HEROES DON'T GIVE UP (2 OF 2)

Heroes Don't Give Up (2 of 2)
Series: Heroes Among Us
Spike Hogan
Lamentations 3:47-48


''We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed and broken. We are perplexed, but we don't give up and quit.'' 2 Corinthians 4:8 (NLT)

WHEN CRISIS COMES YOU HAVE THREE CHOICES
''We have suffered terror and pitfalls, ruin and destruction. Streams of tears flow from my eyes because of the destruction of my people!'' Lamentations 3:47-48 (NLT)

You can CRY UP
''I have cried until the tears no longer come. My heart is broken, my spirit poured out, as I see what has happened to my people.'' Lamentations 2:11 (NLT)

You can GIVE UP
''I gave up on life altogether. I've forgotten what the good life is like.'' Lamentations 3:17 (MSG)

You can LOOK IN and UP
''Let's take a good look at the way we're living and reorder our lives under God. Let's lift our hearts and hands at one and the same time, praying to God in heaven.''
Lamentations 3:40-41 (MSG)

FINDING THE STRENGTH TO CARRY ON

FOCUS Your ATTENTION on God
''When live is heavy and hard to take, go off by yourself. Enter the silence. Bow in prayer. Don't ask questions. Wait for hope to appear.'' Lamentations 3:28-29 (MSG)

(Jesus) ''Find a quiet, secluded place so you won't be tempted to role-play before God. Just be there as simply and honestly as you can manage. The focus will shift from you to God, and you will begin to sense His grace.'' Matthew 6:6 (MSG)

Ask for God to REMOVE your FEARS
''From the bottom of the pit, I cried out to You, O Lord. And when I begged You to listen to my cry, You heard. And you answered me and told me not to be afraid.'' Lamentations 3:55-57 (GN)

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