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DON´T GIVE UP Read: Galatians 6:1–10 Bible in a Year: 2 Samuel 21–22; Luke 18.24–43 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9 Bob Foster, my mentor and friend for more than fifty years, never gave up on me. His unchanging friendship and encouragement, even during my darkest times, helped carry me through. We often find ourselves determined to reach out and help someone we know who is in great need. But when we fail to see improvement right away, our resolve can weaken and we may eventually give up. We discover that what we hoped would be an immediate change has become an ongoing process. The apostle Paul urges us to be patient in helping one another through the stumbles and struggles of life. When he writes, “Carry each other’s burdens” and so “fulfill the law of Christ” (Gal. 6:2), he is comparing our task to the work, time, and waiting it takes for a farmer to see a harvest. Father in heaven, we ask for hope and perseverance to continue reaching out to others. In prayer we call on God “who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine.” Ephesians 3:20 
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