T.D. Jakes - Defying the Urge to Quit Part 1

until you have had the taste of finishing you will not respect yourself until you follow through until something is done come hell or high water tears and struggles and pain and you go through it anyway and you show up and you continue to fight on no matter the circumstances after a while something begins to wither inside of love Bharath this is the part greetings Christian brothers and sisters what a joy what a delight it is to share the word of the Lord with you our series rise above and is changing lives and I think you're going to be blessed as you rise above the things that are holding you back God has so many things for you and yet there are times that I have to confess even in my own life there's been times that ones throw up a hand the walk away from everything says all go crazy it's too much for me listen the message today is to define the urge to quit we all have them we don't talk about them but we have moments where we feel like you'll take me away I'm sick of it but you have to fight that urge to quit because I always say you'll win if you don't quit take a look at this in a pleasure life until you have had the taste of finishing you will not respect yourself until you follow through until something is done come hell or high water tears and struggles and pain and you go through it anyway and you show up and you continue to fight on no matter the circumstances after a while something begins to wither inside of you love beareth all things I haven't been taught to take anything I was a baby a mountain family my brother and sister would rise like this but I loved they they did a hard time in prison camp they were shocked when my mother came in my woman's in baby what you want I had not been nurtured to bear anything to take anything and being a man was hard work because I didn't have anybody to show me and it's hard to be but you cannot see see some people quit because things are out of control nobody quits what you can control but at the moment you get in something where you don't get your way or you get reprimanded or you get corrected or you go through this or you go to that or you go to the other or it's bad conditions or bad circumstances then the first thing the immature mind says is this is ridiculous I quit and it's it's a hearth a/c when you come to church we're always talking about sins on the flesh not being a whoremonger and coming out of adults red and stop lying we give those things so much stage that being a weakling in the spirit can go undetected if you aren't doing drive-by shootings and muggings you can pass for a Christian and really you really get it done as long as you don't do anything horrific I mean if you didn't climb down a pole to come to church this morning you can pass for a mother in Zion and the truth of the matter nobody will know that you can be well as it relates to visible sins the Bible call them sins of the Spirit the Bible talks about sins of the flesh and sin to the spirit there are some things that attack your flesh and there are some things that attack your spirit and I'm going to do like Paul and say this I say but not the Lord this is something that I have noticed that some people who have a terrible time controlling their fleshly sins can have real good character and it relates to other areas of their life and other people who don't smoke and don't drink and don't chew and don't run around with them that do you can't find out what's wrong with them until you marry them or get on the job with them or interact with them they will pass for holy until you find out that they don't keep their word that they will give up easy they don't complete their assignments you can't trust him to stand by you and know they wouldn't take a drink for nothing in the world but they wouldn't fight with you in a lion deer and sometimes you have a choice oh god help me you'd almost rather have the other person in a dog fight that to have somebody who is morally good and and the character is so defected that you don't know what they're going to do from one moment to the next can I preach this is war I never will forget at the young minister newly-married I had a friend of mine who was much older than me who was going through a real tough time in his marriage and I didn't even support or believe in for that matter divorce at that time that his marriage got so bad I told him you ought to get out I feel you ought to just get out I watched him suffer so bad I thought you ought to quit he was so lonely that he he got a dog and named it friend oh no no I'm not being funny I'm serious so you don't know what people go through behind the scenes trying to cope with life and I watched him take so many blows in his heart in his masculinity and his character that it was so hard to watch I wanted him to divorce her so I didn't have to see it he stayed and things got worse and then it got better and then it got worse and then sickness came in and then it got really bad throwing up on him urinating on him cleaning the cleaning her up you see you you could go through stuff and never know what's going to happen down the road or who you're gonna need my mother used to say you never know who's gonna have to pass you you're the last glass of water and he stuck it out to the end I mean to the end and and I was at the funeral listening at him scream and cry over a person who I knew had broken his heart into pieces over and over again and yet there was some bond between them deeper than what my young eyes could see and I remember thinking you finished I have never seen it before you finished you went all the way to the end better and worse and sickness and health and richer and poor you went through all of that stuff all the way to the end it was amazing to see somebody who finished outside of convenience still to come on the Potters touch I lost a lot of stuff I lost a lot of friends I lost a lot of strength I lost a lot of courage I lost a lot of time I lost a lot of money but I kept down on my knees I was still believing rope I was believing lonely I was believing betrayed I'm want to know your healer but I don't want to be sick how do you win the fight with the enemy is in me is there way I can be what I need to be without going through what I gotta go through I [ __ ] will hate us Liars back biters and betrayal and many times I laid in the bed I couldn't go to sleep cuz I was fighting with myself I'm talk rise above everything that's holding you back from fulfilling your destiny receive put it behind you on CD from the rise of love series when you help us reach others with a gift of any size if you lose the job keep the faith if you lose the spouse keep the faith if you bury your child keep the faith if you have to downsize keep the faith if you have to move in with your mom and keep the faith and when your gift is $60 or more we'll give you the groundbreaking series rise above on DVD along with three inspirational bookmarks however when your gift is 125 dollars or more we'll also add this unique leather portfolio it's not what they say about you that matters it is what you say about you that threatens your destiny you will never be defeated by what they say about you you will be defeated by what you say about you I want to talk to women who are called to go into the next dimension this is the life-changing event of the year you can't think higher than the level that you are exposed to I love girl talk no matter where you are what you've been through will you come from you can do it these are happening lives you're changing the lineup is incredible being able to cut the cord things that you've had in your past the way you feel you are coming into the next dimension in it way you Maxim register today the woman Thou Art Loosed 2014 call 1-800 this is do Oh writes to Timothy and says our Father good fight let me know being me is not easy it's not for the faint of heart it's not in my Seuss you can get Seuss like me but they won't make you stand like me I fought a good fight baby I fought one day hell of a fight how many fighters in here slap somebody tell him I fought a good fight I [ __ ] my way up I fought to get to work I fought to get up on my feet I fought to stand I fought to carry on I fought to love I fought to live I fought to get out the bed I fought with my fears my doubts my anxieties my insecurities I fought with haters liars back biters and betrayers I even had to fight with family and many times I laid in the bed I couldn't go to sleep cuz I was fighting with myself I thought 10,000 they took my father good fight I mean I thought such a good fight that what I look at what other people call a fight what they call a fight is what I call normal my whole perception of what a fight years has been RevoluSun I that's not a fight I father could fight the old man tells the young man Farah good fight you might not have seen it you saw the glamour you saw the healings be he'll be he'll be here but let me sell you what you didn't see I fought to do their father good fight I kept I kept the faith I kept it I lost a lot of stuff I lost a lot of friends I lost a lot of strength I lost a lot of curry I lost a lot of time I lost a lot of money but I kept down on my knees I was still believing broke I was believing lonely I was believing betrayed yep 10 3 people don't keep the faith keep the faith if you lose a job keep the faith if you lose the spouse keep the faith if you bury your child keep the faith if you have to downsize keep the faith if you have to move in with your mama keep the faith if you had your Wincy and keep the faith if you have to catch the bus keep the faith if you have to come keep the faith if you get sick keep the faith if you lose your kidneys keep the faith if you got hard trouble keep the faith you might not get a new hard but you gotta keep your faith when he says the old man says to the young man I finished my course I am concerned because we are living in a world that has become comfortable with going to school and getting an incomplete the danger of living a life of ink completes three or four sets of families three or four sets of kids nobody can count on you to stay forget women forget women to stay you don't have to be a superhero nobody can count on you to stay to stick it out to endure nobody can count on you past happy they used to come in my office and say I'm leaving him because he's beaten me there I'm leaving him because he abused my children I'm leaving him a bit because he's homicidal now they come in my office they say I'm leavin cuz I'm not happy you're not happy who told you you were gonna be happy what does that have to do with anything who do you know in your life that is happy all the time you quit because you weren't happy to the person who keeps quitting you have to live with that infection that you carry that propensity to never finish paul says i finished my course and didn't finished yours I didn't finish yours I didn't finish her I didn't finish her and I'm not into your business I'm not trying to get in your business people who are trying to finish their course are not nosy because they are so focused trying to finish what they started I don't have time to worry about what's going on in your house I'm so busy trying to manage what's going on in mr. if all I can do to finish my course somebody in this room you've quit so many things but you've lost respect for yourself somebody said give me the grace to endure don't misunderstand it you can't be the whip now the Apostle Paul got into trouble Lord remove this thorn from my flesh he had to pray he had to go through some tough time he said I got so depressed I got so discouraged I wanted to die I pray after seeing people get healed and delivered I raised people from the dead and couldn't get the thorn out of my own flesh the contradictions of being powerful outwardly and conflicted inwardly is enough to make you quit and still he finished the course with the God who said no to his own prayer Oh y'all don't talk to me what do you do when you're better on the outside then you are on the inside I can get rid of your thorn but I got a bear oh my god this is so good I'm gonna get my own CD I'm gonna get this isn't it amazing how good you can be at fixing other people's lives you know exactly what they ought to do even Jesus struggled with finishing he goes to the Garden of Gethsemane he says I don't know oh no it's just daddy this is tougher that I thought he he labored in prayer until sweat like blood blood like sweat poured through his skin Sammy can I get out of this can I get out of this can I can I get on a horse and ride away take can I take a camel and ride away from a cross Jesus says daddy can I quit I've never seen The Potter's House so quiet three times he braids how big the finish is there a way that I can get out of being me is there anybody in here who have ever prayed Lord is there a way I can get out of being really being me is not going so good being me is not what is cracked up to be daddy can I quit and finally he says not my will that's where that's where it is that's the whole thing not my wheel means not my way not my preferences not my pleasure not my style not what I wanted not what I liked but that'd be fun I've got to stop I hate to stop right there but I've got to do it I want you to hold on to that word because I believe that is irrelevant we're defying the urge to quit is what it's all about it's not always about how many steps you gave forward sometimes just resisting the temptation to cave in is victory to Father turn and watch God moves supernaturally in your life and to all my sisters where are my sisters that can I area hey I know you packing right now getting ready for woman Thou Art Loosed October Sun good food before maybe a little early to pack but not too early to get your tickets reservations reserved your CD I want you to have the best that we have available for you but you have to respond so we're gonna run our seats I want to hear from you right now and come or send somebody make it a gift - what if - a momma - friend send somebody to Atlanta to experience one of the our clues live the theme is the wait is over you are really gonna be the less bad have a great one today and know that I'm praying for you I'm believing God with you and whether you can meet me in Atlanta or just meet me on television I am glad for your support of this ministry take care god bless I want to talk to women who are called to go into the extension this is the life-changing event of the year you can't think higher than the level that you are exposed to a reason why you don't do something I love Girl Talk no matter where you are what you've been through where you come from you can do it these are happening lives are changing the lineup is incredible being able to cut the cord of things that you've had in your past no way you can go you are coming into the next dimension anyway you can mention register today for woman Thou Art Loosed 2014 cold 1-855-249-9867 inspirational bookmarks however when your gift is 125 dollars or more we'll also add this unique leather portfolio it's not what they say about you that matters it is what you say about you that threatens your destiny you will never be defeated by what they say about you you will be defeated by what you say about you next time on the platters - I'll go on a job that is full of hell and chaos and smile every morning and do my job because it is not about them it's about me defying the urge and or whatever it is to quit quit school good jobs quit life quit friends quit touch oh what a nerd it is to quit politics puppeteering preaching i don't care what it is dentistry medicine nursing oh what a nerd it is to quit three times jesus prayed can i get out of being me i don't like what is infront of me this is not Burger King and you do not get to have it your way

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Length: 28min 29sec (1709 seconds)

Published: Sun Aug 17 2014