{"id":6444,"date":"2015-11-11T06:33:41","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T06:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/?p=6444"},"modified":"2016-01-07T14:24:41","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T14:24:41","slug":"never-give-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/friends-of-cvm\/never-give-up\/","title":{"rendered":"NEVER GIVE UP"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Do you ever go through times of reflection looking back at what you have done or possibly not have done in the year? I recently went through one of these periods and I found myself looking at the negatives, the things I should have done but didn’t and it started to get me feeling depressed.<\/p>\n

It seemed so much easier to concentrate my thoughts on the negatives and so much harder to think of the positives.<\/p>\n

A recent example: I was thinking to myself about GamServe<\/a> and what actually have we managed to do and thoughts such as “You haven’t done a lot really” and “No one listens to what you are saying anyway” and “Is it really worth your money, your time to carry on?”<\/p>\n

This type of attack is what the enemy uses in trying to pull someone down and get them to give up.<\/p>\n

Ephesians 6:16 ‘In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one<\/em>‘.<\/p>\n

The reality is The Lord has opened so many doors for GamServe. In, what is, such a relatively short period of time a lot has been and is being done and although I might not see everything, I can be assured that our Father does.<\/p>\n

So when next those negative thoughts come in (and they will come), I will immediately turn them round to positive thoughts.<\/p>\n

Romans 12:2
\n‘Don\u2019t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God\u2019s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.’<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Image credit: Photo by\u00a0Quinn Dombrowski<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0CC BY 2.0<\/a><\/p>\n

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