How To Hold On When You Feel Like Giving Up

* "Yes, but you don’t know my husband. He’ll never change." - NOTHING

* "Yes, but you don’t know my boss." - NOTHING

* "Yes, but you don’t know my situation" - NOTHING

"God Will Make a Way" (Don Moen), c. 1990 Integrity’s Hosanna! Music (ASCAP) (c/o Integrity Music, Inc.)

"God will make a way,

Where there seems to be no way,

He works in ways we cannot see,

He will make a way for me;

He will be my guide,

Hold me closely to His side,

With love and strength for each new day,

He will make a way, He will make a way."

God specializes in resurrections. He can bring life to dead relationships. He is the Creator; He can cause loving feelings and attitudes to be created out of nothing. He can transform people and situations in ways that we are unable to foresee. He can do it. If your situation seems hopeless, if it seems that nothing short of a miracle can save you, then you are in luck. God is able to do whatever it takes to fulfill His plan for you.

Place Your Hope in Christ

But whether or not God chooses to change our circumstances, ultimately our hope is not in what he is going to do for us on this earth, in this life. Our true hope is in Jesus Christ. Our true hope is in the forgiveness of sins and eternal life that come from faith in Christ. [That puts everything into perspective].

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade--kept in heaven for you. - 1 Peter 1:3-4 (NIV)

What is the result of placing our trust in God? Hope, joy, and peace.

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. - Romans 15:13 (NIV)

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