“It doesn't matter how slowly you are moving forward, just don’t quite or give up” – Stella Maxwell
The enemy waits and listens for your desperation. When you are at the end of your rope and can no longer see or feel what hope looks like, the enemy of your soul pounces on your confidence, shreds your dreams, and casts a dark shadow of doubt over your life.
The enemy does not want you to be successful. It delights in breaking you down to the point you surrender and exclaim things like, “What was I thinking, I can’t do something like that,” or “There is no way I will ever be able to [fill in the blank].”
When you give up, you give in to the temptation to quit, to surrender, to just stop trying.
There are many reasons why you may choose to give up. You either run out of time, money or energy, or, you just can’t quite see the results of your efforts.
However, when the urge to quit is at its strongest, this is when success is just a very short distance away.
You can be and do anything God created you to be and you put your mind too!
The enemy turns up the heat and fuels your irritation with cynicism. The enemy, you see, is that self-limiting tape that plays in your head and tells you that you are not enough, you are not talented enough, you are not smart enough, you are not strong enough, or you are not worthy to have the things you want and deserve.
You feed the enemy when you listen to the tape and refuse to stop it. Maybe it’s just that you don’t know how, or think you are not allowed to play a new tape in your head.
You are allowed.
No matter what you were told or learned as a child, you can be and do anything God created you to be, and you choose in life. If you want it bad enough, you will achieve your goals and dreams.
You may ask yourself, “How I stop the nagging tape?”
By speaking out loud, you stop the thought in your head.
Try this:
Count 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,… in your head, now STOP and say your name out load.
You see. It works! You stopped that thought.
Now when you hear that negative tape playing in your head. STOP. Tell the truth out loud. Use a favored scripture verse. You an encouraging quote you may like. Just say something positive to counteract that negative thought.
How badly do you want it? Do you want it so badly you are willing to make adjustments in your life that may be uncomfortable or inconvenient?
Are you willing to get up earlier or go to bad later in order to work on your dream?
Are you willing to work a second job in order to pay for the education you need to accomplish your goals?
Are you willing to walk through the fear that surrounds your comfort zone and into the growth that lives on the other side?
You can defeat the enemy. You are stronger and smarter, because the Greater One lives within you. The day you decide to give up on whatever it is you are working so hard to accomplish, will be the day before you achieve it , but you would never know it. The enemy of your soul will win – game over.
You are worthy Instead, pick yourself up.
Think about how good it will feel when you cross the finishing line. Think not only about how good it will feel to finally accomplish your goal, but think about how good you are going to feel about yourself for finishing, and how many people will be blessed in the process.
Do YOURSELF a favor!!!
DON’T GIVE UP!!!
It is worth the fight!!!
YOU ARE WORTH IT!!!
Love,
Stella
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