September 2024

Another way in which we can build ourselves for the long haul is to grow and become grounded in the knowledge and experience of God’s love for us. Apostle Paul’s prayer in Ephesians 3:14-19 details one of the awesome provisions that God has made to take us from a life of insecurity, fear, anxiety, emotional […]

To a large extent, your ability not to get easily discouraged or to overcome discouragement quickly is parallel to your spiritual health and growth. The more you grow spiritually, the more able you are to ride the storms of life without allowing discouragement to derail you. Jesus showed us that it is possible not be

Though we may face many challenging circumstances we must never entertain and nurture discouragement in our lives! Here are a few more ways in which we can overcome discouragement, when a situation arises and we are at risk of getting discouraged. 6. Address The Cause Of The Discouragement After strengthening yourself in the Lord and

When upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed,When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,Count your many blessings name them one by one,And it will surprise you what the Lord has done. Count your blessings, name them one by one;Count your blessings, see what God hath done;Count your blessings, name them one by one,And it

We discussed last time that it is not really advisable to fast when you’re faced with discouragement. You may fast later, but not immediately, in the midst of the discouragement; as it will put further strain on you. Fasting can become works when we make it the default response to our problems, without the leading

The Bible encourages us never to entertain and nurture discouragement; never to give up, give in or quit! We are, therefore, looking at an immediate or short-term strategy, what we can do when a situation arises and we are at risk of getting discouraged. 2. Encourage Yourself With The Word Psalm 119:49-50 NKJV“[49] Remember the

We have discussed that allowing discouragement to set in a choice we must never make. Though we may face many challenging circumstances we must never entertain and nurture discouragement in our lives! Thankfully, there are several ways in which we can overcome discouragement. Let’s first look at an immediate or short-term strategy; that is, what

To be discouraged is to lose or be deprived of confidence, courage or enthusiasm; it is to become pessimistic or experience a deep sense of failure and desire to quit. Discouragement is often accompanied by fear and/or despair. Many things happened in Jesus’ life that should have discouraged Him and made Him want to quit.

There are so many natural causes of discouragement; the list is endless. We are fallen and imperfect human beings, living in an imperfect world. We experience hardships, insults and attacks from people, failure in things we attempt, changes in our physical bodies, sins we give in to, and even foolish things we do. Sooner or

“I think we have over-emphasised laziness to the extent that some of us feel guilty when we are resting and feel like we are just lazying about.” This was what my son-in-love David wrote to me after reading yesterday’s devotional. It is amazing the expectations we put on ourselves, that lead to exhaustion and discouragement.