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Down -- but Not Out
Dr. David Davis
2 Corinthians 1:8-11
What is discouragement? I believe it would be defined as the inability to be vulnerable. The inability to be honest with others. The unwillingness to tell things like they really are. Things are crashing in all around you and you feel like giving up. You are defeated -- but too proud to say, ''I'm hurting -- I'm discouraged.''
Paul shares his heart in this passage. He opens up to others. Some are too proud to ask for help. Paul doesn't refer to just ''help'' but ''hope.'' Where is your hope?
Anyone been dealing with discouragement lately? Can any of you identify with Paul in these penetrating statements?
D.L Moody said to some preachers, ''Preach to the discouraged for there's one on every pew.''
Perhaps you have broken dreams -- broken lives -- broken promises -- broken plans -- or broken ambitions.
Perhaps you have bills that can't be paid.
Perhaps you have relationships that are stressed out and broken.
Perhaps you have lost your job or your business has caved in.
There are two major points.
I. Paralysis of Discouragement
II. Analysis of Discouragement
Let's look at the Paralysis of Discouragement.
1. Give Out
It is a progressive paralysis! It doesn't just hit you all at once. But when it does -- it is paralyzing. Discouragement will paralyze you. It will bring you down to the point where you can't function. You lose sight of reality. You might even begin to imagine things that really don't exist. Anxiety and fear become the dominant factors of your life.
Discouragement will paralyze your Bible study -- your prayer life -- your giving -- your sharing. You can get so discouraged that you find yourself unable to do anything.
vs. 8 - The word ''pressure'' means ''narrow'' -- ''confined'' -- hemmed in'' -- ''trapped'' -- ''no way out.''
2. Give In
vs. 8 - Whatever Paul was facing -- he came to admit that it was far more than he could endure. There are people who ...
Dr. David Davis
2 Corinthians 1:8-11
What is discouragement? I believe it would be defined as the inability to be vulnerable. The inability to be honest with others. The unwillingness to tell things like they really are. Things are crashing in all around you and you feel like giving up. You are defeated -- but too proud to say, ''I'm hurting -- I'm discouraged.''
Paul shares his heart in this passage. He opens up to others. Some are too proud to ask for help. Paul doesn't refer to just ''help'' but ''hope.'' Where is your hope?
Anyone been dealing with discouragement lately? Can any of you identify with Paul in these penetrating statements?
D.L Moody said to some preachers, ''Preach to the discouraged for there's one on every pew.''
Perhaps you have broken dreams -- broken lives -- broken promises -- broken plans -- or broken ambitions.
Perhaps you have bills that can't be paid.
Perhaps you have relationships that are stressed out and broken.
Perhaps you have lost your job or your business has caved in.
There are two major points.
I. Paralysis of Discouragement
II. Analysis of Discouragement
Let's look at the Paralysis of Discouragement.
1. Give Out
It is a progressive paralysis! It doesn't just hit you all at once. But when it does -- it is paralyzing. Discouragement will paralyze you. It will bring you down to the point where you can't function. You lose sight of reality. You might even begin to imagine things that really don't exist. Anxiety and fear become the dominant factors of your life.
Discouragement will paralyze your Bible study -- your prayer life -- your giving -- your sharing. You can get so discouraged that you find yourself unable to do anything.
vs. 8 - The word ''pressure'' means ''narrow'' -- ''confined'' -- hemmed in'' -- ''trapped'' -- ''no way out.''
2. Give In
vs. 8 - Whatever Paul was facing -- he came to admit that it was far more than he could endure. There are people who ...
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