{"id":1280,"date":"2021-09-03T01:23:35","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T01:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=1280"},"modified":"2021-09-01T19:24:49","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T19:24:49","slug":"refuse-to-quit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/refuse-to-quit\/","title":{"rendered":"Refuse to quit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Friday, September 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Refuse to quit\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He energizes those who get tired, gives fresh strength to dropouts. For even young people tire and drop out, young folk in their prime stumble and fall. <strong>Isaiah 40:29-30<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, to quit means to give up or to admit defeat. Someone reading this today might be about to drop out of something because you are feeling defeated. If that\u2019s you, don\u2019t throw in the towel. I want to encourage you with the Word of God written in Isaiah 40:29-30 which says \u201c<em>He energizes those who get tired, gives fresh strength to dropouts<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If God has led you to it, He will give you the fresh strength you need to carry onward. Don\u2019t be a dropout. God is a rewarder of those who are determined to give it their all regardless of the challenges they may face.<\/p>\n<p>If you are on the verge of dropping out from a family that needs you, from continuing your studies, from getting closer to God, or from your recovery program, stop and talk to God about it first. Most likely He will say, \u201cStick with it.\u201d Why? Because He can\u2019t bless your efforts if you resolve to drop out.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s easy to start something, but it takes perseverance to stick with something and see it through to completion. Soon you will discover the reward God has in store if you refuse to quit. Motivation and determination are like two pedals on a bicycle; if you keep pedaling, you\u2019re bound to reach your destination.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer focus<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ask God what He desires you to do concerning whatever you might be about to give up.<\/li>\n<li>Ask the Holy Spirit to give you fresh strength so you can continue doing the important things of God.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Friday, September 3 Refuse to quit\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He energizes those who get tired, gives fresh strength to dropouts. For even young people tire and drop out, young folk in their prime stumble and fall. Isaiah 40:29-30 &nbsp; According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, to quit means to give up or to admit defeat. Someone reading this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1280"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1281,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280\/revisions\/1281"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}