The Danger of Discouragement

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The Danger of Discouragement
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The Danger of Discouragement

• Five words which we must sometimes deal with
• Anxiety Matthew 625-33

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Matthew 625-33

• 25"Therefore I say unto you, take no thought for
  your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall
  drink nor yet for your body, what ye shall put
  on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body
  than raiment? 26Behold the fowls of the air, for
  they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather
  into barns yet your heavenly Father feedeth
  them. Are ye not much better than they?
  27"Which of you by taking thought can add one
  cubit unto his stature? 28And why take ye
  thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the
  field, how they grow. They toil not, neither do
  they spin, 29and yet I say unto you that even
  Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one
  of these. 30Therefore, if God so clothe the
  grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow
  is cast into the oven, shall He not much more
  clothe you, O ye of little faith? 31Therefore
  take no thought, saying, What shall we eat?' or
  What shall we drink?' or Wherewith shall we be
  clothed?'  32(For after all these things do the
  Gentiles seek.) For your heavenly Father knoweth
  that ye have need of all these things. 33But seek
  ye first the Kingdom of God and His
  righteousness, and all these things shall be
  added unto you.

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The Danger of Discouragement

• Five words which we must sometimes deal with
• Anxiety Matthew 625-33
• Concern 1 Corinthians 732-34 2 Corinthians
  1128

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1 Corinthians 732-34

• But I would have you be without cares. He that is
  unmarried careth for the things which belong to
  the Lord, how he may please the Lord 33but he
  that is married careth for the things that are of
  the world, how he may please his wife. 34There
  is a difference also between a wife and a virgin.
  The unmarried woman careth for the things of the
  Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in
  spirit but she that is married careth for the
  things of the world, how she may please her
  husband.

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2 Corinthians 1128

• Besides those things which are external, there is
  that which cometh upon me daily the care for all
  the churches!

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The Danger of Discouragement

• Five words which we must sometimes deal with
• Anxiety Matthew 625-33
• Concern 1 Corinthians 732-34 2 Corinthians
  1128
• Worry Phil. 46,7

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Phil. 46,7

• 6Fret not about anything, but in everything, by
  prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let
  your requests be made known unto God. 7And the
  peace of God, which passeth all understanding,
  shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ
  Jesus.

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The Danger of Discouragement

• Five words which we must sometimes deal with
• Anxiety Matthew 625-33
• Concern 1 Corinthians 732-34 2 Corinthians
  1128
• Worry Phil. 46,7
• Discouragement 1 Kings 194-18

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1 Kings 194-18

• But he himself went a day's journey into the
  wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper
  tree and he requested for himself that he might
  die, and said, "It is enough! Now, O LORD, take
  away my life, for I am not better than my
  fathers."  5And as he lay and slept under a
  juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him
  and said unto him, "Arise and eat." 6And he
  looked, and behold, there was a cake baked on the
  coals and a cruse of water at his head. And he
  ate and drank, and lay down again. 7And the angel
  of the LORD came again the second time, and
  touched him and said, "Arise and eat, because the
  journey is too great for thee."  8And he arose,
  and ate and drank, and went in the strength of
  that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb
  the mount of God. 9And he came thither unto a
  cave and lodged there and behold, the word of
  the LORD came to him, and He said unto him, "What
  doest thou here, Elijah?"  10And he said, "I have
  been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts for
  the children of Israel have forsaken Thy
  covenant, thrown down Thine altars, and slain Thy
  prophets with the sword. And I, even I only, am
  left and they seek my life, to take it away."

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1 Kings 194-18 (contd)

• 11And He said, "Go forth, and stand upon the
  mount before the LORD." And behold, the LORD
  passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the
  mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before
  the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind and
  after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was
  not in the earthquake. 12And after the earthquake
  a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire and
  after the fire a still small voice. 13And it was
  so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his
  face in his mantle, and went out and stood in the
  entrance of the cave. And behold, there came a
  voice unto him and said, "What doest thou here,
  Elijah?"  14And he said, "I have been very
  jealous for the LORD God of hosts, because the
  children of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant,
  thrown down Thine altars, and slain Thy prophets
  with the sword. And I, even I only, am left and
  they seek my life, to take it away."  15And the
  LORD said unto him, "Go, return on thy way to the
  Wilderness of Damascus. And when thou comest,
  anoint Hazael to be king over Syria 16and Jehu
  the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king
  over Israel and Elisha the son of Shaphat of
  Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in
  thy stead.  17And it shall come to pass that him
  that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu
  slay and him that escapeth from the sword of
  Jehu shall Elisha slay. 18Yet I have left Me
  seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which
  have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which
  hath not kissed him."

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The Danger of Discouragement

• Five words which we must sometimes deal with
• Anxiety Matthew 625-33
• Concern 1 Corinthians 732-34 2 Corinthians
  1128
• Worry Phil. 46,7
• Discouragement 1 Kings 194-18
• Depression A cousin to discouragement
• Lets take a closer look at discouragement.

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The Danger of Discouragement

• Elijah is a example of discouragement
• The ups downs
• David
• Simon Peter
• The Blues
• Abraham Lincoln
• Charles Spurgeon
• You I
• The Let Downs
• Im the only one left
• Elijah left his place of service
• Elijahs props were knocked out
• The Lord diagnosed his case

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The Danger of Discouragement

• The Remedy
• Sleep, food, meditation
• You are not alone
• Get busy
• Thankful heart
• Dangers of Discouragement
• Lost effectiveness
• Removal of blessings and service
• Hope for our own Discouragement
• The great promises of God
• The abundant life in Christ
• The caring master

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The Danger of Discouragement

• Dont let discouragement get you
• Dont worry
• Be Happy
• Come to Christ