Increase your gratitude by thanking God in prayer and in person for what He has done in them (Colossians 1:3-4).

Discouragement and the desire to quit can be overcome by a trust in the sovereignty of Jesus (Hebrews 12:2).

A Japanese woman requested a worse prison so she could help fellow believers during WWII.

For more on how we can endure suffering see TruthTalk episode 169 Top Reason I Don’t Lose Heart: https://youtu.be/UJYG-fpm58M

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Information on Ahn Ei Sook taken from book If I Perish by Esther Ahn Kim, Moody Press, 1977.

As the joy set before him enabled Jesus to endure the cross, the joy set before us is a powerful motivator (Hebrews 12:2-3).

To view a related video titled “Really Good Now, Better Later” Episode 151 as podcast or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dDVCsWVuLkg

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Discouragement is a favorite tool of the devil. Fixing our eyes on Jesus, anticipating our eternal future with joy and knowing that Jesus faced opposition can help (Hebrews 12:2-3).

Satans's Strategies Backfire, Episode 159

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Why it is dangerous to let your focus drift from Jesus to self, other people and circumstances and why it is so helpful to fix your eyes on Jesus (Hebrews 12:2).

How to Keep Your Eyes Fixed on Jesus, Podcast Episode 166.

Supplemental Scripture: Psalm 62:5

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Given the importance of fixing our eyes on Jesus and the many distractions we face, how can stay focused?

Last episode: How Can You Be Unshakable https://youtu.be/XjON-IrfMQM

Additional Scripture reference: Isaiah 55:8-9

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Stabilize your life by fixing your eyes on Jesus (Hebrews 12:2)

See TruthTalk Episode 141, “Your Heart: Trusting of Troubled?”

Other Scriptures Ed quoted: Psalm 112:6-8, 2 Chronicles 20:12

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Accept your life situation as from God’s hand (Hebrews 12:1)

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Are you easily distracted from the race God has called you to? Time to get back on track and keep going the direction that he has called you (Hebrews 12:1).

For more on what you should be pursuing, see TruthTalk episode 73: "Pursue This One Thing."

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