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Robert Jeffress - Moving From Discouragement To Hope (Part 1)

July 10, 2025 | S25 E329 | 29:0

Robert Jeffress - Moving From Discouragement To Hope (Part 1)
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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - Moving From Discouragement To Hope (Part 1) | July 10, 2025
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  • [narrator] from the pulpit
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  • Of the first baptist church of dallas, texas,
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  • This is pathway to victory with dr. robert jeffress.
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  • Hi, i am robert jeffress.
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  • Welcome again to pathway to victory.
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  • When a promising relationship goes nowhere,
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  • When your dream job ends in a nightmare,
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  • When the status quo refuses to budge,
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  • It's easy to become discouraged.
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  • So what should we do when we find ourselves
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  • Feeling more disheartened than hopeful?
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  • Well, today we're going to look at a leader
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  • From the old testament
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  • Who teaches us some invaluable lessons on how to conquer
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  • The mountain of feeling blue.
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  • My message is titled, "moving from discouragement to hope"
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  • As we continue our series, invincible on pathway to victory.
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • [narrator] sometimes our emotions are like mountains
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  • That stand in our way.
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  • Obstacles like doubt, bitterness, or fear
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  • Keep us from enjoying a peaceful life of courage.
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  • In his book, "invincible: conquering the mountains
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  • That separate you from the blessed life",
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  • Dr. robert jeffress helps you overcome barriers like guilt,
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  • Loneliness, lust, grief, anxiety, and more.
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  • Without doubt, thomas edison was the greatest inventor
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  • In the history of our country.
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  • There's a reason he's nicknamed "the wizard of menlo park."
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  • Think of his inventions, the phonograph, the telegraph,
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  • The movie camera, the microphone,
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  • The incandescent light bulb, the storage battery,
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  • Just among some of his many accomplishments.
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  • But what i admire most about edison
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  • Is not his accomplishments, but how he handled failure.
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  • He is certainly one of the most resilient human beings
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  • In our history.
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  • For example, after 10,000 attempts to create the light bulb,
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  • He said, "i haven't failed.
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  • I just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
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  • Now, that's a good attitude, isn't it?
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  • But perhaps the greatest illustration of edison's resilience
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  • Is what happened on one night in december of 1914.
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  • His biographer and his son charles records what's happened.
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  • (coughs)
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  • After 10 years of trying to create the storage battery
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  • Without any success, his finances were depleted.
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  • He was going to have to lay off employees,
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  • And if that were not enough, on this particular night,
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  • A fire erupted in the film room.
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  • According to edison's son, charles,
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  • Within moments all the packing compounds,
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  • Celluloid for records film and flammable goods had gone up
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  • In flames.
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  • The fire spread quickly throughout the building.
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  • Fire departments from eight neighboring towns
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  • Converged onto edison's laboratory,
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  • But the intensity of the fire was so great
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  • And the water pressure so low,
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  • The firefighters might as well have been using squirt guns.
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  • There wasn't anything anyone could do
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  • But watch the buildings and its contents go up in flames.
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  • Then it dawned on edison's son, charles,
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  • He hadn't seen his father
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  • And he wondered how he would respond to this loss.
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  • After all, he was 67 years old, too old to start over again.
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  • And as charles was worrying about his father,
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  • Suddenly he saw his father running across the yard
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  • Toward him saying, "charles, go get your mother.
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  • Tell her to get her friends.
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  • They'll never see a fire like this again."
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  • (audience laughs)
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  • Charles said the next day his dad called to gather
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  • The employees and announced they were rebuilding.
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  • He directed some of the people to go to the erie railroad
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  • To lease a wrecking crane, and then he dispatched others
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  • To rent out machine shops around town.
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  • Then almost as an afterthought, edison said,
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  • "oh, by the way,
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  • Does anybody know where we can get some money?"
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  • Charles said, his dad concluded,
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  • "you can always make capital out of disaster.
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  • We've just cleared out a bunch of old rubbish.
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  • We'll build bigger and better on the ruins."
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  • And then charles said, with that, my dad rolled up his coat,
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  • Curled up on a table and immediately fell asleep.
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  • Just imagine for a moment
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  • That you were driving into your neighborhood
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  • After a day of work.
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  • You saw smoke coming up from the rooftops,
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  • Fire trucks whooshed by you,
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  • And when you arrived at your home,
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  • You discovered it was your own home on fire.
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  • How would you respond to that loss?
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  • Would you respond like thomas edison did
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  • Or would you be more like mrs. job
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  • Who after her husband experienced tremendous losses,
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  • She advised, "why not curse god and die"?
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  • We all have to deal at some point in our life
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  • With the mountain of discouragement
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  • And like the other nine mountains we're talking about
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  • In our series, invincible, discouragement
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  • Over something big or something small
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  • Has a way of overshadowing our lives
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  • And separating us from the blessed life
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  • God intends for each of us.
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  • Today, we're going to talk about moving
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  • From discouragement to hope.
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  • What are we talking about when we talk about discouragement?
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  • I looked it up in webster's this week.
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  • To discourage literally means to deprive of courage
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  • Or confidence, to be disheartened.
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  • I wrote down some other d words
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  • That describe discouragement,
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  • Demoralized, dismayed, distraught,
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  • Depressed, defeated, despairing.
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  • That's what discouragement is.
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  • You know, as i look at scripture,
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  • I find there are at least six causes of discouragement
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  • According to the bible.
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  • One is unresolved anger.
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  • Psychologists tell us that depression
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  • Is anger turned inward.
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  • Whenever somebody wrongs us,
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  • We are disappointed in somebody.
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  • Sometimes we don't feel like we can express that to them.
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  • If it's a mate, we're afraid they'll leave us.
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  • If it's an employer and we express our anger,
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  • We're afraid they'll fire us.
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  • So we turn it inward.
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  • And it's like a broken sewer pipe
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  • That just flows into our own hearts.
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  • Sometime the anger we feel is
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  • Over a disappointment in ourself that we feel
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  • That builds up.
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  • That's why ephesians 4:26 and 27 say,
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  • "be angry, and do not sin;
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  • Do not let the sun go down on your anger,
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  • And give the devil an opportunity."
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  • A second cause of discouragement can be unrealistic anxiety.
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  • We talked about worry the last time
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  • How it saps our strength.
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  • If not dealt with over a long period of time,
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  • It leads to discouragement.
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  • Remember the story of elijah?
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  • In 1 kings 18, he had his great battle
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  • With the false prophets of baal
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  • And successfully defeated them and killed them.
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  • It was a high point in his ministry.
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  • But then in chapter 19, jezebel, the queen
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  • Sent word that she was going to kill elijah.
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  • Verse 2 says, "then jezebel sent a messenger to elijah,
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  • Saying, 'so may the gods do to me and even more,
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  • If i do not make your life as the life of one of them,
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  • The prophets by tomorrow about this time.'
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  • And elijah was afraid and he arose and he ran for his life."
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  • And you know the rest of the story.
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  • He sat down under a juniper tree and said,
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  • "god, just take my life. i've had it."
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  • He was discouraged because of an unrealistic anxiety.
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  • He had just killed 800 plus prophets of baal,
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  • And yet one woman who was angry, scared the wits out of him.
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  • It was unrealistic anxiety, but it led to discouragement.
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  • Thirdly, an undefined purpose in life
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  • Can cause you to be discouraged.
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  • The french poet nicholas belay, said,
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  • He is most fatigued who know not what to do.
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  • He is most fatigued who knows not what to do.
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  • There's something about lack of direction
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  • That just wears you out and weighs on you.
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  • Thomas carlisle wrote, a man without a purpose
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  • Is like a ship without a rudder.
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  • Paul had a good cure for that.
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  • He said in ephesians 5: 15-17, and the phillips paraphrase,
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  • "live life, then, with a due sense of responsibility,
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  • Not as people who do not know the meaning
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  • And purpose of life but as those who do.
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  • Make the best use of your time, despite all the difficulties
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  • Of these days.
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  • Don't be vague but firmly grasp what you know to be
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  • The will of god."
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  • That's good advice.
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  • If you want to avoid discouragement,
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  • Know what your purpose is.
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  • Fourth, unrelenting grief can lead to discouragement.
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  • Some of you here today,
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  • Some of you watching on pathway to victory or online,
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  • This year's been a year of loss for you.
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  • You maybe have lost your job, your livelihood.
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  • You've lost friendships,
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  • Just out of failure to connect over this last year.
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  • Many of you have lost a loved one through death.
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  • Anytime you lose anything or anyone significant,
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  • There is grief.
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  • Jesus experienced that.
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  • Remember, as he stood in front of the sepulcher
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  • Of his best friend, lazarus, who had died,
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  • The shortest verse in the bible,
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  • John 11:35, "jesus wept."
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  • And if you look at the grammar of that passage,
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  • It literally says jesus wept and kept on weeping.
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  • It was a continual weeping, a sorrow there
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  • Over the loss of his best friend.
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  • Some of you are experiencing grief right now,
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  • And it seems like it will never end.
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  • But remember what the psalmist said, psalm 30:5,
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  • "weeping may last for the night,
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  • But a shout of joy comes in the morning."
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  • Fifth, unexpected infirmities.
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  • Sickness, the breakdown of your body
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  • Can cause you to grieve.
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  • That's just part of old age.
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  • I have a friend who says, old age is not for sissies,
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  • And he's right.
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  • Just watching your body and experiencing it deteriorate
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  • Can be discouraging.
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  • Solomon wrote about that in ecclesiastes 12.
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  • He said, "remember also your creator
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  • In the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come
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  • And the years draw near when you will say,
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  • 'i have no delight in them',
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  • Before the sun and the light,
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  • The moon and the stars are darkened
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  • And the clouds return after the rain."
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  • Listen to how he describes old age.
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  • Remember him, "in the day that the watchmen
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  • Of the house tremble and the mighty men's stoop."
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  • And that's a reference to the loss of strength
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  • In the arms and the legs.
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  • "the grinding ones stand idle because they are few."
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  • That's a reference to the loss of teeth.
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  • "and those who look through the windows grow dim."
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  • He's talking about the loss of eyesight, perhaps cataracts.
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  • "and the doors on the street are shut
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  • As the sound of the grinding mill is low."
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  • He's talking about the loss of hearing.
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  • "and the one will arise at the sound of the bird."
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  • (chuckles)
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  • You find yourself having difficulty sleeping,
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  • Getting up early.
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  • "and all the daughters of the song will sing softly."
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  • Talking about physical infirmities that come with aging,
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  • It can be a cause of discouragement.
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  • And that reminds me of david jeremiah's story
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  • About the elderly couple in florida.
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  • Jacob was 92 years old, rebecca was 89,
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  • And they were talking about getting married.
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  • And as they were discussing their possible wedding,
  • 00:13:11.080 --> 00:13:14.116
  • They walked by a drug store and jacob said,
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  • Let's go in here."
  • 00:13:16.285 --> 00:13:17.686
  • And so they went in and went back to the pharmacist
  • 00:13:17.686 --> 00:13:21.090
  • And jacob asked the pharmacist,
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  • "we're thinking about getting married.
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  • Do you sell heart medicine here?"
  • 00:13:24.627 --> 00:13:26.962
  • And the pharmacist said, "oh yes, we have that."
  • 00:13:27.897 --> 00:13:30.432
  • He said, "what about things for circulatory problems?
  • 00:13:30.432 --> 00:13:32.902
  • Do you have any medicine for that?"
  • 00:13:32.902 --> 00:13:33.969
  • "yes, we've got that."
  • 00:13:33.969 --> 00:13:34.970
  • "what about rheumatism?"
  • 00:13:34.970 --> 00:13:36.071
  • "you bet, we can fix you up."
  • 00:13:36.071 --> 00:13:38.073
  • "what about sleeping bills and vitamins and geritol?"
  • 00:13:38.073 --> 00:13:41.477
  • "you bet, everything you want."
  • 00:13:41.477 --> 00:13:43.779
  • "what about wheelchairs and walkers? do you have those?"
  • 00:13:43.779 --> 00:13:47.349
  • "yes. all shape, all speeds are available."
  • 00:13:47.349 --> 00:13:51.020
  • Jacob looked at rebecca and said to the pharmacist,
  • 00:13:52.054 --> 00:13:54.056
  • "fine, we'll use this place as our bridal registry."
  • 00:13:54.056 --> 00:13:58.227
  • (audience laughs)
  • 00:13:58.227 --> 00:14:05.034
  • Physical infirmities can be challenging,
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  • Especially for the elderly.
  • 00:14:08.938 --> 00:14:11.807
  • There's one final cause that's frankly not talked about
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  • In christian circles much,
  • 00:14:15.678 --> 00:14:17.279
  • But it needs to be a possible cause of discouragement,
  • 00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:20.549
  • And that's untreated chemical imbalances in your body.
  • 00:14:20.549 --> 00:14:25.287
  • If you're experiencing continual depression,
  • 00:14:25.287 --> 00:14:29.325
  • Continual discouragement,
  • 00:14:29.325 --> 00:14:30.926
  • This is one possibility you need to check out.
  • 00:14:30.926 --> 00:14:34.229
  • You know, god created us not just as spirits
  • 00:14:34.229 --> 00:14:38.000
  • But his body, soul and spirit.
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  • We are spiritual beings, but we are physical beings.
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  • And the bible teaches us that the fall
  • 00:14:45.040 --> 00:14:47.643
  • Affected all parts of creation, including our bodies.
  • 00:14:47.643 --> 00:14:50.913
  • In romans 8:22, paul said,
  • 00:14:50.913 --> 00:14:52.781
  • "for we know that the whole creation groans and suffers
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  • The pains of childbirth together until now."
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  • The whole of creation, that means your body
  • 00:15:00.689 --> 00:15:03.258
  • Is not the way god originally designed it to be.
  • 00:15:03.258 --> 00:15:07.262
  • And that's why we get sick.
  • 00:15:07.262 --> 00:15:09.665
  • And we know from science that imbalances of sodium chloride
  • 00:15:09.665 --> 00:15:14.937
  • In the brain can prevent the transfer of impulses
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  • From one cell to another cell
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  • That can lead to depression and discouragement.
  • 00:15:22.211 --> 00:15:25.447
  • That's why you need to go to a christian physician
  • 00:15:25.447 --> 00:15:28.684
  • Or a christian psychiatrist if you're feeling that way,
  • 00:15:28.684 --> 00:15:32.187
  • To see if that is a possibility.
  • 00:15:32.187 --> 00:15:35.858
  • But there's a cure for discouragement,
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  • And that's what i want to look at
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  • In these final moments together.
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  • If you have your bibles turn to nehemiah chapter four.
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  • We're going to look for the few moments we have left
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  • At a case study in discouragement.
  • 00:15:48.604 --> 00:15:51.740
  • The story of nehemiah illustrates both the causes
  • 00:15:51.740 --> 00:15:55.077
  • And the cures for discouragement.
  • 00:15:55.077 --> 00:15:58.680
  • Now, you remember there were two history shaping events
  • 00:15:58.680 --> 00:16:03.285
  • In israel's history that formed her character
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  • More than any other.
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  • One was the 400 years in slavery in egypt
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  • That ended with the exodus.
  • 00:16:11.527 --> 00:16:14.129
  • The other milestone event was the exile
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  • For 70 years in babylon.
  • 00:16:18.233 --> 00:16:20.235
  • Remember, after jerusalem was overthrown,
  • 00:16:20.235 --> 00:16:22.905
  • The people were taken captive to babylon.
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  • They longed for their return
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  • And finally after the end of 70 years, they returned
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  • To rebuild the temple and to rebuild the wall.
  • 00:16:30.179 --> 00:16:34.316
  • And nehemiah was tasked with the rebuilding of the wall.
  • 00:16:34.316 --> 00:16:39.288
  • It was a mammoth construction project
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  • That he completed in 52 days, but not without opposition.
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  • He faced discouragement from the people,
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  • He faced opposition from those already living in the land.
  • 00:16:49.298 --> 00:16:52.901
  • And when we come to nehemiah chapter four,
  • 00:16:52.901 --> 00:16:55.270
  • And i hope you've turned there,
  • 00:16:55.270 --> 00:16:57.039
  • We're halfway through that 52 day construction project,
  • 00:16:57.039 --> 00:17:02.911
  • And nehemiah records this.
  • 00:17:03.479 --> 00:17:06.115
  • The people were discouraged.
  • 00:17:06.115 --> 00:17:07.816
  • I want you to notice the four reasons they were discouraged,
  • 00:17:07.816 --> 00:17:11.253
  • The four d's that add up to discouragement.
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  • First of all, the people were drained.
  • 00:17:14.790 --> 00:17:17.292
  • Look at verse 10.
  • 00:17:17.292 --> 00:17:18.694
  • Halfway through the project it says,
  • 00:17:18.694 --> 00:17:21.463
  • "and the strength of the burden bearers is failing."
  • 00:17:21.463 --> 00:17:26.168
  • "khal" in hebrew.
  • 00:17:26.168 --> 00:17:28.137
  • Literally, the people are stumbling.
  • 00:17:28.137 --> 00:17:30.305
  • They are staggering. they are toddling.
  • 00:17:30.305 --> 00:17:33.909
  • There's something about a major project that drains you.
  • 00:17:35.043 --> 00:17:39.281
  • Vince lombardi famously said,
  • 00:17:39.281 --> 00:17:41.817
  • Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
  • 00:17:41.817 --> 00:17:45.754
  • When our bodies grow tired, we become discouraged.
  • 00:17:45.754 --> 00:17:49.224
  • Weary people are whiny people. never forget that.
  • 00:17:49.224 --> 00:17:53.262
  • And that was true of the israelites.
  • 00:17:53.262 --> 00:17:56.565
  • By the way, do you know the most dangerous time
  • 00:17:56.565 --> 00:17:59.434
  • In a major project in your life?
  • 00:17:59.434 --> 00:18:01.537
  • It's the halfway point.
  • 00:18:01.537 --> 00:18:03.338
  • I don't care whether you're talking
  • 00:18:04.106 --> 00:18:05.040
  • About a construction project
  • 00:18:05.040 --> 00:18:07.142
  • Or a degree that you're pursuing at a university
  • 00:18:07.142 --> 00:18:10.946
  • Or a diet that you're on.
  • 00:18:10.946 --> 00:18:12.748
  • The most dangerous time is that halfway point
  • 00:18:12.748 --> 00:18:15.951
  • When you've got as much ahead of you as you do behind you.
  • 00:18:15.951 --> 00:18:19.354
  • And if you're not careful, you can get discouraged.
  • 00:18:19.354 --> 00:18:22.724
  • If you're not careful on a diet after that halfway point,
  • 00:18:22.724 --> 00:18:26.228
  • You can think, man, this isn't never going to end.
  • 00:18:26.228 --> 00:18:28.997
  • And you reach for that bag of oreos, don't do it.
  • 00:18:28.997 --> 00:18:32.501
  • You can think when you have a construction point.
  • 00:18:32.501 --> 00:18:34.503
  • Look at how much i've got left to do,
  • 00:18:34.503 --> 00:18:36.705
  • I might as well give up
  • 00:18:36.705 --> 00:18:38.240
  • Or that way through a degree program.
  • 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:41.109
  • One of the wisest things you can do is
  • 00:18:41.109 --> 00:18:43.145
  • Halfway through a project, take a day off,
  • 00:18:43.145 --> 00:18:45.981
  • Take a week off and celebrate
  • 00:18:45.981 --> 00:18:47.749
  • What you've already accomplished
  • 00:18:47.749 --> 00:18:49.918
  • Instead of looking ahead that all that is ahead of you.
  • 00:18:49.918 --> 00:18:53.222
  • Secondly, the people were not only drained,
  • 00:18:53.222 --> 00:18:56.792
  • They were disgruntled.
  • 00:18:56.792 --> 00:18:58.594
  • Look again at verse 10, "yet there is much rubbish."
  • 00:18:58.594 --> 00:19:04.666
  • That is the life verse for every parent of a teenager.
  • 00:19:05.767 --> 00:19:09.338
  • Look around (laughs) there is much rubbish.
  • 00:19:10.239 --> 00:19:13.408
  • Whenever you're involved in something big and worthwhile,
  • 00:19:13.408 --> 00:19:18.013
  • There's going to be a lot of garbage,
  • 00:19:18.013 --> 00:19:20.315
  • Literal and figurative around.
  • 00:19:20.315 --> 00:19:22.117
  • There's going to be a lot of stuff around you
  • 00:19:22.117 --> 00:19:24.920
  • That can cause discouragement.
  • 00:19:24.920 --> 00:19:26.788
  • Third, notice the progression here.
  • 00:19:26.788 --> 00:19:28.490
  • They were drained, they were disgruntled,
  • 00:19:28.490 --> 00:19:30.359
  • They became dejected.
  • 00:19:30.359 --> 00:19:32.828
  • Look at verse 10 again,
  • 00:19:32.828 --> 00:19:34.263
  • 'and we ourselves are unable to rebuild the wall."
  • 00:19:34.263 --> 00:19:37.699
  • They said, we're in over our heads, we just can't do it.
  • 00:19:37.699 --> 00:19:41.169
  • We might as well hang it up.
  • 00:19:41.169 --> 00:19:43.805
  • And that led to the final d, they were distressed.
  • 00:19:43.805 --> 00:19:48.610
  • The people were distressed.
  • 00:19:48.610 --> 00:19:51.647
  • They were so discouraged that they came to the point,
  • 00:19:51.647 --> 00:19:53.949
  • They said, we can't handle one more problem.
  • 00:19:53.949 --> 00:19:56.785
  • We've had it.
  • 00:19:56.785 --> 00:19:58.353
  • If we get one more piece of bad news, we're going to collapse.
  • 00:19:58.353 --> 00:20:02.090
  • Have you ever felt that way in your life
  • 00:20:02.090 --> 00:20:04.593
  • Where you get to the point you say,
  • 00:20:04.593 --> 00:20:05.894
  • I can't take one more bad thing happening,
  • 00:20:05.894 --> 00:20:08.163
  • Doesn't matter how big or small it is,
  • 00:20:08.163 --> 00:20:10.065
  • I can't take one more thing?
  • 00:20:10.065 --> 00:20:12.367
  • And usually that one more thing ends up happening.
  • 00:20:12.367 --> 00:20:15.537
  • The enemy knows he's got you when you say,
  • 00:20:16.438 --> 00:20:19.107
  • I can't handle one more thing.
  • 00:20:19.107 --> 00:20:21.209
  • That's what happened to the israelites
  • 00:20:21.209 --> 00:20:22.744
  • When they were at the end of themselves.
  • 00:20:22.744 --> 00:20:24.813
  • Look at verse 11.
  • 00:20:24.813 --> 00:20:26.682
  • "our enemies said, they will not know or see
  • 00:20:26.682 --> 00:20:30.385
  • Until we come among them, kill them
  • 00:20:30.385 --> 00:20:32.854
  • And put a stop to the work."
  • 00:20:32.854 --> 00:20:34.923
  • Now, that's what the enemies were saying.
  • 00:20:34.923 --> 00:20:37.426
  • But how did those building the wall know about it?
  • 00:20:37.426 --> 00:20:40.562
  • This is so key, verse 12.
  • 00:20:40.562 --> 00:20:42.197
  • "then the jews, our own people who lived near the enemies
  • 00:20:42.197 --> 00:20:47.903
  • Came and told us 10 times,
  • 00:20:48.470 --> 00:20:52.874
  • They will come up against us from every place
  • 00:20:52.874 --> 00:20:55.777
  • Where you turn."
  • 00:20:55.777 --> 00:20:57.212
  • Do you know people who love to deliver bad news?
  • 00:20:58.180 --> 00:21:02.617
  • They love to come into your life,
  • 00:21:03.352 --> 00:21:05.954
  • And they'll say something they heard
  • 00:21:05.954 --> 00:21:08.990
  • And they'll say to you, they will amplify it 10 times.
  • 00:21:08.990 --> 00:21:12.994
  • You know, i just think you need to know.
  • 00:21:12.994 --> 00:21:14.930
  • Everybody is saying.
  • 00:21:14.930 --> 00:21:21.503
  • Now, they may have heard it one time,
  • 00:21:18.433 --> 00:21:23.572
  • It's probably from their mate,
  • 00:21:23.572 --> 00:21:25.040
  • But oh, that's suddenly becomes everybody is saying,
  • 00:21:25.040 --> 00:21:28.944
  • Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
  • 00:21:28.944 --> 00:21:31.046
  • When somebody says that to you, ask them,
  • 00:21:31.046 --> 00:21:33.115
  • "well, exactly who is saying that? could you tell me?"
  • 00:21:33.115 --> 00:21:36.685
  • "oh, no, no, no. it's confidential."
  • 00:21:36.685 --> 00:21:38.587
  • "okay, if you can't tell me their name,
  • 00:21:38.587 --> 00:21:40.322
  • Just tell me how many.
  • 00:21:40.322 --> 00:21:41.590
  • You said everybody's saying.
  • 00:21:41.590 --> 00:21:43.091
  • Are you talking about you've heard that
  • 00:21:43.091 --> 00:21:44.159
  • From a hundred people?"
  • 00:21:44.159 --> 00:21:45.360
  • "oh, what? no, not a hundred people."
  • 00:21:45.360 --> 00:21:47.963
  • "would you say 50 people have said that to you?"
  • 00:21:47.963 --> 00:21:51.032
  • "oh, no, no, no, no, no. not 50."
  • 00:21:51.032 --> 00:21:53.335
  • Usually, it's them (laughs)
  • 00:21:53.335 --> 00:21:55.837
  • And maybe their mate or best friend.
  • 00:21:55.837 --> 00:21:58.106
  • This is what the israelites were doing.
  • 00:21:58.106 --> 00:22:00.809
  • They were listening to people who bore bad news.
  • 00:22:00.809 --> 00:22:04.246
  • By the way, proverbs 16:8 says,
  • 00:22:04.246 --> 00:22:06.248
  • "the words of a tail bearer are as wounds,
  • 00:22:06.248 --> 00:22:11.019
  • And they go down into the innermost part of the belly."
  • 00:22:12.154 --> 00:22:16.391
  • This led to the people becoming discouraged.
  • 00:22:16.391 --> 00:22:20.429
  • They were discouraged, they were drained,
  • 00:22:20.429 --> 00:22:22.831
  • They were disgruntled, dejected, distressed,
  • 00:22:22.831 --> 00:22:25.167
  • That led to discouragement.
  • 00:22:25.167 --> 00:22:27.002
  • Now, how do you handle discouragement?
  • 00:22:27.002 --> 00:22:30.172
  • Well, if somebody says,
  • 00:22:30.172 --> 00:22:31.406
  • "well, we just need to pray about it."
  • 00:22:31.406 --> 00:22:33.141
  • Look, if your tower goes flat, you can pray all you want to,
  • 00:22:33.141 --> 00:22:37.546
  • But eventually the tower has to be inflated.
  • 00:22:37.546 --> 00:22:40.649
  • Same way with discouragement.
  • 00:22:40.649 --> 00:22:42.050
  • Yes, we ought to pray,
  • 00:22:42.050 --> 00:22:43.885
  • But discouraged people need to be encouraged.
  • 00:22:43.885 --> 00:22:47.656
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  • 00:22:47.656 --> 00:22:52.027
  • There's much more for us to learn from nehemiah's story
  • 00:22:53.161 --> 00:22:56.765
  • About overcoming the mountain of discouragement.
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  • Jesus told us that if we have faith
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  • That separate you from the blessed life.
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  • Along with a personal and group study guide.
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  • Nothing will prevent your conquering mountains
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  • In your life any more than doubt.
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  • We've got this secret fear
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  • That our doubts are bigger than god's answers.
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  • Don't worry about that.
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  • God is big enough to handle your questions.
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  • [narrator] your generosity today
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  • Will help us spread the message of victory and hope.
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  • Thank you for giving generously
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  • To help us shine the light of christ
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  • Into the dark corners of our country and world.
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  • The israelites had plenty of reasons to be discouraged
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  • And their situations certainly look desperate,
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  • But it's not helpful to wallow in our sadness too long.
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  • If you find yourself caught in a cycle of self-pity
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  • And hopelessness,
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  • Please make plans to join us again next time.
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  • Because in the next chapter of nehemiah's story,
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  • We find the biblical roadmap that takes us
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  • To a destination of hope.
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  • Now, stay tuned for a preview of what's coming up next
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  • On pathway to victory.
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  • I heard somebody say this week, and i wrote this down,
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  • A candle doesn't lose anything
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  • When it lights another candle.
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  • That's a profound thought.
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  • There is nothing of a candle that's diminished
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  • When it lights another candle.
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  • And the same thing is true
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  • When we encourage another christian.
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  • It doesn't cost us anything.
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  • [narrator] set your dvr and join us next time
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  • For part two of the message,
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  • "moving from discouragement to hope"
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  • -here on pathway to victory.
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  • Each of us will leave a legacy.
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  • What will your legacy be?
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  • Your legacy giving can further the gospel
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  • And be an example to your children
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  • About what matters most in life.
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  • The world my daughters and grandchildren are growing up in
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  • Is vastly different than the one you and i grew up in.
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  • The gospel of jesus christ is our only answer.
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  • And naming pathway to victory is a beneficiary in your will
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  • Helps guarantee that there will be a trusted ministry
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  • That will continue to be salt and light
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  • Like the ripples that emanate
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  • From a rock thrown into a pond.
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  • Your influence for christ can keep going on and on
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  • After you die with a gift in your will.
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  • What will your legacy be?
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  • Only one life, will soon be passed.
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  • Only what's done for christ, will last.
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