Discouragement is a terrible disease and a very powerful weapon in the hand of the enemy of our soul. Consider this illustration. Something went bad for a lady and she became so sad that she cried herself to sleep. As she slept, she saw a vision where she was in a big market place. As she moved round the market, she found a particular shop called Mr. Devil’s shop. She said, “Wonderful, the devil has a shop in this place.” She went in to see what the devil was selling and found on the shelf, Anger, Hypertension and Diabetes with their prices attached. She said, “Mr. Devil, what is the most expensive material in your shop?” He brought something out on which was written Discouragement,” and said, “This is the most expensive thing. When I get Christians to be discouraged and worried, I send fear into them and from there all kinds of other things will go in. Thats why David in 1 Samuel 30:1-8 had to encourage himself in the Lord. The devil rejoices when he makes a Christian discouraged. It is sad but true that many people actually wage war against themselves. Many people downgrade themselves continually with their mouths. Whenever the devil wants to box you to a corner, encourage yourself in the Lord.Discouraged people sometimes forget that certain mistakes might have been made in the past and God would require time to correct them. So, they conclude that God has gone on holiday.Discouraged people believe that life is a failure. To be quite honest with you, I think discouragement has killed more people than typhoid and malaria. Discouraged people snatch defeat from certain victory. They see victory coming and snatch defeat out of it.They borrow problem from the future. They are worried about tomorrow even though they do not know what will happen tomorrow. They borrow the problems of the future and transfer them to the present. This does not make sense at all. Tomorrow is too early now to worry about.Discouraged people drink the wine of frustration. When you hear somebody always saying, “I don’t like this, I don’t want this at all,” there is frustration in place. It is very easy to know frustrated ladies. They paint their hair in different colours, use wigs, scrap their eyebrows, put lead pencil, paint their lips and nails, etc. They also wear tight or transparent dresses that expose their bodies.Discouraged people advertise the devil’s disgrace. Devil is already disgraced and they are advertising it. They have faith but the faith is in failure. So, before David could hear God, he had to encourage himself. He shook off discouragement and believed that God would turn his calamity into goodness. Therefore, it is only a heart that is encouraged that is conditioned to hear good news.Discouragement is a personal decision. You need to make a conscious decision not to be discouraged. This is why sometimes they call people who have faith mad people. They call them mad people because when they are supposed to be rolling on the floor and crying they are busy jumping and rejoicing. No one can discourage you except you decide to discourage yourself. Thats why i pray for you: I command the spirit of discouragement and hopelessness to depart from your life in Jesus name. Let all the blessings you have lost as a result of discouragement be restored back to you in Jesus name. I bind every spirit of evil expectation and cast it out of your life in Jesus name. I loose your heart from sorrow and your mind from worry in Jesus name..I declare you blessed and highly favored by fire in Jesus name..
Posted on: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 14:04:41 +0000