Still Standing - How to Excel in Difficult Situations When You Want to Give Up

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Today's podcast is still standing How to excel in difficult
situations when you want to give up. There comes a
point in life, may be more than one, when you
feel like you've reached your limit, when the weight of pressure, disappointment,
and delay feels unbearable, when your strength is spent, your
prayers feel unanswered, and everything inside you says, what's the

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point of continuing? And yet there's still a flicker, a
small holy reminder that you were not built to break.
Excelling in difficult situations doesn't mean you never feel overwhelmed.
It means you keep moving even when overwhelmed. It means
you hold on to faith when fear is loud, and
you press forward when everything around you says retreat. Remember

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who called you When everything in your life seems to
be falling apart, return to the foundation. Who called you
and why? It wasn't people who gave you your purpose.
It wasn't popularity that opened doors for you. It was God.
And he is not a man that he should lie
Numbers twenty three nineteen. What he started in you, he

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will finish, even if the road is rocky. When you're
tempted to give up, remember quitting doesn't cancel the call.
It just delays the promise your breakthrough maybe on the
other side of this test. Stand in grace, not in
your strength. Sometimes we collapse under pressure because we are
trying to carry burdens. We were never meant to live alone.

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God's promise in Second Corinthians twelve nine still stands. My
grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made
perfect in weakness. Excelling an adversity doesn't mean pretending you're fine.
It means leaning into the strength of God when yours
is gone. It means standing not because you feel strong,
but because His power is holding you up. His grace

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is not just a safety net, it's the wind beneath
your wings. Refuse to let pain define you. Difficult seasons
often try to reshape your identity. Pain whispers you will
always be stuck Thiscouragement says you are not enough. But
you are not what you've been through. You are who
God says you are, And even in difficulty, your story

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can give birth to something greater. Joseph was thrown into
a pit, falsely accused and in prison. Yet he excelled.
Why because he never let bitterness take root. He kept
his integrity. He held to the vision, and when his
moment came, he was ready. Your valley doesn't disqualify your victory.
In fact, it prepares you for it. So how do

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you stand when you want to sit down? Pray? Even
if it's through tears you're weak is Prayer still moves
the heart of God. Praise even when it doesn't make sense.
Praise shifts your focus from the problem to the provider.
Keep showing up. Faithfulness in the small eventually unlocks the
doors to the great. Lean on community. You weren't meant

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to walk through hard places alone. Let others hold you up.
Speak life over yourself. Your words matter. Declare victory even
when you feel surrounded. You can still win here. Just
because it's hard doesn't mean it's over. Just because you're
tired doesn't mean you're done. God does some of his
best work in the middle of the storm. So if

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you're walking through fire, know this. You are being refined,
not consumed. If you're an awaiting season, remember delay is
not denial. If you feel invisible, unheard, or overlooked, hear this.
Heaven sees you. Keep breasting, keep bringing, keep trusting. You
are not just surviving, You are excelling. And when this

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season is over, you won't just be standing. You'll be stronger, wiser,
and anointed for what's next.