what do you do when your battle chooses you
what do you do when something shows up on your doorstep that you did not directly cause choose
or definitely anticipate life is not always easy in fact some of you today you're here
and you're going through the toughest season of your life there will be seasons where we will
suffer there will be seasons of real pain and the question is how will you respond in those moments
life is hot sometimes easy it's not an option but it's worth fighting is worth believing
it's worth giving yourself a chance it's worth mustering yourself up standing up inside yourself
it's worth fighting relentlessly never giving up it's worth it you can do it you can do it
there's problems that we go through that cause stress worry anxiety and fear but you
might be in the battle of your life i want to encourage you it's not about what's happening
around you it's always about what's happening inside of you just because you feel afraid
doesn't mean you have to be afraid just because you feel discouraged doesn't mean
you have to be discouraged just because you have fear doesn't mean fear has to have you
the sentence out of your mouth is a story that you are putting out i'm not gonna make it
i quit let's get a divorce business is never coming back we've lost too many people i've made
too many mistakes i'm a failure nobody can help me i've done too many bad things i don't know
what's coming out of your mouth but it's a death sentence and as you continue to confess it and as
you continue to declare it well don't be surprised when it becomes true in your life we have to make
sure that whenever i feel when i think a death sentence i must speak a life sentence
oh i'm feeling the sentence of death i'm feeling the thoughts of anxiety
i'm feeling the thoughts that i'm done i feel like i've been used and it hurts and it's difficult
but when that happens i start speaking out a life sentence no i'm just gonna keep showing up no i'm
gonna get back up the righteous man he falls seven times but he gets back up never give up never give
in because still can't get you past certain things quickness agility can't give you guys
mental toughness pain ain't permanent your pain ain't permanent you can get through this you're
bigger than your pain you're better than that come on you need to remember this is not the
first time you cried this is not the first time you were short of breath this is not the first
time you didn't see a weight clear this is not the first time you were hurt this is not the first
time your heart was broken this is not the first time you didn't have enough money this is not the
first diagnosis that came up from behind so i'm gonna live to tell the story this too shall pass
i will remain i'm not gonna quit every one of my burdens there's a blessing on the inside of it
if you don't quit you will win baby you're gonna work through this you're gonna get up you're gonna
get dressed you're gonna get out and you're gonna do what you've been called to do you're
gonna be what you call me and you're gonna prove that everybody that tried to break you everybody
trying to stop you everybody tried to kill your dream you gonna prove all of them wrong
just keep coming back if you got nothing left to give just show back up hassle's life man
is just showing up and i'm telling you right now don't give up i'm telling you right now
don't get in get through it and if you can get through if you can work through your pain
i'm guaranteeing you on the other side it's a reward pain is not permanent pain
you