Never Give Up

Psalm 90:15 NLT (A Prayer of Moses)

15 Give us gladness in proportion to our former misery! Replace the evil years with good.

Your Persistence Will Pay Off

Luke 18:1 KJV

1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

FAINT: to be utterly spiritless, to be wearied out, exhausted, to fail, example: (TO GIVE UP, TO QUIT).

Luke 18:2 KJV

2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:

The Power of Single Focus

Luke 18:3 KJV

3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, AVENGE ME OF MINE ADVERSARY.

PATIENCE: the waiting period

Luke 18:4-8 KJV

4 AND HE WOULD NOT FOR A WHILE: but AFTERWARD he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;

5 Yet because THIS WIDOW TROUBLETH ME, I will avenge her, LEST BY HER CONTINUAL COMING she weary me.

6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.

7 AND SHALL NOT GOD AVENGE HIS OWN ELECT, which cry day and night unto him, THOUGH HE BEAR LONG WITH THEM?

8 I TELL YOU THAT HE WILL AVENGE THEM SPEEDILY. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

Two Powerful Things God Did For Joseph

JOSEPH OUR EXAMPLE

Genesis 41:14 KJV

14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him HASTILY out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.

HASTILY: speedily.

Your Hard Work Will Pay Off

Genesis 41:41 KJV

41 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti–pherah priest of On bare unto him.

INNER HEALING: Joseph’s broken heart was healed

Genesis 41:51 KJV

51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: FOR GOD, SAID HE, HATH MADE ME FORGET ALL MY TOIL, AND ALL MY FATHER’S HOUSE.

TOIL: grievance, trouble, mischief, pain, sorrow, wickedness, labour…

To Dominate in the Same Place Where You Suffered the Most

Genesis 41:52 KJV

52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: FOR GOD HATH CAUSED ME TO BE FRUITFUL IN THE LAND OF MY AFFLICTION.

FRUITFUL: to grow, to increase

AFFLICTION: poverty, misery, depression, trouble…