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Don’t Stay Down
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by Robert Leamon
ife can be so hard. Sometimes we get hit
believing, ye shall receive.” This is a great and
so hard that it will knock us completely
gracious promise, and it includes all things
off our feet, cause us to lose our focus,
whatsoever. This means everything, including
and sometimes even shake our faith in such a
wisdom, courage, and strength. This means that
way that we think we can’t get back up again.
no matter what we are going through in life,
Isaiah 40:28-31 says, “Hast thou not known? hast
remember that His strength is found at the end of
thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” Well, my friends, I am here to tell you, you can! You can get back up. You can give your weaknesses to God. When we give our
our rope. His strength is found on our knees when we are too weak to get back up. All we have to do is ask. In Christ, Robert
weaknesses to God, we trade our weakness all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, 20 // September 2020
About The Author
for His strength. Matthew 21:22 tells us, “And
Robert Leamon is a local martial artist of 38 years. During his career he has had the privilege of training with a variety of instructors versed in multiple styles of the martial arts. Robert, together with his wife Lisa, stepped out on faith and founded Christ Centered Martial Arts (CCMA) in 2008. He is the chief instructor of CCMA and they have a main dojo (karate school) located in Rocky Face, Georgia, and another dojo in Chatsworth, Georgia. Robert and Lisa are very involved with their home church Emmaus Baptist as well as teaching an AWANA’s elective karate class at a couple of other area churches. CCMA’s web address is www.ccmartialarts.com.