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The last quarter of the year will soon be dawning on us. As I thought about what to share with everyone one word kept coming to my heart and mind: TIRED. Many people are tired as the year is entering this period and as a result will finish the race flagging and not emphatically. 

I do recognise that the times we are living in are tougher by the day and for many it appears as though life is never going to reward them with their desires. Many times we have knocked on doors and yet none has opened and as a result we being human we start behaving and responding in a despondent manner. Not only that but our vision is now a clouded perspective that only appears to be filled with nothing but the challenges of the present day and not hope any more.

The real winners in life never give up. Abraham was 99 when having believed for 24 years his wife suddenly told him that she was expecting. Joseph went through a pit and prison but still held on to the dream of his being a ruler. Jesus went to the cross but still held on to the promise that He would rise from the dead. They never gave up as they still believed the promise or dream would become real. 

No greater inventor or innovator in life achieves much without perseverance. To get to the finishing line as a winner one must press on diligently. Dust off the dreams, clear your sight that you may see well, open your ears to sounds of hope and encouragement, rise up from where you have fallen back and run this last leg of the race well. Shake off everything that seeks to derail you from seeing the promises of God fulfilled. God has made you a winner, for whatever is born of God overcomes the world 1 John 5:1, 4.
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