FAST FOOD
Word for Today: May 24
Don’t get discouraged because you are having a hard time.
Remember… situations are not supposed to affect the Believer. Believers are supposed to affect situations. Situations change. God never changes. Situations pass, God’s Word never passes. Remember: It came to pass… not to stay!
The 3 Hebrews were in a strange land far away from home and they were in the company of a pagan tyrant who set himself up as god. They lived in the midst of paganism, idolatry, unbelief and outright blasphemy. They had been taken captive and led away into the headquarters of all that hated their God. Their hopes and dreams were shattered and their future looked bleak. But they refused discouragement and they believed God.
Paul and Silas landed in jail because they Obeyed God. They were persecuted, beaten and locked in stocks. But they refused to get discouraged. Instead they considered God. When they considered God they began to sing and praise Him. They were anything but discouraged.
How are you?
Daniel wound up in a Den of Lions because he refused to stop praying to Jehovah God. He used one lion for a pillow, another for a foot stool and another for cover. He slept and the lions trembled in fear. Because he refused to be discouraged.
John was left alone on an uninhabited volcanic island to starve and perish in the elements. The boat was not out of sight before John was “in the Spirit” on the Lord’s Day and fell out in the Holy Ghost. He saw Jesus. He was not discouraged or defeated. He knew that his God was able.
Understand that discouragement will breed self-pity and cause complaining. Complaining will lead to murmuring and grumbling. Discouragement will cause you to look at the problem instead of the answer. God knows you, where you are and what you need.
TRUST HIM
dickbraswell 
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