"Then you will have success if you are careful to observe the decrees and laws that the LORD gave Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged."
- 1 Chronicles 22:13
Discouragement is nothing new.
Many of the great Bible characters became discouraged.
Moses in the Sinai desert;
Elijah when he heard Jezebel was searching for him to take his life;
and David when his son Absalom rebelled against him.
It is as old as the history of man.
There is often a cause for discouragement.
It comes many times when we don’t get our way,
when things don’t work out the way we want them to.
Discouragement is the opposite of faith.
It is Satan’s device to thwart the work of God in your life.
Discouragement blinds our eyes to the mercy
of God and makes us perceive only the unfavorable circumstances.
