Reading: Proverbs 24:16, 16For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again, But the wicked stumble in time of calamity.
• 1816: Lincoln’s family lost their home and he had to quit school to support them.
• 1818: His mother passed away.
• 1831: He failed in business.
• 1832: He ran for state legislature and lost, also lost his job, and while he wanted to go to law school he couldn’t get in.
• 1833: He borrowed money to start a new business and was bankrupt by the end of the year. He spent the next 17 years paying off the debt.
• 1834: He ran for state legislature again and this time he won.
• 1835: He was engaged to be married and his fiancé died.
• 1836: Mr. Lincoln suffered a total nervous breakdown and spent six months in bed recovering.
• 1838: He sought to become speaker of the state legislature and was again defeated.
• 1840: He sought to become elector and was defeated.
• 1843: Lincoln ran for Congress and lost.
• 1846: He ran for Congress again and this time he won.
• 1848: Lincoln lost his re-election race for Congress.
• 1849: He sought the position of land officer in his home state and was turned down.
• 1854: Lincoln ran for the U.S. Senate and lost.
• 1856: He sought the vice-presidential nomination and lost, receiving less than 100 votes.
• 1858: He ran yet again for the U.S. Senate and lost.
• 1860: Abraham Lincoln was elected as the sixteenth President of the United States.
Thomas Edison failed more than 1,000 times before he successfully invented the light bulb and he was later quoted as saying: “Many of life’s failures are men who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
Winston Churchill said, “Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never, Never, Never, Never give up.”
Challenge: Do not get discouraged by the battles you may have lost thus far. Don’t quit! Rise up again! Arm yourself! Victory can be yours!
REVIEW
Were you able to rise up today and get back on the path God has for you?
What challenges did you face and how did you handle it?
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Only God know what his plans for us are.
ReplyDeleteBrothers, let's rise up!
ReplyDeleteThe challenge we have before us every day is to to keep running the race, looking forward to the goal that is set before us. Our goal is heaven and to share that with those we come in contact with. We will be beset with all kinds of trials and sidetracks. It is perseverance.
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