In Touch, the teaching ministry of Dr. Charles Stanley.

Next on In Touch, the courage to keep going.

How do you respond when you find yourself dealing with the situations that are very painful? In fact, you get rejected, somebody walks that on you. You feel like they were

dishonest with you. They didn't tell you the truth.

You feel lonely, you feel hurt, very discouraged.

When you think about all the things that happen to people and the reactions we have, do you feel you just want to say you know what I

don't have to put up with this anymore and you just decide I'm gonna I'm gonna walk

away I quit I give up I don't have to do this. I don't have to stay here.

How do you really and truly feel? Because you see as a follow of Jesus Christ giving up is not who we are.

Surrendering is not who we are.

Throwing in the towel as we say that's not who we are.

As the follower of Jesus Christ we have the right to

expect the best from him. He has the right to expect the best from us. And so when I

think about giving up that just it doesn't fit who we are.

And if you're in the process right now, giving up on your marriage,

giving up on your job, giving up on your children, giving up on your financial situation,

whatever the situation may be, before you give up, you stop and ask yourself the question, does this fit who I am as a follower of Jesus?

And this message is all about, listen, it's all about keeping on, keeping on, and that is to have the courage to keep on,

keeping on.

And if you will listen carefully and apply these points that I'm going to lay out before you, you don't

have to give up and quit.

There is an answer and a solution to what God wants to do in your life at this point no matter what it is. So I want you to turn if you will to 2nd Timothy and this fourth chapter and

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