2. CHANGE
YOUR
WORLD IN
52 DAYS

3. DEFEATING
DISCOURAGEMENT

4. WE DON’T FACE
OPPOSITION
BECAUSE WE’RE DOING
SOMETHING WRONG,
WE FACE IT BECAUSE
WE’RE DOING
SOMETHING RIGHT.

5. MATTHEW 5:10
10 “Blessed are those who
are persecuted for
righteousness sake, for
theirs is the Kingdom of
Heaven.”

6. COLOSSIANS 3:21
21 “Fathers provoke not
your children to anger,
lest they be discouraged.”

7. Greek: “ATHUMEO”
- Broken in spirit
- To be disheartened

8. EXAMPLES IN LIFE

9. EFFECTS

10. THE ENEMY

11. EPHESIANS 6:12
12 For we do not wrestle against
flesh and blood but against
principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the
darkness of this age, against
spiritual host of wickedness in
the heavenly places.

12. ENEMY’S
INTENTION

13. To use people who
are not 100% following God;
To DISCOURAGE people who
want to do the WILL OF GOD
in their life

14. LAST DAYS
SCHEME

15. DANIEL 7:25
25 He shall speak pompous
words against the Most
High, shall persecute the
saints of the Most High.

16. Hebrew: “BELA”
- To wear out mentally
- To harass constantly

17. Why does God
allow
discouragement
in life?

18. 1. TO PURIFY AND
HUMBLE US

19. 2. TO TRUST GOD AND
NOT OURSELVES

20. 3. TO EXPERIENCE
GOD’S POWER

21. YOUR ENEMY WILL
ATTEMPT TO:

22. DISCOURAGE YOU
FROM THE OUTSIDE

23. NEHEMIAH 4:1-3
1 When Sanballat heard
that we were rebuilding
the wall, he became angry
and was greatly incensed.
He ridiculed the Jews,

24. NEHEMIAH 4:1-3
2 and in the presence of his
associates and the army of
Samaria, he said, "What are
those feeble Jews doing?
Will they restore their wall?
Will they offer sacrifices?

25. NEHEMIAH 4:1-3
Will they finish in a day?
Can they bring the stones
back to life from those
heaps of rubble — burned
as they are?"

26. NEHEMIAH 4:1-3
3 Tobiah the Ammonite,
who was at his side, said,
"What they are building —
if even a fox climbed up on
it, he would break down
their wall of stones!"

27. OBSTACLES

28. CRITICISMS

29. DISCOURAGE YOU
FROM THE INSIDE

30. NEHEMIAH 4:10
10 Meanwhile, the people in
Judah said, "The strength
of the laborers is giving
out, and there is so much
rubble that we cannot
rebuild the wall."

31. THE UNBELIEF

32. NUMBERS 13:31
31 But the men who had
gone up with him said,
“We are not able to go up
against the people, for
they are stronger than we.”

33. DEFEATING
DISCOURAGEMENT

34. NEHEMIAH 4:14
14 After I looked things over,
I stood up and said to the
nobles, the officials and the
rest of the people, "Don't
be afraid of them.

35. NEHEMIAH 4:14
Remember the Lord, who is
great and awesome, and
fight for your brothers, your
sons and your daughters,
your wives and your
homes."

36. DEFEATING
DISCOURAGEMENT:
REMEMBER
THE LORD.

37. NEHEMIAH 4:14
… ”Don’t be afraid of
them. Remember the Lord,
who is great and awesome.

38. JOHN 14:26
26 “But the Helper, the Holy
Spirit, whom the Father will
send in My name, He will
teach you all things and
bring to your remembrance
all things that I said to you.”

39. DEFEATING
DISCOURAGEMENT:
FIGHT FOR
YOUR CAUSE.

40. NEHEMIAH 4:14
… and fight for your
brothers, your sons and
your daughters, your
wives and your homes."

41. 1 TIMOTHY 6:12
12 Fight the good fight of
faith, lay hold on eternal
life, to which you were also
called and have confessed
the good confession in the
presence of many witnesses.