HOW TO STAY ENCOURAGED (9 OF 31)
by Jeff Schreve
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:1-7
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How to Stay Encouraged (9 of 31)
Series: 2 Corinthians
Jeff Schreve
2 Corinthians 4:1-7
If you have your Bible, please turn to 2nd Corinthians chapter 4. We're going to talk tonight about, How to Stay Encouraged.
Years ago I heard a story. It was told about the devil. The story says that the devil was having a garage sale (it's not supposed to be funny), he was having a garage sale in this little fabled story, and he had all his wares on the table there as people would come by, all his devilish wares. And he had the arrow of jealousy, and the hammer of anger, the axe of hatred, the sandpaper of bitterness. And he had one tool that was in a corner that wasn't on the table. And one of the perspective buyers says, ''Well, what is that tool over there?'' He said, ''Well, that tool's not for sale.'' He said, ''What is it?'' He said, ''Well, that's my favorite tool. That's my most special tool.'' He said, ''That tool is the wedge of discouragement.'' He said, ''With that tool I can pry into almost every human heart and open it up and steal, kill, and destroy.''
Discouragement is a big problem in our world. It's a big problem in the Christian life. It's a big problem in ministry. So many of those in full-time ministry, and just Christians, in general, who want to fulfill the Great Commission and obey the Lord and, and fulfill the ministry that God has given them, whether it's just at home, in the neighborhood, at work, to be salt and light wherever they go, they get discouraged. And I get discouraged. And Paul got discouraged. His whole letter to the Corinthians, in 2nd Corinthians he speaks openly about his discouragement. He says in chapter 1 that he despaired even of life. He had the sentence of death within himself. And he faced tremendous obstacles. And he had such discouragements that the devil would bring at him, especially as it related to the Corinthian church because of the things that they had done to him, and the way that they had accepted false ...
Series: 2 Corinthians
Jeff Schreve
2 Corinthians 4:1-7
If you have your Bible, please turn to 2nd Corinthians chapter 4. We're going to talk tonight about, How to Stay Encouraged.
Years ago I heard a story. It was told about the devil. The story says that the devil was having a garage sale (it's not supposed to be funny), he was having a garage sale in this little fabled story, and he had all his wares on the table there as people would come by, all his devilish wares. And he had the arrow of jealousy, and the hammer of anger, the axe of hatred, the sandpaper of bitterness. And he had one tool that was in a corner that wasn't on the table. And one of the perspective buyers says, ''Well, what is that tool over there?'' He said, ''Well, that tool's not for sale.'' He said, ''What is it?'' He said, ''Well, that's my favorite tool. That's my most special tool.'' He said, ''That tool is the wedge of discouragement.'' He said, ''With that tool I can pry into almost every human heart and open it up and steal, kill, and destroy.''
Discouragement is a big problem in our world. It's a big problem in the Christian life. It's a big problem in ministry. So many of those in full-time ministry, and just Christians, in general, who want to fulfill the Great Commission and obey the Lord and, and fulfill the ministry that God has given them, whether it's just at home, in the neighborhood, at work, to be salt and light wherever they go, they get discouraged. And I get discouraged. And Paul got discouraged. His whole letter to the Corinthians, in 2nd Corinthians he speaks openly about his discouragement. He says in chapter 1 that he despaired even of life. He had the sentence of death within himself. And he faced tremendous obstacles. And he had such discouragements that the devil would bring at him, especially as it related to the Corinthian church because of the things that they had done to him, and the way that they had accepted false ...
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