Discouragement V. Encouragement

Reasons why we get discouraged:

1.) Our flesh is trying to drag us back to our past (Numbers 11:5)

2.) People forsake/ betray us (2 Tim 4:16)

3.) We mistakenly feel God doesn’t care (Job 10:2-3)

4.) We feel inadequate (Judges 6:15,  Exodus 4:10)

5.) We feel like we can’t make it (Jonah 4:8)

6.) The things we fear come to torment us (Job 3:25)

7.) We feel alone/ as if no one cares (Ps102:7,  142:4)

8.) Someone has used words to hurt us (Proverbs 40:13)

9.) We have been corrected in a harsh way (Ps 6:1)

10.) It feels we’re running low on strength (Ps 109:24)

Solutions

1.) Fix your focus forward and upward! (Phil 3:13)

2.) Realise God stands with you (2 Tim 4:17)

3.) Remember God’s love is immeasurable (Rom 8:39)

4.) Declare God equips us for greatness (1 Sam 16:13)

5.) Acknowledge God is able to keep us (Jude 24)

6.) Allow God to shield you (Ps 27:1-3,  2 Tim 1:7)

7.) Embrace God as your comforter (Psalm 27:10)

8.) Let evil people speak their evil words. Know that God defends you (2 Sam 16:6-12)

9.) Learn to take (even undue) correction with humility (Prov 9:8)

10.) Refuel yourself in God! (Isaiah 40:31, Phil 4:13 )