Strengthen your faith. That's the bottom line. Faith is the currency of the spiritual realm, and when you've really stood your ground with faith and endured, your faith will be the stronger for it.
Endure, hold on, strengthen your faith. Read the Word and cherish it, whether or not it does anything for you on the surface. Learn to value the Word and faith for the treasure that it is in itself, not for what it does in obvious or instant ways. That is a key.

Whenever things are rough, when you feel that they're not turning out the way you'd hoped, when you feel your prayers aren't being answered, when the trials of life are a little too much to bear‚ when the battle seems too long, when your faith is under attack‚ when you're feeling weary and aren't sure if you can endure much longer, climb up onto the wonderful foundation the Lord has built for your faith through His many promises and encouraging words, and rest in that safe haven. (M3699:10)

(Jesus Speaking) When I tell you that you need to be willing to fight to the max and give 100% in any battle, I mean just that—one moment at a time. It's not a work of the flesh whereby I expect to see you beaming every second of the day; it can be a silent assurance, a show of dependence, a voice of faith. That voice, in the thick of the fight, is often through tears. Nevertheless, even the smallest praise, the one-word key you claim, the prayer you pray from your heart‚ the calling of My name or that of your spirit helper need not cause you to be condemned or to think you are falling short of fulfilling your best. It's the attitude of your heart and your walk of faith, putting that faith into action at whatever moment to the best of your ability. That's what I look on, My loves, and that is giving Me your all, fighting to the max and giving 100%.

(Jesus Speaking)You need to find out right from the start what battles you need to fight and what the victory is that I am holding out in front of you as the goal. If they're long-term battles and I show you that it's My will for you to fight to the end and be a brave soldier till the end of this earthly battle when I call you Home, whether that's now or in the Rapture or sometime in between, your job is to just say, "Yes, Lord, give me my weapons and the strength to persevere to the end. Keep me fighting till the end, whatever end You see fit. I give my life to You and I entrust my life to You. I am Yours and I will fight on whatever front You send me to."

i carry your heart with me

(i carry it in my heart)

i am never without it

(anywhere i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear no fate

(for you are my fate,my sweet)

i want no world

(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart

(i carry it in my heart)

e.e. cummings

When you meet the challenges, as you cross the battlefields and brave the storms of life, you can either try to endure them on your own or you can let the tumult cause you to experience His care and protection and deliverance--and resultant newness. You can let the Lord's "left-handed compliments" become your steppingstones to greatness through increased dependence on Him so He can use life's challenges to break and then make you; or you can avoid the humbling, rough it alone, and come through maybe stronger, but not remade. The choice is yours.The Lord will always come to your aid when you cry out to Him in your need. He will always answer the cry of those who hunger and thirst for Him and His righteousness. It's at that time, when your heart and soul are crying out for forgiveness, for answers, for help, for strength--when your heart recognizes its incompleteness and the need to unite in passionate desire with your Creator to find fulfillment, that your new man is formed from the ashes and death of the former. At that time, your humility triumphs over your pride, and you have the victory.
ML 3448:206,207

Many times prayer would have been answered had we held on just a little longer, if we hadn't let discouragement make us give up before we had prayed through to victory. It was not that God has refused us the answer, but we gave up before the answer came!
There is a fixed determination in real faith that stands this test of waiting, and there are those like Jacob of old who say, "I'll not let thee go unless thou dost bless me, Lord!" And they get down to wrestling in prayer, and search their hearts to see if they're meeting God's conditions. And they search God's written Word, until their faith is strengthened, and they hold on and press on, regardless of every obstacle, with a dogged determination that won't be denied.
And they don't heed discouragement and weariness, but they just fight a little longer and just hold on a little longer. It's this "holding on a little longer" that makes the difference in how some people get answers to prayer and some do not. It's this "a little longer" spirit, that fights on regardless of appearances or discouraging words. It isn't that their battle is any less severe than ours, but they wouldn't stop fighting, they just would not give up or give in to the enemy.
The Duke of Wellington who conquered Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo, said it wasn't that British soldiers were braver than French soldiers, but that they could be brave five minutes longer. The victory was determined by holding on a little longer.
Anything wonderful can happen in that little margin of time when you don't give up but keep on believing and keep on praying. Robert Browning said as he faced death, "One fight more, the best and the last!"
If we would sometimes just put up one fight more against the Enemy who's trying to defeat us and discourage us, and just hold on the five minutes longer! Dr. Frederick Harris described this spirit in these words: "Often the deciding issue in any contest is not when one is outnumbered, but where and when one stops fighting.
"The final score is determined by a struggle that is pushed for just five minutes longer, to be sure in that five minutes you give God a chance rather than accept defeat. It's a decision, just a venture to hold on in spite of appearances and consequences."

I cannot tell the depths of love

That moves the Father's heart above,

My faith to test,

my love to prove.

But someday

He'll make it plain to me,

Someday

when I His face shall see.

Someday

from tears I shall be free,

For someday

I shall understand.

Just hang on, in spite of what the Devil says, in spite of the very worst he can say, in spite of how condemned you feel, in spite of how discouraged you feel, in spite of how horrible he makes you feel, in spite of how mentally & emotionally confused you feel. No matter how tired or weary or sick you feel, just hang on, even if it takes months, just stay put. Even when you might feel too weak or weary to fight any more, just believe that someday this too will pass.—Even if you have to be carried along by someone else's faith & trust them that they're telling you the truth—that you will survive if you'll just hang on & stay in the place where God has put you & wait for Him to pull you through.

The problem isn't the workload. The problem is your state of mind. The problem is your sense of priorities that places work in the flesh to correct things above action through prayer and time with Me to find out what's needed and what's going to happen. And until you get out of that mindset, you will be on a never–ending treadmill. Unless you start solving some of the big problems through prayer, and learning that not everything was meant to be taken care of by you in the flesh, you're always going to be burdened, pressured, way behind, and lacking in time for the things that are truly important for you to do.--Message from Jesus.

The problem isn't the workload. The problem is your state of mind. The problem is your sense of priorities that places work in the flesh to correct things above action through prayer and time with Me to find out what's needed and what's going to happen. And until you get out of that mindset, you will be on a never–ending treadmill. Unless you start solving some of the big problems through prayer, and learning that not everything was meant to be taken care of by you in the flesh, you're always going to be burdened, pressured, way behind, and lacking in time for the things that are truly important for you to do.--Message from Jesus.

Faith does not waver or doubt. It may be tempted to do so, and it may have thoughts of doing so, for I know that you are not perfect. But in the end, faith stands, for it believes in Me, and it is persuaded that I am well able to do what I have promised (Romans 4:21). Faith is convinced that I am able to do exceeding abundantly above all that you ask or think (Ephesians 3:20). Faith knows that there is nothing too hard for Me, and that with Me, all things are possible (Mark 10:27; Luke 1:37). Faith knows that I am faithful to My Word. Faith has full assurance that I will do it, for it knows Me and it knows My will.
When you have faith, your heart is fixed, trusting in Me, and you are not moved by bad news or evil tidings (Psalm 112:7). You do not have a doubtful mind, but one which steadfastly trusts in Me. You do not cast away your confidence, your faith, nor do you waver, like a wave of the sea, driven with the wind and tossed (Hebrews 10:35; James 1:6). You know I can do it, I want to do it, and I will do it. That is faith, which greatly pleases Me, for this is the era of faith—of trusting and knowing, even though you cannot see Me and have nothing to stand on but My Word.

I got this from Hope Always, as a post by "smichelles", but it was SO beautiful that I had to post it here as well. Every time I read it I cry, it is PRICELESS!
THANK YOU SMICHELLES!!!!

The greater the sacrifice, the greater the reward. You never give up anything for Jesus. Only the carnal mind tells you, "This is hardship. This is something I can't enjoy. This is a difficulty. This is what I'm giving up. This is what I have to suffer." If you would listen to your spiritual heart, you would hear, "This is the honor bestowed on you. This is a privilege given only to a few. This is a gift from the hand of Jesus. This is something you will never regret having done. This will make your face shine forever as an eternal testimony of God's thankfulness for your love for Him." His gift to you is that your sacrifice will always shine, like diamonds in the sky.

Life will not ask of you anything that My love, My Word and My presence in your life cannot and has not already given you the answers for. All you have to do is find them, study them, remember them and then apply them and the tests will not seem so hard.

IF YOU HAVE TO FIGHT A REAL BIG BATTLE TO GET THE VICTORY, THE LORD WILL GIVE YOU A LOT MORE CREDIT, A LOT MORE REWARD. If you have a real tough battle & struggle to get the victory, it's probably because the Lord's testing you to find out how much you WANT it, & how much you're willing to FIGHT for it before He's going to reward you with it. But if you do YOUR part, the Lord will certainly do His, & you WILL win!--So don't give up! PTL!