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----- Original Message ----- From: "Gwen Tweedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 11:35 AM Subject: {dbilg} Fw: Mens Email Devotional - Thursday November 06, 2008 > > > Gwen From Wichita, Kansas > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "TruthMedia Mens Devotional" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gwen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 6:40 AM > Subject: Mens Email Devotional - Thursday November 06, 2008 > > > : > : > : HOW TO OVERCOME DISCOURAGEMENT > : > : > : ** Overcome discouragement by living with contentment. > Learn how in our free interactive online Bible study, > "Living with Contentment > (http://mag.thelife.com/study/strugglecontent.html?section=struggle_contentment)" > : > : > : > : Then the people of Judah said, "The work crews are worn > out, and there is too much rubble. We can't continue to > rebuild the wall." Nehemiah 4:10 (GWT) > : > : Discouragement is curable. Whenever I get discouraged, I > head straight to Nehemiah. This great leader of ancient > Israel understood there were four reasons for > discouragement. > : > : First, you get fatigued. You simply get tired as the > laborers did in Nehemiah 4:10. We're human beings and we > wear out. You cannot burn the candle at both ends. So if > you're discouraged, it may be you don't have to change > anything. You just need a vacation! Sometimes the most > spiritual thing you can do is go to bed. > : > : Second, you get frustrated. Nehemiah says there was rubble > all around, so much that it was getting in the way of > rebuilding the wall. Do you have rubble in your life? Have > you noticed that anytime you start doing something new, the > trash starts piling up? > : > : If you don't clean it out periodically, it's going to stop > your progress. You can't avoid it, so you need to learn to > recognize it and dispose of it quickly so you don't lose > focus on your original intention. > : > : What is the rubble in your life? I think rubble is the > trivial things that waste your time and energy and prevent > you from accomplishing what God has called you to do. > : > : Third, you think you've failed. Nehemiah's people were > unable to finish their task as quickly as originally planned > and, as a result, their confidence collapsed. They were > thinking, "We were stupid to think we could ever rebuild > this wall." > : > : But you know what I do when I don't reach a goal on time? > I just set a new goal. I don't give up. Everybody fails. > Everybody does dumb things. So the issue is not that you > failed -- it's how you respond to your failure. > : > : Do you give in to self-pity? Do you start blaming other > people? Do you start complaining that it's impossible? Or, > do you refocus on God's intentions and start moving again? > : > : Finally, when you give in to fear, you get discouraged. > Nehemiah 4 suggests the people most affected by fear are > those who hang around negative people. If you're going to > control the negative thoughts in your life, you've got to > get away from negative people as much as you can. > : > : Maybe you're discouraged because of fear. You're dealing > with fears like, "I can't handle this. It's too much > responsibility." Maybe it's the fear that you don't deserve > it. It's the fear of criticism. Fear will destroy your life > if you let it. But you can choose to resist the > discouragement. Say, "God help me get my eyes off the > problem -- off the circumstance -- and keep my eyes on you." > : > : Question: What has been discouraging you lately, and how > do you see Jesus responding to similar discouragements He > faced during His time on Earth? > : > : About this Author: Rick Warren > (http://thelife.com/experience/devotionalformen/authors/rick-warren/) > : > : > : Comment on the devotional blog. Interact with others who > are reading today's devotional. Visit > http://thelife.com/blogs/experience/devotionalformen/2008/11/06/how-to-overcome-discouragement/#comments > : > : Copyright > : This devotional is protected by copyright laws and may not > be reprinted or posted to a site without permission from > TruthMedia Internet Group. All readers are welcome to > forward the devotional to a friend or link to it. 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