This post is all about perseverance. I want to encourage you to keep going when you want to give up. There are three things God directed me to do.

1. Pray

2. Read God’s Word

3. Fellowship With Other Believers

Before I surrendered my life to Christ I learned a lot about perseverance. I carried a poem in my pocket called “Don’t Quit.” I wrote this out one day for my kids because it has so encouraged me over the years.

Don’t Quit

When things go wrong as they sometimes will, when the road you’re trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low, & the debts are high, And you want to smile but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit– rest if you must but, don’t you quit. Success is failure turned inside out, The silver tint of the clouds of doubt. And you never can tell how close you are, It may be near when it seems afar, So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit– It’s when things go wrong that you must not quit.  Author Unknown

But honestly, this poem didn’t cut it for me. Then one day I was given this picture

Some days I feel like the frog. I showed it to my friend and she laughed out loud and said,

“Okay Alison, go be the frog!”

That’s when I began to cry out to God and I had other people pray for me too!

 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

He directed me to his word. The word of God is alive and active and it has power to transform your mind. He is the vine and we are the branches. Apart from Christ We can do nothing.  There is so much hope in God’s word to encourage us. Here are just a few verses that have encouraged me.

Proverbs16:3 Commit to the Lord whatever you do,
and he will establish your plans.

 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

 No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you. Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their ancestors to give them.

 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

 But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.”

Lastly, it is important to gather together with other believers. We need to worship together, hold each other up in prayer, study God’s word. The Bible says,

Do not forsake the gathering of the saints!

What about you! What do you do when you feel like giving up or quitting?