Introduction: Quitters never Win…. And Winners never Quit!

Do you want to WIN or LOSE? How can we win? The answer is by PERSEVERING! By the way, it is all by His GRACE!!
Perhaps you feel like QUITTING right now. What can you do?

1. Keep Holding on! (Rom 5:3,4)

“And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; 4And patience, experience; and experience, hope.”

Holding on to the promises of God and not letting go will enable us to go higher and further than we’ve ever been. Hang on!

2. Keep the Faith! (James 1:2-4)

“2My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.”

Our faith in Jesus (Heb 12:1,2) is a work in progress. How are you doing? Is your faith being stretched?

3. Keep doing GOOD! (Gal 6:9)

“And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”

To remain faithful is a task. Giving up and quitting when your frustrated is an easy way out. But to persevere through hardships is where the real maturity takes place. Are you willing to persevere? Jesus did. His Spirit is available to us. Keep growing.

4. Keep looking at the Big Picture! (Rom 8:28-30)

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 29For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.”

Ultimately, when we persevere we are being made like our Lord. After all, He is the potter and we are the clay.

5. Keep praying and praising the Lord! (Acts 16:25,26)

“And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. 26And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed.”

Did you notice that they persevered in the toughest situation? But how did they do it? The answer is by prayer and praise! It works.

Conclusion: Paul wrote, “For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” (Rom 8:18)