Having trouble viewing this email? View the *online version<http://rdstrongmail1.com/track?type=click&mailingid=278900&messageid=44100&databaseid=66900&serial=1222914398&[email protected]&userid=57489&extra=keycode=&promokey=EPD00563&execution_nbr=26&&&2000&&&http://www.purposedriven.com/article.do?method=articlePage&contentId=201822&trkid=ddnews> * or the *text version<http://rdstrongmail1.com/track?type=click&mailingid=278900&messageid=44100&databaseid=66900&serial=1222914398&[email protected]&userid=57489&extra=keycode=&promokey=EPD00563&execution_nbr=26&&&2001&&&http://www.purposedriven.com/article.do?method=printArticleContents&contentId=201822&KeepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=500&width=790&modal=true&trkid=ddnews> *. [image: Purpose Driven Life]
September 2, 2009 Resisting Discouragement<http://rdstrongmail1.com/track?type=click&mailingid=278900&messageid=44100&databaseid=66900&serial=1222914398&[email protected]&userid=57489&extra=keycode=&promokey=EPD00563&execution_nbr=26&&&2002&&&http://www.purposedriven.com/article.do?method=articlePage&contentId=201822&trkid=ddnews> by Rick Warren “So don’t get tired of doing what is good. Don’t get discouraged and give up, for we will reap a harvest of blessing at the appropriate time” (Galatians 6:9 NLT). There are many things that work to keep us from completing our life-missions. Over the years, I’ve debated whether the worst enemy is procrastination or discouragement. If Satan can’t get us to put off our life missions, then he’ll try to get us to quit altogether. The apostle Paul teaches that we need to resist discouragement: “So don’t get tired of doing what is good. Don’t get discouraged and give up” (Galatians 6:9 NLT). Do you ever get tired of doing what’s right? I think we all do. Sometimes it seems easier to do the wrong thing than the right thing. When we’re discouraged, we become ineffective. When we’re discouraged, we work against our own faith. When I’m discouraged, I’m saying, “It can’t be done.” That’s the exact opposite of saying, “I know God can do it because he said . . . .” Ask yourself these questions: • How do I handle failure? • When things don’t go my way, do I get grumpy? • When things don’t go my way, do I get frustrated? • When things don’t go my way, do I start complaining? • Do I finish what I start? • How would I rate on persistence? If you’re discouraged, don’t give up without a fight. Nothing worthwhile ever happens without endurance and energy. When an artist starts to create a sculpture, he has to keep chipping away. He doesn’t hit the chisel with the hammer once, and suddenly all the excess stone falls away revealing a beautiful masterpiece. He keeps hitting it and hitting it, chipping away at the stone. And that’s true of life, too. Nothing really worthwhile ever comes easy in life. You keep hitting it and going after it, and little-by-little your life becomes a masterpiece of God’s grace. The fact is, great people are really just ordinary people with an extraordinary amount of determination. Great people don’t know how to quit. Today on PurposeDriven.com <http://rdstrongmail1.com/track?type=click&mailingid=278900&messageid=44100&databaseid=66900&serial=1222914398&[email protected]&userid=57489&extra=keycode=&promokey=EPD00563&execution_nbr=26&&&2005&&&http://blog.purposedriven.com/lifeshealingchoices/?p=46&trkid=ddnews> Live Healing Choices<http://rdstrongmail1.com/track?type=click&mailingid=278900&messageid=44100&databaseid=66900&serial=1222914398&[email protected]&userid=57489&extra=keycode=&promokey=EPD00563&execution_nbr=26&&&2006&&&http://blog.purposedriven.com/lifeshealingchoices/?p=46&trkid=ddnews> As Rick Warren launches a new campaign, Johnny Baker reports from his blog » MORE<http://rdstrongmail1.com/track?type=click&mailingid=278900&messageid=44100&databaseid=66900&serial=1222914398&[email protected]&userid=57489&extra=keycode=&promokey=EPD00563&execution_nbr=26&&&2007&&&http://blog.purposedriven.com/lifeshealingchoices/?p=46&trkid=ddnews> <http://rdstrongmail1.com/track?type=click&mailingid=278900&messageid=44100&databaseid=66900&serial=1222914398&[email protected]&userid=57489&extra=keycode=&promokey=EPD00563&execution_nbr=26&&&2008&&&http://www.purposedriven.com/article.do?method=articlePage&contentId=201725&trkid=ddnews> God's Recovery Plan<http://rdstrongmail1.com/track?type=click&mailingid=278900&messageid=44100&databaseid=66900&serial=1222914398&[email protected]&userid=57489&extra=keycode=&promokey=EPD00563&execution_nbr=26&&&2009&&&http://www.purposedriven.com/article.do?method=articlePage&contentId=201725&trkid=ddnews> How a letter to Rick Warren launched a recovery revival » MORE<http://rdstrongmail1.com/track?type=click&mailingid=278900&messageid=44100&databaseid=66900&serial=1222914398&[email protected]&userid=57489&extra=keycode=&promokey=EPD00563&execution_nbr=26&&&2010&&&http://www.purposedriven.com/article.do?method=articlePage&contentId=201725&trkid=ddnews> . -- 'Unless you change what you do, you will always have what you've got.' - Jim Rohn --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "tribewithavibe" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tribewithavibe?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
