Wednesday, July 20, 2016

THE HOUR OF DISCOURAGEMENT


                      



2 CORINTHIANS 4:8-9                                                    



Pastor Rick Jackson



I. WHO GETS DISCOURAGED?



1. Lost People Get Discouraged Ephesians 2:12]



2. God's People Get Discouraged (the nation of Israel, Christians) [2 Thessalonians 2:2]



3. God's Servants Get Discouraged (Elijah, Jonah, Jeremiah) Isaiah 37:3



II. HOW DOES DISCOURAGEMENT COME?



1. It Comes from Others [Deuteronomy 1:28]                                                     

2. It Comes Continuously



3. It Comes Confusingly                                                                                                

4. It Comes Caustically "persecuted"



5. It Comes Powerfully "we are cast down"                                                          

6. It Comes Deservedly [Lamentations 1:18]



7. It Comes Through Circumstances [Numbers 21:4]



III. WHAT CAN WE DO IN THE HOUR OF DISCOURAGEMENT?



1. COME BACK TO GOD [Isaiah 44:22]



2. COME BACK TO CHRIST [John 14:1]



3. COME BACK TO THE WORD OF GOD [Matthew 7:24-25]

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