DON'T GIVE UP - OCT.'12 MESSAGE & PICTURES

WHETTING THE EDGE CONFERENCE OCTOBER 20TH 2012 MESSAGE

DON’T GIVE UP

Life if full of so many ups and downs

But you need to learn how to build a strong

And a positive perspective against the odds of life

There are so many things warring against your faith

But until you learn how to stand tall

At the face of defeat you will soon call it quit

So many people have stopped praying

They don’t go to Church nor study the word any more

Because life issues have gotten into them

Job said man born of a woman

Is of few days but full of troubles Job 14:1

From Moses down to the New Testament Apostles

Jesus Christ not exempted

They all have their own shares of the hard knock

But the most exciting thing about challenges is

They are instruments of making

Just as every star is revealed by darkness

Stars thrive at the face of the darkest night

So you need to understand that

What you facing is not to mar you

But to make you

See beyond the dark tunnel

Because no man can survive his night season

When there is no hope of a tomorrow

Jesus went through it all

With a picture of the future

It was that joy set before

That serves as His inspiration

To endure the cross and despise the same Heb.12:2

TIPS TO STANDING STRONG

1.LEARN TO GROW IN YOUR GROANING SEASON  EXO.1:12

Teeth add colour and beauty to our face

But we don’t grow teeth without experiencing pain

Even in child labour

Only the women can tell of the pain therein Rev 12:2

But no woman ever refuses to put to bed

Because it involve pain

Therefore, no matter how hard

It may be don’t stop growing

Grow out of it and move forward

The children of Israel multiply and grew

In the mist of their affliction

And make their enemy grieved Exo.1:12

In the elementary school

You teach kids first addition

Subtraction then multiplication and so on

In life too

In times of your additions

Getting a new job

Buying a new car and so on

Be prepared for the subtractions of life

Like losing your Dad or may be your investment

And if you can go through your subtractions

Then you are matured enough

To handle the multiplications of life

2.DON’T LET WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH GET INTO YOU GEN.7:17-18

The same water that sail a ship can sink it

If it get into it

Some sank in the water

While some access their height by the same water

“The water increase and lifted up the Ark”

This is what a challenge can do

When you don’t let it get into you

So don’t let your issue affect your mind

Cry out for help when it’s getting into you Ps 69:1

Seek counsel from credible people

Who could help you shake it off

3.LEARN TO MAXIMIZE YOUR PROBLEM Acts 16:25-27

Paul and Silas used their chains to instigate their change

They were in the prison but the prison was not in them

In the midnight instead of giving up

They turned up their spirit to pray and praise God

And their freedom was granted

You can use what you are going through now

As a raw material for your success story

Just like Eagle don’t fear stormy wind

While other birds will bow-out the Eagle will not

When other birds will take cover

The Eagle will dive into the stormy wind

Stretch forth her wings and use the

Torrent of the wind to soar higher

Than any other bird can reach

The higher the storm goes the higher the Eagle too

So turn your situation in your favour

4.HAVE A FIGHTING SPIRIT 2Sam.23:9-10

Eleazer the Son of Dodo will not

Bow his knees without a fight

He refused to follow the crowd who chicken out

His skins were too thick for fear to penetrates

He moved forward despite the challenges ahead

His fighting spirit will not even quit when he was weary

He obtained a name for himself by his act of exploit

And he is a man like passion like you and i

We are no more in the days of physical war

But you too can be too hard to crack by situations of life

You can become a “Toughie”

That is despite pressure you don’t break

Catch this fighting spirit

That makes a man’s heart to be fixed

With going back a-no-option Ps.112:7

Keep fighting even though it looks like you are fainting

Don’t give up the lead even though you are bleeding

You are nearer than you started out

You can go through this

Don’t quit.

Shalom

Wale Oyebade