QUITTING INSURANCE
* * * A Heart of a Handmaiden by Cathy Corle
(Items between ( ) are not a part of her book but were added comments during the lesson.)
Ps 12:1 " Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from among the children of men."
Micah 7:2- " The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net."
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
And the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low, and the debts are high,
And when you want to smile, but you have to sigh;
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but DON'T YOU QUIT!
Success is failure turned inside out
The silver tint to the clouds of doubt
You never can tell how close you are
It may be near when it seems afar.
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit.
It's when things go wrong that
YOU MUST NOT QUIT
1. ____________ that you will be tempted to quit.
Luke 22:31-32 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
2. Realize ______ you are tempted to quit. (Satan wants us out of the battle. My flesh carries me to sin, to live contrary to God's Word.)
3. Be ____________ with some special verses and Bible illustrations that will bolster your resolve to keep on keeping on.
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Galatians 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
2 Corinthians 4:1,7-10 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; ... But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
1 Chronicles 21 - Satan stands against Israel.
4. Make God some ____________ about finishing what He has for you to do. (Don't be rash about your promises. Judges chapter 11.)
5. Guard your ___________ and times of ___________.
6. _________ your philosophy to admit that it's better to fail than to quit.
7. Surround yourself with ________________. (Keep away from pessimistic people. Look for the good - dig if you have to.)
8. ___________ so you won't cry, or cry if you must.
Proverbs 17:22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Proverbs 15:13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
9. ____________why you started in the first place.
10. ___________ God's promises, to stay positive.
11. Count your ____________.
12. Have an `in case of an emergency' plan. (Have someone you can call for support.)
1 Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Proverbs 24:16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
If I quit, what effect will it have on others?
Although the Answer Key is provided,
I pray that it will only be used as a reference
after you have personally looked up
all verses, and entered in all information for yourself.
1. Realize and admit
2. why
3. prepared
4. promises
5. weaknesses, temptations
6. Adjust
7. encouragement
8. Laugh
9. Remember
10. List, claim, fight
11. blessings
