How To Overcome Discouragement
Ernest L. Easley
2 Kings 13.14-19
Now on this last Sunday of 1997 ... I want to ask you a question! Do you ever get discouraged? I mean ... so discouraged that you just want to quit trying?
Perhaps you lost a mate or a close friend this year and you're feeling lonely. And you've tried to go on! But the discouragement has left you wondering if you can go on! And you say, ''Pastor, I'm ready to give up!''
That's what discouragement does! It removes the desire to go on! Perhaps your marriage is a wreck! You've tried all year long to make it work and nothing has worked and you're discouraged and ready to walk away! For you it may be a moral failure. You've tried and tried and kept failing all year long and you're so discouraged!
There's an old fable that one day the Devil had an auction of all his tools in order to raise a little money. So .. he put his tools out for all to see and the price he would take for each item. The auction began and he auctioned off fear .. hatred ... pride ... envy ... lust. All the tools that he used to get into the hearts of men and women to cause havoc.
Somebody noticed that one tool had been set aside and had no price tag. They asked the Devil, ''Why isn't that tool for sale today?'' He said, ''I cannot afford to sell that tool. That's my most valuable tool. With that tool I can devastate a Christian in little time! It's not for sale!'' They asked, ''Well Mr. Devil, what's the name of that tool?'' He said, ''That tool is called discouragement.''
And the Devil continues using discouragement to devastate our lives! Now .. if you're discouraged with your marriage ... discouraged with your children .. discouraged with your job ... I want to show you from God's Word how to overcome discouragement! Now look with me to 2 Kings chapter 13. It's in this chapter that Elisha ... whom you will remember replaced Elijah .. was very sick!
Now if that wasn't bad en ...
Ernest L. Easley
2 Kings 13.14-19
Now on this last Sunday of 1997 ... I want to ask you a question! Do you ever get discouraged? I mean ... so discouraged that you just want to quit trying?
Perhaps you lost a mate or a close friend this year and you're feeling lonely. And you've tried to go on! But the discouragement has left you wondering if you can go on! And you say, ''Pastor, I'm ready to give up!''
That's what discouragement does! It removes the desire to go on! Perhaps your marriage is a wreck! You've tried all year long to make it work and nothing has worked and you're discouraged and ready to walk away! For you it may be a moral failure. You've tried and tried and kept failing all year long and you're so discouraged!
There's an old fable that one day the Devil had an auction of all his tools in order to raise a little money. So .. he put his tools out for all to see and the price he would take for each item. The auction began and he auctioned off fear .. hatred ... pride ... envy ... lust. All the tools that he used to get into the hearts of men and women to cause havoc.
Somebody noticed that one tool had been set aside and had no price tag. They asked the Devil, ''Why isn't that tool for sale today?'' He said, ''I cannot afford to sell that tool. That's my most valuable tool. With that tool I can devastate a Christian in little time! It's not for sale!'' They asked, ''Well Mr. Devil, what's the name of that tool?'' He said, ''That tool is called discouragement.''
And the Devil continues using discouragement to devastate our lives! Now .. if you're discouraged with your marriage ... discouraged with your children .. discouraged with your job ... I want to show you from God's Word how to overcome discouragement! Now look with me to 2 Kings chapter 13. It's in this chapter that Elisha ... whom you will remember replaced Elijah .. was very sick!
Now if that wasn't bad en ...
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