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I want to go to numbers chapter 21
then they journeyed from Mount hor by
the way of the Red Sea to go around the
land of edom listen and the soul of the
people became very discouraged because
of the way along the way one translation
says because of the way God led them and
the people spoke against God and against
Moses why have you brought us out out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness for
there’s no food no water our solos this
worthless bread so the Lord sent fiery
serpents among them and they bit the
people and many of the people of Israel
died therefore the people came to Moses
and said we have sinned they got a
revelation we have sinned for we have
spoken against the Lord and against you
pray to the Lord that he take away the
Serpent’s from us so Moses prayed for
the people then the Lord said to Moses
make a fiery Serpent and set it on a
pole and it shall be that everyone who
is bitten when he looks at it shall live
so Moses made a bronze Serpent put it on
a pole raised it up in front and so it
was if a serpent had bitten anyone when
he looked at the bronze serpent Helios I
want to talk to you for a few moments
I’ll give you my title in just a minute
but I’m focusing on the theme of the
danger the great great great great
danger of discouragement and I’m gonna
give you the remedy I’m gonna give you
the answer to it in the Christmas
classic It’s a Wonderful Life and if
you’ve not seen It’s a Wonderful Life
you will probably not go up in the
rapture amen
how many of you’ve ever seen that movie
It’s a Wonderful Life well in that movie
the main character is a guy by the name
of George Bailey
George Bailey is a good guy but he gets
extremely in hard time
and discouraged and even contemplates
suicide but thank God for the power of
friendship he had some friends who got
together and prayed for him and when
they prayed in the movie it touches
heaven and there is an angel who is in
charge of all the angels in heaven and
he turns to one of the lesser angels and
he says it’s time for you to earn your
wings and your sign that if you want to
earn your wings you’ll get your wings if
you succeed in this your assignment is
to go down and help George Bailey and
the inferior angel said to the superior
angel well before I go tell me what’s
wrong with George Bailey isn’t sick as
he is he got some horrible disease and
the superior angels answer is a classic
he said worse than that he is
discouraged worse than some horrible
disease
he is discouraged the devil knows that
the greatest thing he can use against
the believer is discouragement because
you’re never really defeated until
you’re defeated on the inside I believe
that we need to understand that the
people of God were discouraged the
people of God not not not The Devil’s
crown it’s possible for the people of
God to get low and get discouraged and I
just want to say that probably nobody
walked in here today when we get
discouraged we almost feel ashamed we
almost feel embarrassed well must feel
guilty we don’t want anybody to know
that we’re discouraged I doubt when you
turn to your neighbor and said hello or
whatever they spoke up and said I’m
really discouraged today I feel like
quitting I’m thinking about just just
I’ll tell you I’ve had it it’s been
nobody does that
and yet it’s almost like we ignore the
dangers of prolonged
discouragement when you understand that
what really causes discouragement is
given in this text the Bible said they
were discouraged because of the way they
were discouraged because of the way of
God they were discouraged
because of the why of God they were
saying why are we in this desert why are
we going through this why are we in this
wilderness why the way of God the why of
God and then the wait the waiting on God
it’s been too long if something should
have happened by now and usually when
people get discouraged it’s because of
the way that God is leading them you
thought it would be an easy way and it’s
a hard wilderness way and on top of that
the why of God when you don’t have
answers for your questions no
explanations as to why it seems
everything’s going wrong and then on top
of that you’re waiting and waiting and
waiting
this breeds discouragement
discouragement is born when we compare
ourselves with somebody else when we
begin to compare ourselves with somebody
else but let me tell you what ought to
cause great joy to come to your life is
if you’d stop comparing yourself to
other people and you would just remember
where you came from and remember where
you started and remember how much God
has blessed you you’re doing more you’re
seeing more you’re achieving more but if
you start comparing yourself with
someone else you can get discouraged
because they’re doing more maybe than
you’re doing but the greatest way to get
on your feet and praise the Lord is just
think about where I came from
just think about what God started me out
as and where I am today and it’s
encouraging to not compare yourself with
others but to remember how far you’ve
come and where you started so everybody
give them a praise for that think about
that for just a moment let let a little
firecracker go off in your soul right
there
I mean look at you look at the life
you’ve got look at the house you’ve got
look at the car you’ve got look at how
good God’s bless you and your your
discouraged cost you’re comparing
yourself to somebody else another area
that causes discouragement this is so
important is trying to force fruit out
of season
the Bible said as long as the earth
exists their seed time and harvest their
seed there’s the promise and then
there’s the promise but there’s time
between seed time notice seed time
promise you can’t ignore the time when a
woman is pregnant the doctor gives her a
due date and that’s why the scripture
said do not be weary in well-doing for
there is a season called due season and
in due season you will reap if you don’t
think so
hear the word of the Lord today many
people trying to get fruit in the season
before it’s due and the important thing
is when the fullness of time had come
God sent forth his son and when the day
of Pentecost was fully come God poured
out his spirit and in John 5 it talks
about the people set around the Pool of
Bethesda waiting for listen a certain
season they knew it didn’t happen all
the time but you had to wait for the due
season of the miracle when the angel
would trouble the water and the point is
you cannot force something to happen out
of season and you have to learn to wait
but many people get discouraged
discouragement will cause a loss of
enthusiasm about life about God about
purpose about life in general about
everything a discouraged person is a
person who is lost passion and
enthusiasm isolation is a glaring
symptom of discouragement the devil
wants you to isolate yourself pull away
from people pull away from family pull
away from church get discouraged get
depressed cave in emotionally and
separate isolate yourself so and when
when any time the enemy isolates you is
to devastate you when you feel least
like coming that’s the sign you need to
get here the most
another symptom of discouragement is
paralysis discouragement will freeze
your actions the paralysis of analysis
you you you’re discouraged and you’re
afraid to do anything and take any
chance in any risk that’s why when
elijah got discouraged and ran from
Jezebel and went in a cave of
discouragement God came and said how how
long will you halt between two opinions
in other words you know if you’re not
careful discouragement will halt your
advancement it’ll cause you to just not
trust your own judgment and have the
courage to make the right decision
discouragement notice this in the Bible
will affect your speech when they got
discouraged they started murmuring and
complaining and discouragement always
shows up in your talk your words will be
slurred with negativism your words will
be slurred with whining and self-pity
another symptom and sign of
discouragement is a loss of inspiration
a loss of motivation a loss of
aggression about life and get up and
when your get up and go has got up and
went your discouraged discouragement is
of the despair of wounded self loss
discouragement produces cowards
the very word discouragement means to
basically just suck the courage out roll
and drain the courage out of a person to
be discouraged is to lose all courage
you will not step out you will not risk
you will not try discouragement will
make you a coward if you let it stay and
I just want to pause right in the middle
of this sermon because I know I’m
preaching to people by television all
over the world who are discouraged I
wrote this down I want you to let it get
in your spirit I Paul’s in the name of
Jesus to come against negativism despair
hopelessness fear despondency depression
disgust
frustrations feelings of failure
thoughts of quitting thoughts of giving
up thoughts of suicide I’m here today to
tell you that God is greater than your
discouragement and I call for the power
of the name of Jesus to release new
faith new vision new hope new confidence
new determination new zeal new
enthusiasm baptize us saturate us
marinate us with courage be in courage
now everybody shout like you believed
this book is true come on praise in a
minute somebody up in the balcony praise
in the minute all right now listen
because God is greater he’s greater than
gossip he’s got he’s greater than haters
he’s greater than people tearing you up
on Facebook we have minimized the danger
of discouragement don’t play with it get
help there’s nothing wrong with telling
somebody I’m discouraged I’m depressed
and I can’t get out I can’t get up
there’s no shame in it there’s nothing
wrong we’re going to a good Christian
counselor and saying help I’m never I’m
in something and I can’t I feel I just
feel like giving up reach out for help
reach out for help there’s help here
we’ve been there we’ve been there I may
need your help next week but this week I
feel I feel pretty good I could help you
somebody could help you don’t be ashamed
to say I’m discouraged how you feeling
I don’t feel nothing I don’t feel good
and I don’t feel like the favor of God
is shining brightly on my spirit I don’t
feel that I feel like quitting I feel
like giving up you ever felt that way
did God see you through
we see the devastation of discouragement
in John 1 when it talks about john the
baptists and when he was first
introduced to Jesus he said I saw the
spirit descending like a dove and it
abode upon him and I knew him I knew him
and then John announced behold the lamb
of God he’s it I’ve got a personal
revelation I know who he is he’s the
Lamb of God and there’s rejoicing but a
few months later he’s arrested John is
and he’s in a filthy prison of Herod’s
cell prison and he sends his disciples
to where Jesus is because he feels
abandoned he’s discouraged and he says
ask him are you the one what do you mean
am I the one you’re the one that said I
was the one but see see the danger of
discouragement discouragement will cause
you to question what you previously
affirmed about your faith in God
discouragement will begin to get you to
ask questions about did I really see
that bird descend did I did what did
that really happen did I really hear
that voice did God really confirm to me
is Jesus who he really said it’ll cause
you to question your spirit visitation
question your divine demonstration and
question your personal revelation there
are things that can come in life listen
to this preacher that will make you
wonder about that bird was it real
wonder about that experience that you
had in an altar was that voice real make
you second-guess what you said Jesus was
to you make you question the will of God
things will come in life that will make
you question the love of God how can a
loving God let this happen
I just proclaim in the middle of my
seasons of discouragement there is no
God like Jehovah I may not see the bird
anymore I may not hear the voice anymore
I may not feel the flutter in the joy of
the Lord in this particular season that
I may be walking through but I declare
boldly there is
No God like Jehovah he’s still God I
want you to see the doorway to
discourage me in Psalm 73 David found
himself so discouraged he wanted to quit
he said truly God is a good to Israel
even to his minions who have a clean
heart but catch these next words but as
for me my feet almost slipped and out
became envious he says in verse 13
envious of the wicked he’s saying
something he’s saying oh I know God will
bless Israel but I’m the exception and
I’m the rule that’s that’s the word I’m
the exception to the rule I’m someone
that he can bless Israel he can bless
Pastor and he can bless this one in that
one but not me that’s discouragement
talking he won’t favor him to help me he
won’t bless me and he was envious of
wicked people in other words he was
saying I’m living clean I’m living right
and this is not working for me this
faith in God is not working they’re
doing better and they worship idols this
is not working for me this is a
discouraged man the question is how did
he get there you have to back up one
verse into the previous chapter chapter
72 and verse 20 the last verse right
before you go into all that
discouragement catch this the prayers of
David the son of Jesse are ended please
hear me the door to discouragement is
prayerlessness when he said I’m done
praying I prayed all I’m gonna pray they
guess what that opened the door and he
steps into that next chapter and is full
of sliding and sliding back and
discouragement and and and then and I’m
the exception and God’s not with me and
I’m going under and I’m not gonna make
it what I’m saying to you is that’s how
you get discouraged when you stop
praying when you stop asking when you
stop praising when you stop coming to
church isolating yourself you go deeper
and deeper into discouragement I’m so
glad you came to church today
because I don’t believe that we have to
leave like we came in Jesus name
he lives of God in a cave of
discouragement and God told him to do
something he said all right I want you
to come out of this cave of
discouragement Jezebel ran you in here
Elisha and you’ve been discouraged and
you said kill me and I feel like
quitting but he said here’s what I want
you to do if you want to come out of
your cave discouragement go anoint three
people and he told him to go in other
words start sharing your anointing if
you want to be encouraged now you got to
get this if you want to be encouraged
you got to go encourage somebody as long
as you’re focused on me and self and
pity you’re not going to get encouraged
but he said I want you to start sharing
your anointing you know what I’m not no
need to preach I’m anointed to sing and
play I know that and you know what I’ve
learned that when I’m discouraged if
I’ll share my anointing if I’ll preach
in those seasons when I’m discouraged
that’s when some of my best sermons come
when I sing and worship when I’m a
little discouraged seems like that
really touches people’s hearts they
don’t know what I’m going through but
there’s something about when you are in
your own cave of discouragement you
begin to share the anointing he said he
lied you go anoint some people and too
many times we get so sinner why don’t
you call somebody if you’re discouraged
and encourage them why don’t you check
up on somebody why don’t you hug
somebody why don’t you take somebody out
to lunch
why don’t you encourage somebody and
when you share your anointing God will
bring you out here I want to own in with
this pray praise lift him up look up
keep looking up because the devil
doesn’t mind you celebrating and
remembering that time in your past that
you made it through and he really
doesn’t mind you believing that some
time way out there God’s gonna turn your
battle I’m going to see
a victory way out there that time some
time but the thing that makes hell
nervous and the thing the enemy wants to
do that keep you that will keep you in
discouraged is convince you that this
time you’re not gonna make it this time
you’re not going to get out this time
there’s no way you’re going to bounce
back but I’ve got a message for the
devil and almost wrote it on my shoes
that time here’s a note to title my
sermon that time this time and every
time God will not fail me everybody say
that time this time and every time God
will not forget me God will not forsake
me God will not fail me now wait a
minute
that time how many of you’ve got at that
time that you can look back on this time
and every time God will not fail me God
will not fail me God’s healing you if
you need help get help but God brought
you to this service this morning to heal
you of chronic discouragement David
encouraged himself in the Lord and when
you get that down in your soul like I
got it I got me a new little thing I’m
gonna tell the devil from now on if you
don’t get nothing outside of this sermon
take home this piece that time
this time and every time God will not
fail me God will not forget me God will
not forsake me one more time say it bold
that time I need somebody to shout over
that time you know that time when the
enemy whisperer take your life the enemy
whispered there’s no recover the enemy
whispered you’ll never get through this
that divorced that whatever that that
that disaster but God said I’m gonna see
you through that time this time somebody
shout over in your very circumstance
right now he’s big and in control and
here’s the big one somebody shout over
every time the battle is the Lord’s get
up on your feet and give God a great
great praise because he encourages his
people
hallelujah hallelujah we need to take
just a minute and lift him up
look up and lift him up stay in your
discouragement if you want to or look up
and lift him up and begin to pray and
God will begin to restore encouragement
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