Discouragement comes when we focus on problems instead of on God.

Discouragement comes, when you see limited income and the bills that are past due date!

Discouragement comes when after praying and fasting, your health situation is not changing!

Discouragement creeps stealthily like a thief in the night. You begin to feel disappointed, worthless, tired and exhausted. You feel caged in!

Unless you stop it right there, discouragement can deteriorate to depression, and degenerate further,  to clinical depression.  

Refuse to allow satan kill your joy, steal your happiness and destroy your life. 

Say to yourself, 

“I refuse to be discouraged! I am coming out of this quagmire in Jesus’ name. 

David knew how quickly discouragement can open doors for increased activities of evil spirits, hence He

“ encouraged himself In the LORD” 1 Samuel 30:6.

How?

He turned to God, sought directions, and obeyed God (1 Samuel 30: 7-20)

David was in a bad place, but God brought him out with plenty!

Principles for Overcoming

 Discouragement: (Read Proverbs 3:5-7)

This shall be a pray-along session:

1). Trust God with ALL your heart. (Pr 3:5a). 

To trust God means to have absolute confidence in Him. It involves knowing in your heart that, If HE did It before, HE will do it again. 

Understand that what God did for others, he can and will do for you.  

God’s reputation precedes Him. He never fails. 

A1). Prayer Points:

*Thank God that there is an end in sight for all your issues. 

*Ask forgiveness for all the ways you have idolized problems. 

*Thank God for forgiveness of sins and cleansing from all unrighteousness. 

*Affirm your trust in Him by declaring that God remains faithful and will do right by you.

2). Don’t lean on your own understanding( vs 5b).

  Learn to see things from a better outlook- think outside the box,  and never attempt to preempt God, nor box Him. 

B2). Prayer Points

*Ask God to open the eyes of your innerman, to enable you see beyond real-time into HIS enabling grace.

*Ask God to increase your acumen  to enable quickness of perception, and the skill of making accurate decisions.

3). Acknowledge God in ALL your ways.( vs 6a) 

Never be in a hurry to make decisions. Pray and watch for God’s directions.  You will know intuitively what to do, when peace floods your soul.

C3).Prayer Points:

*Thank God that you are growing in patience, knowledge and understanding. 

*Declare  that in Him you live, move, have your being, and can do all things by His enabling grace alone.

*Thank God that the Holy Spirit is your ever-present helper who leads, guides, teaches,  and is working ‘in you’ both to will and do God’s will. 

4) Obedience of Divine Directives: 

Review 1 Samuel 30:7-20, and you will get it that a change in circumstances occurs when you act on God’s Word.

D4.Prayer Point:

*Affirm that your mind is the mind of Christ, and that your food is to do God’s will at all times. 

* Declare that all imaginations, ideologies, philosophies,  false religious doctrines no longer have power to confuse you.

*Declare that you are willing and obedient and shall eat the good of the land.

*Affirm that God has caused all things to Work together for your good, therefore, there is a lifting up for you, physically, spiritually, emotionally and financially.

5). Be humble: “ be not wise in your own eyes,”(vs7b) Humility involves submission and courtesy. 

5a)Submit to God’s WAY of re-solutions. His foolishness is far wiser than the wisdom of the wisest human! 

5b) Extend courtesy to others, for God gives more grace to the humble, but opposes the proud( Read James 4-6-12). 

You should avoid Divine opposition!

E5)Prayer Points:

*Command to go at once, to the feet of Jesus Christ,  all the evil spirits influencing pride, disobedience, discouragement, confusion, lethargy, procrastination, disappointments,  unrealistic expectations and spiritual blindness.

*Command destruction on all  structures, Infrastructures, routes, links, and doorways that enabled the incursions and activities of evil spirits into your world of influences.

6). Fear God (vs7a) 

To fear God is to depart from evil.

F6)Prayer Points:

*Declare that you stand in awe of GOD and that the power to sin against His Holiness no longer functions.

* Affirm that as God is love, so are you in this world .

*Recommit yourself to God

7). Depart  from evil(vs7b)

G7)Prayer Points;

*Thank God that you are born again and thus a new creature in Christ.

*Affirm that the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made you free from the law of sin and death.

*Declare that you are imparted and imputed with God’s righteousness and sin no longer has dominion over you.

*Affirm that you have believed and received Christ and as a child of God, you are light and salt in this earth.

*Declare that your good deeds will point others to Christ for healings, deliverance, prosperity, security, and general welfare characterizes your existence in this world, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ ♥️ 

If you have prayer needs or special prayer requests send me an email spiritualwarrior24@gmail.com 

Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, TheSpiritualWarrior, August 2nd, 2024