SURRENDER EVERYTHING AND GIVE IT ALL TO HIM

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This is why we never GIVE UP. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day. For our present troubles are quite small and won’t last very long, but they will produce for us an immeasurably great glory that will last forever! So we don’t look at the trouble we can see right now; rather, we look forward to what we have not yet seen. For the troubles we see will soon be over, but the joys to come will last forever.

"So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal."

2 Corinthians 4:16-18

Why do bad things happen to good people? Why is life so difficult sometimes? Don’t be surprised if God is using tough times in your life to test your faithfulness.

Faithful people keep on keeping on when other people want to give up. Faithful people are diligent and determined. They are persistent.

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In 2 Corinthians 4, Paul says you need to get the right perspective when you are going through a problem. Don’t look at the temporary problem; look at the long-term reward. Don’t look at the temporary pain; look at the long-term gain. Don’t look at it with the short-term view, “What’s happening to me right now?” Instead, look at the character that you are building because you haven’t given up. You’re hanging in there.

Whenever I try to do it on my own, it never works. Whenever I start my own plans, inevitably Yours prevail. So I gave up planning and trusted You instead. For You know the plans You have only for me. I will rejoice always, pray without ceasing and give thanks in all circumstances. You didn't promise it would always be easy...but You did promise You'd ALWAYS be there to see me through!

God is more interested in what you are becoming than what you accomplish.

Give it ALL to Him today.