CHANGE YOUR

WORLD IN 52 DAYS

DEFEATING DISCOURAGEMENT

WE DON’T FACE OPPOSITION

BECAUSE WE’RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG, WE FACE IT BECAUSE

WE’RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.

MATTHEW 5:10

10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for

righteousness sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of

Heaven.”

COLOSSIANS 3:21

21 “Fathers provoke not your children to anger,

lest they be discouraged.”

Greek: “ATHUMEO”

- Broken in spirit- To be disheartened

EXAMPLES IN LIFE

EFFECTS

THE ENEMY

EPHESIANS 6:12

12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood but against

principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the

darkness of this age, against spiritual host of wickedness in

the heavenly places.

ENEMY’S INTENTION

To use people who are not 100% following God;To DISCOURAGE people who want to do the WILL OF GOD

in their life

LAST DAYS SCHEME

DANIEL 7:25

25 He shall speak pompous words against the Most

High, shall persecute the saints of the Most High.

Hebrew: “BELA”

- To wear out mentally- To harass constantly

Why does God allow

discouragement in life?

1. TO PURIFY AND HUMBLE US

2. TO TRUST GOD AND NOT OURSELVES

3. TO EXPERIENCE GOD’S POWER

YOUR ENEMY WILL ATTEMPT TO:

DISCOURAGE YOU FROM THE OUTSIDE

NEHEMIAH 4:1-3

1 When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding

the wall, he became angry and was greatly incensed.

He ridiculed the Jews,

NEHEMIAH 4:1-3

2 and in the presence of his associates and the army of Samaria, he said, "What are

those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore their wall?

Will they offer sacrifices?

NEHEMIAH 4:1-3

Will they finish in a day? Can they bring the stones

back to life from those heaps of rubble — burned

as they are?"

NEHEMIAH 4:1-3

3 Tobiah the Ammonite, who was at his side, said,

"What they are building —if even a fox climbed up on

it, he would break down their wall of stones!"

OBSTACLES

CRITICISMS

DISCOURAGE YOU FROM THE INSIDE

NEHEMIAH 4:10

10 Meanwhile, the people in Judah said, "The strength of the laborers is giving

out, and there is so much rubble that we cannot

rebuild the wall."

THE UNBELIEF

NUMBERS 13:31

31 But the men who had gone up with him said,

“We are not able to go up against the people, for

they are stronger than we.”

DEFEATING DISCOURAGEMENT

NEHEMIAH 4:14

14 After I looked things over, I stood up and said to the

nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, "Don't

be afraid of them.

NEHEMIAH 4:14

Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and

fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters,

your wives and your homes."

DEFEATINGDISCOURAGEMENT:

REMEMBER THE LORD.

NEHEMIAH 4:14

… ”Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome.

JOHN 14:26

26 “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will

send in My name, He will teach you all things and

bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.”

DEFEATINGDISCOURAGEMENT:

FIGHT FOR YOUR CAUSE.

NEHEMIAH 4:14

… and fight for your brothers, your sons and

your daughters, your wives and your homes."

1 TIMOTHY 6:12

12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal

life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the

presence of many witnesses.