God bless!

          In your strongest voice I encourage you today to shout " I refuse to give up!". Do it again and again until you believe what you are saying! Lately we have been hitting the devil over the head with the Word and he seems to be fighting back at a stronger rate than ever. He doesn't seem to let down for a moment, can I get an Amen? I'm sure I'm not the only one that has been dealing with his attacks but as sure as I am of this I'm even more sure that I'm not the only one that will be blessed despite his mess! I know for many of us giving up in our current struggle seems to be the easiest thing to do, but I challenge you today, as God has challenged me, to press in even harder.

         About two years ago I went to Colombia and I visited a place with a hillside that had over 700 steps, as I began my journey to the top I was inspired by the challenge and I was so amped up I made it without any real pain. It was interesting to me that on my journey down I felt more pain than my initial journey up! Why am I sharing this? Many of us are already passed the hard point of our journey but, this point of our journey (which should be easier) seems so hard, right? Our goal today has to be to keep things in perspective, though we are challenged today we are in a better place than we were yesterday so let's keep pressing in. Don't let the easy part of your journey be the biggest obstacle.

Talking to myself through this...

Pastor Joell A. Perez