Giving up is always tempting in challenging situations. Sometimes we find ourselves facing so much adversity, we’d do anything to escape it. That may mean giving up on ourselves, our dreams, or even our principles. Get the understanding of what the Apostle Paul is teaching..
1 Thessalonians 2:1 (KJV) For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:
1 Thessalonians 2:2 (KJV) But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.
As you have heard how we suffered rough and treated in Philippi. We were beaten, placed in jail but we never gave up nor were willing to quit. We prayed and then we sang so all could hear of the goodness of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Then somewhere around midnight God shook everything loose and we were free. The doors of the cells opened, we could have ran and been free. We didn’t for God had opened up the door in the jailer’s heart and before daylight the jailer and his family believed in the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior. Quitting Can be easy to do. I personally don’t like quitting. Just yesterday my wife and I were in the grocery store. I was looking on the shelf for an ídem. It appeared as they were out of what I was looking for. I started to walk away but turned again to look one more time, once again I didn’t see it. Then I just stood there looking and started to quit and walk away when I saw what I was looking for. It was pushed to the back and you really had to look to see it; I just hate giving up. Paul said we could have quit for there was much contention but “we were bold in our God to speak unto you” there’s no time for quitting.
The words of Vince Lombardi
Winners never quit, and quitters never win.
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