Endurance

Don’t Quit in the Middle

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We have officially reached the middle of the year.  For many people, this is where dreams become difficult.  The vision board that once inspired us may now feel distant.  The goals we confidently wrote down in January may seem unfinished.

The momentum we started with may have slowed.  But there is something important about the middle.  The middle is where transformation happens.  The beginning is filled with excitement.  The end is filled with celebration.  But the middle is where character is built.

It is where consistency is tested and it is where faith is developed.  It is where perseverance is forged.  Many people mistakenly believe that because they are not where they hoped to be, they have failed. That is not true.  You have not failed because you are behind. You have not failed because you needed to pause.  You have not failed because life happened.  The question is not whether the journey has been difficult.  The question is whether you will continue. 

This is the perfect time for a mid-year review.

Review your goals.
Review your habits.
Review your priorities.
Review your schedule.

Then make adjustments.

A wise person is not afraid to restructure.  Sometimes success requires less quitting and more recalibrating.  The remaining months of this year still carry tremendous potential.  There are books still to write, businesses still to launch and prayers still to be answered. Healing still needs to take place and relationships still to be restored.  Your purpose still to be fulfilled.  As you move into the second half of this year, refuse to surrender your vision.  Refuse to let disappointment define you.  Refuse to allow delay to convince you that God has forgotten you.

Remember the words of Galatians 6:9:

“And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”

Keep building.

Keep believing.

Keep becoming.

The middle is not the end of your story.  It is simply the chapter where you decide that quitting is no longer an option.

Keep Building. Keep Believing.
Dr. Carla Mormon
The FAITH Project

Between Called and Chosen

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A lot goes on between being called and being chosen. I want to give you 3 keys you need to succeed in this process.
1. Attitude 2. Preparation 3. Endurance    Matthew 22:14  King James Version (KJV) 14 For many are called, but few are chosen.

These 3 keys will guide you on your pre-ordained journey by GOD.  You must have the right attitude especially when dealing with people.  So often people will talk you right out of your GOD given Destiny.  You must remain focused and on the path that GOD has for you. Do not be swayed by distractions set up to stop you.  Stay positive, speak positive, and fellowship with like minded people.

Preparation can be a hard task master but the outcome is well worth it..  It is in the making where you will be tried and tested.  In the preparation process you will learn how to move and operate in your calling.  Although you are pre-ordained to your calling you will still have to be trained and taught. Be willing to learn and ask Holy Spirit for help because Holy Spirit is the Teacher of all things.  Ask Holy Spirit for the right teacher in the natural as well.  Also be open to correction….with correction comes growth.

Lastly, but not least Endurance.  You will have to be willing to go the long haul.  Your journey may not be easy or short but it can be obtained.  For we are more than conquerors and you Destiney is for you to conqueror. Hebrews 10:35-36 Amplified Bible (AMP)35 Do not, therefore, fling away your fearless confidence, for it carries a great and glorious compensation of reward. 36 For you have need of steadfast patience and endurance, so that you may perform and fully accomplish the will of God, and thus receive and [a]carry away [and enjoy to the full] what is promised.

Oh that Glorious moment when you go from being called to being Chosen.  (PTL)