Help for Hard Times
When the Going
Gets Tough
Memory Verse: Galatians 6:9
(NIV) Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper
time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
INTRODUCTION:
Illustration:
The ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.
1.
Resist the Temptation to Quit.
John 6:60, 66; Hebrews 6:4–5; Luke 9:62; Galatians 6:9;2
Timothy 4:7 (
“Tough times never last. But tough people do.”--Dr. Robert Schuler
2.
Reinvigorate yourself through hope.
1 Corinthians 13:13; 2 Timothy 4:7-8; Romans
5:5
“No enterprise can ever be carried out without hope of
success.” –William Carey as
paraphrased by Dr. James Kenedy.
“Hope looks to the future and anchors itself in what
God has promised to do.” --Dr. James
Kennedy
3.
Refuse to Live in the Past.
Philippians 3:13–14; Psalm 105:5
4.
Recognize the profitability of Perseverance
Matthew 24:13; Philippians 1:6; Galatians 6:9; Matthew
25:21; Isaiah 40:31
“Without perseverance we shall not see the inside of
paradise.”--Dr. James Kennedy
