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JERRY: Hello everyone, I'm Jerry Savelle. Welcome to
our broadcast today. Thank you for joining me, and I pray that
our program will be such a blessing to your life today. I
pray that the Word that you will hear shared on this broadcast
will inspire your faith and encourage you to stick it out no
matter how impossible it may look, God is on your side, God
is for you, and if God is for you, no one can successfully be
your enemy, praise God. We're going to be talking about today
making the decision not to quit. I'm going to take you into a
live service from the Southwest Believers Convention right heres
in Fort Worth Texas just a short time ago sponsored by Kenneth
Copeland Ministries. Once again this year I was privileged to be
one of the speakers, along with Brother Copeland, Jesse
Duplantis, Creflo Dollar, and a number of others, and we
had such a powerful meeting. I know that many of you that are
watching today were not able to come, but praise God as we show
you this program and as we show you the message that I was
teaching, I believe, praise God, that same anointing that was
there in that auditorium is going to jump right off of this
broadcast into your home, into your life, and remember, the
Bible says the anointing destroys the yoke of bondage, so
get ready to be set free. Now, I want to read to you before I
take you into that broadcast Philippians chapter three,
verses 13 and 14. The apostle Paul is speaking. "Brethren, I
count not myself to have apprehended, but this one thing
I do. Forgetting those things which are behind and reaching
forth unto those things which are before. I press, let me say
that again, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high
calling of God in Christ Jesus." Here's what I hear the apostle
Paul saying: I refuse to quit. I refuse to give up. I refuse to
turn back until I have achieved everything God wants me to do,
until I have achieved and received everything God wants me
to have and everything God wants me to be. Is that your attitude
today? In other words, the man is saying, "I'm not a quitter. I
refuse to quit, and quit is not an option." You watch now and I
believe, praise God, your faith is going to be inspired and
cause you to reach the level in your life where you too will no
longer give in, give up, or give out. Amen.
JERRY: Hallelujah. We've been talking about developing
the habit of continuing, which just simply means don't
quit. Look at your neighbor and say, "Don't quit."
CONGREGATION: Don't quit. JERRY: I love reading quotes
from people who became winners in life. Dale Carnegie
once said, "Most of the important things in the world
have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when
there seemed to be no hope." Ralph Waldo Emerson said,
"Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone
that will tell you it can't be done. To map out a course of
action and follow it to the end requires courage." This is
author unknown, they said. "A winner is someone who gets up
one more time than he gets knocked down." Well I know who
said that. Solomon. Proverbs 24:16, "For a just man falleth
seven times and riseth up again." The way you beat the
Devil, if he knocks you down seven times, just get up eight.
Amen. Babe Ruth once said, "You just can't beat the person who
won't give up." You know, I have a problem with people who have
the attitude that God will just keep blessing us whether we
continue or we don't. I have a serious problem with that. It
looks like to me the apostle Paul was a fighter. Thank you
for your enthusiasm. In fact, apparently he loved boxing. I
think maybe I might've got that from him, I don't know. I know
some of you praying that I'll quit like boxing. It's brutal,
but don't you dare pray anymore because there's a good fight
coming up this weekend and I don't want to miss it. The
apostle Paul said, "I don't shadow box," is what he was
saying. "I don't just beat the air." CONGREGATION: That's
right. JERRY: Apparently the man was around sports and he liked
sports. He talked about running, long distance running and so
forth, and this is the man who gave us the revelation having
done all to stand, stand therefore. Amen? CONGREGATION:
Amen. JERRY: Apparently, he was a fighter. He fought for what he
believed. He stood for what he believed. He went on to say at
the end of his life, "I have fought a good fight. I have kept
the faith. I have finished my course." Then he went on to say,
"I'll be rewarded for it. There's a crown of righteousness
awaiting for me." By the way, this is also the man who gave us
the revelation of grace. He was a fighter. He refused to quit.
Now, I'm sorry, but I don't know any other way. I've been doing
this for 48 years. Kenneth Copeland taught me. I don't know
any other way to be successful, I don't know any other way to be
blessed, I don't know any other way to win but to just make the
quality decision don't quit. CONGREGATION: That's right.
JERRY: Amen. Amen. CONGREGATION: Amen. JERRY: Real Christianity
is a fight. If you don't think so, ask the Devil. It's a fight.
Amen. I've been sharing with you all week and I'll just continue
to do so this morning the importance of making the
decision not to quit. Can you say amen? CONGREGATION: Amen.
JERRY: I was privileged also to attend in 1980 the fight of the
decade. I had been privileged over the years to be involved in
a number of athletes, in mentoring them, and some of them
eventually went into full time ministry. Meadowlark Lemon was
one of my sons in the Lord. In fact, Meadowlark and I went to
see Mike Tyson fight Michael Spinks. Meadowlark said just
before the fight started, Meadowlark said, "I am so
thirsty. I'm going to go get us a Coke." I said, "Meadowlark,
you'd better not. They're coming out of the dressing room. This
fight's about to start." He said, "Well, everybody's in here
and nobody'll be out at the concession stand, so I'ma go get
us a Coke." I said, "Meadowlark, you'd better not go. This
thing's about to start, man." You know, there was electricity
in the air, so Meadowlark decided to go get a Coke. When
he came back, everybody was on their feet screaming. The fight
lasted 91 seconds. It was over. Meadowlark's standing there with
two Cokes. He said, "What happened?" I said, "It's over.
You missed it. The whole thing." I was given these tickets to the
Sugar Ray Leonard Roberto Duran rematch in New Orleans at the
Super Dome, so I told my wife and girls, "I'm going to take
you on a little vacation," so we went to New Orleans. I spent
time with them until the fight night, and then I left them in
the hotel and went over to the fight. Super Dome. Man, the
place is packed. This is 1980. The place is packed. This is the
rematch. Duran had beat Sugar Ray in Montreal, and now it's
the rematch, and Sugar Ray didn't fight his fight. He tried
to be macho and stand toe to toe with Duran, but Duran was known
as, his nickname was Little Hands of Stone, and he was
great, in fact one of the greatest lightweight champions
ever, and he hated Sugar Ray Leonard. It's the rematch. It's
the fight of the decade. Man, I could hardly wait. By the eighth
round, it was obvious that Duran was so frustrated. He turned his
back on Sugar Ray Leonard and walked to the referee and said,
"No mas." No mas, which means no more, and he went to his corner.
He quit. One of the greatest lightweight champions in the
history of boxing. Professionals don't quit. I'd never seen that
in my life. I've watched boxing all my life. I'd never seen a
professional quit. I was shocked. The whole place was
shocked. Ray Arcel, his trainer, he was screaming at Duran.
"Don't quit! Don't quit!" Duran says that he said, "I don't want
to fight this clown anymore." And he quit. Now, the place went
nuts. In fact, the best fights started in the arena. It got
real dangerous in there. The cops come in with Billy clubs
and beating those people over the head and dragging them out
and it's happening real close to me. They got Ali out of there,
and I thought, "Man, this is no place to be," so I walked up to
the ring apron, and I'm watching all these fights and then
suddenly I realize I'm standing right next to Howard Cosell.
Everybody hates him, and I moved away from him. No mas. Now, let
me give you his record. Roberto Duran. 103 fights, 70 knockouts,
and only 16 losses, but he quit. Now, he went on to continue to
fight and he won championships in other divisions, but to this
day when the boxing world hears the name Roberto Duran,
everybody thinks "No mas." CONGREGATION: No mas, that's
right. JERRY: No mas. He was never able to shake no mas. They
recently made a movie about him. No mas. Don't let that be your
legacy, that in the biggest fight of your life, no mas.
CONGREGATION: Come on, that's right. JERRY: You quit. That is
not the legacy you want and oh, a number of preachers have
fallen over the years, many of them doing great things for God,
winning thousands, even hundreds of thousands of people over to
Christ, and even though they endeavor to make a comeback,
it's hard to get rid of the image that you failed, that you
quit. Well, the way you can avoid that is just don't ever
quit and just don't ever fall to start with. Can you say amen?
CONGREGATION: Amen. JERRY: Now, I realize we all make mistakes.
Oral Roberts said to me one time, I was sitting right across
from him in his office, he said, "Jerry, do you know I have never
made a mistake in my life?" I looked at him with my eyebrows
raised. He said, "Well, not intentionally." Amen. Not
intentionally. We all make mistakes from time to time.
Thank God that's what grace is all about. That's what mercy is
all about. The privilege to get up, brush yourself off, start
over again, make the decision I'm not going to quit, I'm not
going to fall, that is not the way I want to live. Can you say
amen? CONGREGATION: Amen. JERRY: Thank God for grace and thank
God for the mercy of God. Folks, we're in a fight. The good fight
of faith. I remember hearing Brother Copeland preach about
the good fight of faith back in 1969 when I first surrendered my
life to the Lord. I kept thinking, "What is the good
fight of faith?" And he answered it for me before the sermon was
over. A good fight is a fight you win. Amen? CONGREGATION:
Amen. JERRY: When I was in college, I was boxing in
college, I'd come home sometimes and my eyes were swollen shut
and my nose is over on this side of my face and my dad would say,
"Son, what are you learning in school?" I said, "I'm trying to
learn how to duck." He said, "Well, did you win?" If I didn't
win, we didn't talk about it. "I don't want to talk about it."
Well, what happened? "I don't want to talk about it." But boy,
when I won you couldn't shut me up. Did I tell you. I remember
fighting this golden glove champion from Baton Rouge,
Louisiana. Nobody told me he was a golden glove champion. We just
got in the ring together, and that's the last thing I
remember. He knocked me into tomorrow. When I woke up, I was
back in my dorm and I said, "What happened?" They said, "You
lost." Amen. Let's go back to the Scripture we've been basing
this on in Galatians chapter six. "Be not deceived. God is
not mocked, for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
For he that soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap
corruption. He that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit
reap life everlasting. Let us not be weary in well doing, for
in due season we shall reap if we faint not." If we faint not.
Everybody shout if we faint not. CONGREGATION: If we faint not.
JERRY: Now, somebody told me, I believe it was a teacher in
school when I was a young boy. If represents a condition. If
we faint not. In other words, I have a part in this. My part is
don't think, don't quit. I have no promise of a harvest if I
quit. I have no promise of a harvest if I faint. I do have a
part, and my part is see to it you don't faint. See to it you
don't give up. See to it you don't go dig up your seed. See
to it you wait patiently. Amen. If you wait patiently, standing
on the Word of God, then you will reap a harvest. That's the
promise of God. Can you say amen? CONGREGATION: Amen. JERRY:
I might add that Genesis chapter eight verse 22 as I mentioned
yesterday, "As long as the earth remains, seed time and harvest
shall not cease." God intended from the very beginning for man
to be a seed sower. That's how He intended for man to have his
life sustained. You remember after creating Adam and Eve,
then it says, "Behold I have given you every herb bearing
seed, for you it shall be meat." Other translation says
provision. What did God do? First after creating him, he
pronounced the blessing on him, which was an empowerment to
succeed, and then He said, "And now I'm giving you seed. I want
you to be a sower of seed. That how you'll have your life
sustained. As long as at earth remains, seedtime and harvest
shall not cease." You're expected to be a seed sower
today. A man's harvest in life, the Phillips translation says,
"A man's harvest in life depends entirely upon the seeds that he
sows." That means that I'm in control of my destiny. Not the
Devil. Not the government. Not anybody else. I'm in control
based on the seeds that I sow. Now, that works both in the
negative and in the positive. As I said yesterday, I grew up
knowing the principle of seed time and harvest. Nobody showed
it to me in the Bible, but every time I did something wrong,
you're going to reap what you sow, boy. Everytime somebody
that we knew, you know, bad things were happening in their
life, one of my parents would say, "They're just reaping what
they sowed." Now, we all believed that principle where
the negative was concerned. Well, why is it the church is
fighting over the positive side over it? CONGREGATION: That's
right. Amen. JERRY: I'm in control of my destiny, and it's
all based on the seeds that I sow. Can you say amen?
CONGREGATION: Amen. JERRY: You can't keep me from having a
harvest if I'm sowing seeds, and if I don't faint, I will have a
harvest. Now, I was challenged many years ago for preaching
about the hundredfold return. It was quite a group that was in
that meeting, fussing over the hundredfold return. I stayed
quiet for a long time, just listening. I went to that
meeting saying, "I'm not going to talk, I'm just going to
listen," but the spirit of Smith Wigglesworth come on me. When
someone said, "When Jesus talked about the hundredfold return,
that was just a metaphor," I couldn't take it anymore. I
said, "Sir, could I ask you a question? What does a field full
of metaphor look like?" He said, "What?" I said, "What does a
field full of metaphor look like?" He said, "I don't
understand." Well, Isaac sowed in famine and reaped a
hundredfold in the same year. Tell me what a field full of
meta fold- CONGREGATION: Metaphor. JERRY: Metaphor looks
like. CONGREGATION: Go on, Jerry. JERRY: Come on. He
couldn't answer me. Then somebody said, "Well, you mean
to tell me every time you sow seed, you believe for a
hundredfold?" I said, "Yes." I said, "When Carolyn and I first
started out, tenfold wouldn't help us. If all we got was
tenfold on our seed, we still in trouble. We had to believe for
the hundredfold." Then they said, "Well, you've got a
hundredfold on every seed you've sown?" I said, "Not yet, but it
ain't over if you faint not." Can you say amen? CONGREGATION:
Amen. JERRY: You can just go on and believe
what you want to, but as for me and my house, we
decided don't quit is the best policy, praise God.
Don't faint. Just keep standing and having done
all to stand, stand some more until you win. Hallelujah.
Now folks, if there was any other way for winning, I'd be
preaching about it. I don't know any other way, but stand, having
done all to stand, and stand therefore and when you feel like
quitting, stand some more, and it looks like it's not working,
keep on standing, and if everybody's telling you you're a
fool for continuing, keep on standing, keep on standing, keep
on standing, and eventually you going to have your harvest,
hallelujah. Give the Lord a shout if you believe it. Amen.
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JERRY: I love it when people testify to how God honored
His Word in their behalf. God is no respecter of
persons. He'll do the same for you that He's done for anybody
else if you'll dare to believe His Word and refuse to quit. I
have a couple more testimonies that have been written into us.
This is from Jason. "My son and I got saved two years ago. A
whole new world opened up for us, and our entire family has
been amazingly blessed. Peace, health, and finances have been
restored in our family, and God has opened one door after
another. Thank you for helping spread the Gospel and teaching
me about tithing, sowing, and reaping." We rejoice with you,
Jason, and I thank God that you've learned how to put the
Word of God first place in your life, and I rejoice with you and
how God is touching you and your entire family. Here's one from
Joseph. "After having a roof adjuster come out to check out
our roof that had been damaged, they told us we probably would
not be covered. We prayed and stood in agreement," and listen
to this, "and believed for favor just like you taught us. Within
four hours on that same day, we got approved for our claim, the
deductible was waved, and we got an upgrade on our shingles. We
got warranty for 40 years at no charge to us." Well, Joseph, I
agree with you. The favor of God was at work in your life.
Listen, if you have a testimony as a result of listening to the
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ANNOUNCER: Next week. JERRY: Victory comes with
a cost. Victory comes with a price. Grace
got me in, hallelujah. Grace forgave all my
sins, but Jesus didn't do all my fighting for me.
He requires me to fight the good fight of faith.
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