Tag: Never give up

Never Forget Your Dreams, Never Give Up

No matter what’s going on in your life, I want to encourage you “Never forget your dreams. Never give up”.

For me, a lifetime struggle has been my weight. Most of my life I have weighed over 200+ pounds. But back in 2013, God worked a miracle in my life. I weighted 241 pounds, and He helped me lose around 90 pounds.

Me, in 2013, weighing 241 pounds (Photo by Deborah Crocker)

After a sponsor in Celebrate Recovery told me she couldn’t help me, I cried for three days. She was a recovering drug addict. But she said she didn’t know how to help someone with a food addiction. Because I was beyond the help of an x-drug addict. But God. But God.

In 2014, age 61, after losing 90 pounds. (Photo by Deborah Crocker)

Then I cried out to God and He helped me lose over 90 pounds. No pills, no shots, or no surgery. Just God. Now it’s over 11 years later. Yes, I’ve gained some back, but I’m never giving up. God’s not giving up on me and He is not giving up on you either.

Lost 20 pounds
Now 11 years later, age 72. (Photo by Deborah Crocker)

So, I want to lose another 20 pounds. I want to write books. And I want to help others to win victory over their own weight loss struggles.

So, what about you? What do you want? Also, what are your dreams? What do you want out of life?

During parts of May and June 2025, we went on vacation out west to Yellowstone and other sites. One of the sites we visited was the Crazy Horse Memorial. It’s awesome and huge. They’re still working on it, after 77 years. God is still working on you too. Check out the following link: https://crazyhorsememorial.org/

One thing that impressed me about this memorial was their statement, “Never forget your dreams.” So, what are your dreams? What do you want out of life? Think about this, what do you want to achieve? What do you want to be your legacy? Again, I say to you, “Never forget your dreams. Never give up.”

I bought this little medallion to remind me. “Never forget your dreams.”

Never give up
Never forget your dreams. -never give up. (Photo by Deborah Crocker)

God placed those dreams inside of you. And you can be confident of this, He’s going to continue working on you until those dreams are finished. He has planned for your victory. Try talking to Him about your dreams. It just might surprise you how He answers your heart.

No matter how many times you messed up. No matter how many times you fell down, God will pick you up, clean you up, and give you a new start. Yes, after talking to Him and telling Him all about your failures, He will cleanse you and give you a new beginning, clean and fresh.

Then as you continue to seek His guidance and follow His leading, He will lead you to the fulfillment of those dreams He placed within you so long ago. Talk to Him today. How about now?

FEED ON THIS

God is the One who began this good work in you, and I am certain that He won’t stop before it is complete on the day that Christ Jesus returns. Philippians 1:6 CEV

The godly may trip seven times, but they will get up again. But one disaster is enough to overthrow the wicked. Proverbs 24:16 NLT

He gives power to the weak and to those who have no might, He increases strength. Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion. But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. they will soar high on wings like eagles. they will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:29-31 NKJV

Look for your victory
Look For Your Victory (Photo by Deborah Crocker)

Look For Your Victory

 My Child, I want you to look for Your victory. Because I’ve already created victory for you.

. . Being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:6

Child, I always finish what I start. No matter how many times you turn away, I’ll draw you back — for I always get the glory. Defeat never brings glory; therefore, I’ve planned for you victory. So your victory is on its way.

Look for your victory
Look For Your Victory (Photo by Deborah Crocker)

It took the Israelites 40 years to reach their Promise land. But the original group didn’t make it, although I did get the glory and the victory. And I’ll get the victory and the glory in your life too.

So which group do you want in; the group that missed their victory or the group that received their victory? 

Go back and read Joshua. See how I brought their victory. But first read, in Numbers 13, how the Israelites responded to what they saw as they spied out the land. Did they expect victory?

You, My child, are responding to what you see. And you are seeing the giants of worry, fear, and defeat. just as they did. How many times have I told you, “Don’t look at what you see, instead look at Me?”

My child, you aren’t looking at your source. I am your source. Your eyes are only looking at the difficulties and the problems. That’s the same mistake of the first group of Israelites and they didn’t get to their Promise land.

This is also why you experienced defeat, because you weren’t looking for the victory. Instead you were perceiving defeat everywhere you looked. Look for your victory.

My child, know ye not yet I AM THE VICTORY? If you keep your eyes on Me, then you’ll see the victory. YOU WILL SEE THE VICTORY.

Look for your victory
Look for Your victory. (Photo by Deborah Crocker)

Now My child . .. come here to Me, rest yourself in My hands, and surrender all of yourself and your desires to Me. For I have plans for you, plans for a hope and a future, plans to prosper and not to harm you. (see Jeremiah 29:11)

Come to Me, “call on Me and I will listen to you” (Jeremiah 29:12). Then you’ll find peace in the midst of all these difficulties. I’ll give you the strength required for each task. I will give you serenity and a calm spirit, instead of the worrying and anxiety you now have. And I will encourage you with hope, instead of depression.

If you only look at what you see, then you will conclude all is lost. But I tell you, My child, all is not lost. Nothing is over, until I decide it is finished.

My child, the “good work” I start, I always finish. So trust Me, My child. And yes, I do keep ALL My promises. You can count on it.

. . .God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? Numbers 23:19

Yes, My child, I keep My word. I keep all My promises. Look at My Word, My promises, and keep them in your heart and your mind. Focus on My words for they are truth to your body and your soul. So I say unto you, “Look for your victory.”

Surrender is the key. (Photo by Deborah Crocker)