Life is hard, but God won't give up on you...

Life is hard & it will keep on coming at you until Jesus returns. Until then-hard doesn't disqualify you from walking out the purpose God's called you to. God promises to be with you during hard times; His strength begins where yours end-every time. God's not a quitter & He won't quit on you...don't quit on Him-nothing is too hard for Him. The good work He started in you-He will bring to completion. Don't opt out on God's purpose for your life because you can't see the end, or go through the motions of outward compliance & talk Christianese to try to look right. Jesus died to give you an abundant life…to have joy despite the hard you go through. Seek the Holy Spirit- ask what's interfering with God's promises to you. When you get real with Jesus…He will get real with you. You may feel you've messed up to much, wasted too much time or just not significant enough to be used by God-these are your feelings & they are real... but they are not truth. God chose you-He loved you first, He purposed every good work you would do long ago. Ask Jesus to help you to not doubt & disobey Him…He gives wisdom & sufficiency to all  who call on Him. God wants you to obey Him so you can succeed in what He purposed you to do-He's for you, not against you! You have everything you need to obey & do what He's called you to…Jesus lives in you, the Holy Spirit guides you & God's planned every second of your life. The only way you won't fulfill what your purposed to do is if you opt out & do life your way. God even gives you the desire & power to obey Him if you ask. One more thing-you're exhausted because you try to resolve impossible situations with human wisdom. Put your faith in God's power not man's wisdom. You sabotage your spiritual well being when you measure time in relationship to God's answer-delay doesn't mean denial. If you're still breathing-God's still at work on what you're praying about. Keep going on days when you don't see, hear or feel any different; your senses help you navigate in this world, but they don't validate God's truth...that's your spirit's job. Breathe in, breathe out, get some rest, think on what's pure, lovely & right & spend time with those who will speak truth to you. God won't give up on you, don't give up on Him-He will stay with you during hard... He wants to know if you will stay with Him? (Isa 41:10, 2 Cor 12:9, Gen , Phil 1:6, 2 Cor 5:7, Eph 2:10, Phil 2:13, Rom 8:31) 10/23/13CIFL-LMM