{"id":1646,"date":"2026-03-16T00:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T04:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/?p=1646"},"modified":"2026-01-19T19:11:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T00:11:38","slug":"overcoming-the-desire-to-quit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/2026\/03\/16\/overcoming-the-desire-to-quit\/","title":{"rendered":"Overcoming the Desire to Quit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scripture:<\/strong> \u201cFor a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again.\u201d \u2014 <em>Proverbs 24:16<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thought for Today:<\/strong> The desire to quit usually comes right before the breakthrough. It\u2019s the &#8220;midnight&#8221; of the soul. Quitting feels like a relief in the moment, but it\u2019s a permanent solution to a temporary problem. The difference between a &#8220;failure&#8221; and a &#8220;righteous man&#8221; isn&#8217;t that the righteous man never falls\u2014it\u2019s that he <strong>gets back up.<\/strong> Victory isn&#8217;t defined by a perfect track record; it\u2019s defined by being the one who refuses to stay down. If you&#8217;re still breathing, God\u2019s not done!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Work the Word<\/strong><br><strong>The &#8220;Rise Again&#8221; Action:<\/strong> If you&#8217;ve been feeling like throwing in the towel, go to a place where you can be alone. Physically sit on the floor. Now, with intentionality, stand back up. As you stand, shout: <em>&#8220;I\u2019m back up! I\u2019m still here! God is still with me!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prayer:<\/strong> Father, I thank You that Your mercies are new every morning. I silence the voice that tells me to quit. I receive Your fresh grace to stand up, dust myself off, and move forward. I\u2019m finishing what we started! In Jesus Name Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Truth to Remember:<\/strong> You haven&#8217;t failed until you stop getting up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture: \u201cFor a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again.\u201d \u2014 Proverbs 24:16 Thought for Today: The desire to quit usually comes right before the breakthrough. It\u2019s the &#8220;midnight&#8221; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/2026\/03\/16\/overcoming-the-desire-to-quit\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-refresh-your-soul","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1646"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1647,"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1646\/revisions\/1647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}