t mean that we won’t face challenges in this lifetime, but what it does mean is that if we endure hardness as good soldiers whatever He brings us to, He will bring us through. He encourages us to be at peace knowing that for every situation we face in life He has already made a way of escape. Nothing surprises Him. Before the foundation of the earth He knew you. He formed you in your mother’s womb and knows the exact number of hairs on your head. He promised to never leave or forsake you. Even in knowing these things it is still not always easy to face the challenges the world brings, but understand that it is okay to feel afraid, but don’t be afraid. Fear is a natural emotion, but how you respond to it will determine the level of victory you experience. No matter what challenges lie before you face them boldly knowing that His grace is sufficient and His strength is made perfect in your weakness. As promised, He has overcome the world and you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you.

“Failure is inevitable, but quitting is optional”
-Unknown_

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit
Rest if you must, but don’t you quit.

Life is strange with its twists and its turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When they might have won, had they stuck it out.
Don’t give up though the pace seems slow,
You may succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than,
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor’s cup;
And he learned too late when the night came down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far;
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit,
It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit!

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