THREE SECRETS FOR NEVER GIVING UP
2 Corinthians 4:1-18 -- June 29, 2008
“We do not lose heart” 2 Corinthians 4:1 (NIV)
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9
1. REMEMBER YOUR RESPONSIBILITY
“Character is the ability to stay with a resolution long after the mood in which the resolution was made has left.” Cavitt Roberts
“Let us not give up meeting together.” Hebrews 10:25
“Be kind…to one another.” Ephesians 4:32
“Sing the glory of God’s name; make His praise glorious.” Psalm 66:2
“Preach the Word…in season and out of season.” 2 Timothy 4:2
“Since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.” 2 Corinthians 4:1
“If it be possible, let this cup pass from me.” Matthew 26:39
Paul didn’t quit because he remembered his responsibility.
2. DEVELOP A RESILIANCY
“We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed. 2 Corinthians 4:8
“We are perplexed, but not in despair.” 2 Corinthians 4:8
“Persecuted, but not abandoned.” 2 Corinthians 4:9
“Struck down, but not destroyed.” 2 Corinthians 4:9
“Paul got up and went back into the city. The next day he and Barnabas left for Derbe where he preached the good news in that city and won a large number of disciples.” Acts 14:20-21
“We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.” 2 Corinthians 4:10
“Greater is He that is in me than He that is in the world.” 1 John 4:4
3. FOCUS ON ETERNITY
“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.” 2 Corinthians 4:16
“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:18
“Be faithful to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life.” Revelation 2:10
