OVERCOMING DISCOURAGEMENT #1

Hi everybody!!! Again I am continuing this series on spiritual warefare. I have done several post now on this because of seeing this so much in my own life and also seeing this so much in others. I just feel that SO MANY people these days are being dragged down into discouragement and through a horrible cycle that eventually leads to DEFEAT... I am a Christian and TRY to stay close to God but I will admit that I have to FIGHT this at all times, otherwise, I quickly find myself in this cycle.

Just knowing who (satan) is behind all this we are seeing in our lives and in our world right now helps. It helps me anyway. When I find myself entering in to this cycle, I rebuke satan in the name of Jesus and refuse to experience these emotions he wants to send my way. satan is busier today than he has ever been before. At least it seems that way to me. It seems like almost everyone has HUGE problems in their lives these days. From sickness to suicide, these things are weapons satan is using against us to discourage us and eventually defeat us.

I listed the symptoms of the cycle or stages we go through. There were 8 of them. Discouragement, Confusion, Depression, Loss of Vision, Disorientation, Withdrawal, Despair, & Defeat... Now, I would like to explain how we fight and overcome these things.

I take NO CREDIT for anything wise I might say in these post because the truth is, this is from a book by Rick Joyner. He is a great author and I'm glad to have it to be able to share...

OVERCOMING DISCOURAGEMENT

Discouragement never comes from God; He is the author of faith and the source of hope which never disappoints. Although God does discipline us when we need it, He never does so by afflicting us with discouragement. When James describes the wisdom that comes from above, he does not list discouragement as one of the characteristics: "But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy," (James 3:17) Discouragement is, in fact, the very opposite of the love, joy, peace and other attubutes of the Holy Spirit's fruit (Galatians 5:22-23)

We must learn to quickly and instinctively reject discouragement, giving it no place in our thoughts. We must tenaciously resist it, taking every thougt captive to obey Christ ( II Corinthians 10:5). Discouragement must never be allowed to dictate our course. Faith is the fruit of the Spirit and the shield of our armor that counters discouragement. If we begin to get discouraged, it is because we have dropped our shield. We need to pick it back up!

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