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52How are you doing with perseverance? Do you finish? How do you handle failure? When things don't go right, when you make a mistake, do you have a little pity party and say, \me.\before it strangles you.Hold on to Christ.If you cooperate, God will give you the power to hold on. He'll give you the power to complete it. You don't have to do it alone. He'll help you if you'll cooperate.\ confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.\will be found blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.\of you studying this lesson are going through difficult times right now. You don't feel like finishing at all. You may feel like you're going under. You can't figure it out. God is not through with you. The race is not over.He who began His good work in you wants to bring it into completion in your life. Hold on to Christ.\ this end I labor, struggling with all His energy, which so powerfully works in me.\(Colossians 1:29) Some of you are just beginning the journey, seriously. Be assured those who run the race effectively and who head for the prize and who live the maximum life will do exceedingly more than all they ever thought or imagined because of the power of Christ working within them.Have you examined your life as Paul says in 2 Corinthians 13:5? Have you tested your faith? Are you beginning at last? Are you well on your way to living the maximum life? Or are you wallowing in discouragement? Hold on to Christ. If you are not in Christ,now is the time. Put your trust and faith in Him by obedience to His gospel message, His message of reconciliation. Steve Flatt AG lesson # 1303 March 9, 1997