Be Encouraged

Be encouraged! This is easier said than done when you are overwhelmed with unfavorable circumstances in your life. Instead, you experience discouragement. One Saturday, I was discouraged to the point I had to make myself complete tasks. I had hope about my future, but dominant negative emotions were opposing me at that moment. Dominant negative emotions feed discouragement. Discouragement comes to stop you from having the courage to be who God created you to be and live his plans for your life. Discouragement will paralyze you from moving forward in life.

What area of your life has caused you lose faith because of discouragement?

What do you do when you are discouraged?

You must encourage yourself. This is a spiritual matter. You draw encouragement from your spirit. Encouragement comes when you are stimulated spiritually. Encouragement is by choice and leads to having courage about moving forward in your life. This is why God commanded Joshua in Joshua 1:9 to be strong and of good courage. Daily you must encourage yourself to have the courage to keep your faith in the midst of distractions, adversity, and dominant negative emotions.

Why should you encourage yourself daily?

Discouragement causes you to not receive and live in the truth of God’s word. Discouragement disconnects you from faith. For example, God sent Moses to tell the Israelites that he will free them from being slaves. The Israelites didn’t listen to Moses at that moment because they were discouraged (Exodus 6:9 NIV).

Meditating on God’s word daily will stimulate you spiritually to be encouraged. There will be times when you will need to meditate on the word throughout the day. On that Saturday, I had to continue to think and confess God’s word to fight off dominant negative emotions.

Do you have hope in God for every area of your life?

Hope in God is the starting point to encouragement. Hope in God is not based on what you experienced, but what you are expecting for your future. It’s important to examine if you have hope in God about your future. God will strengthen your heart in areas where discouragement challenged you to give up and accept life as is. You were not created to accept life as is. You were created to have faith in every area of your life with hope in God about your future. Encouragement keeps you ready to receive God’s best for you.

“Be of good courage, and God shall strengthen your heart, all you that hope in the Lord.” Psalm 31: 24

Be encouraged!

How will you encourage yourself daily?

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