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<v Speaker 1>Beloved, hallelujah and shandon God bless you for connecting with

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<v Speaker 1>us today for another episode of our morning glory devotion.

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<v Speaker 1>Here and have best trouble international commercy. My name is

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<v Speaker 1>Pasta Jeff your mars, and I'll be facilitating this morning's episode.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's share a way of prayer. Father, we thank you

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<v Speaker 1>for today and this opportunity to look into your word

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<v Speaker 1>as we listen, we pray that you stay faith in

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<v Speaker 1>our hearts and grants us grace to go and do

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<v Speaker 1>what you're wearing. It sees in Jesus' name a man.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's take our confession together from Joshua chapter one. There's eight.

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<v Speaker 1>This book of the Law shall not depart out of

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<v Speaker 1>my mouth, but I shall meditate in it day and night,

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<v Speaker 1>that I may observe to do according to all that

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<v Speaker 1>is written in it. For then I will make my

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<v Speaker 1>way prosperous, and then I will have good success. A

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<v Speaker 1>man beloved. The topic for today's episode is dealing with discouragement.

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<v Speaker 1>Dealing with discouragement, will take our sculpture read him from

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<v Speaker 1>Psalm forty two. There's five to six. Why are you

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<v Speaker 1>cast down all my soul? And why are you disquieted

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<v Speaker 1>within me, hope in God, for I shall yet praise

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<v Speaker 1>Him for the help of his countenance. Oh, my God,

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<v Speaker 1>my soul is cast down within me. Therefore I will

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<v Speaker 1>remember you from the land of the Jordan and from

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<v Speaker 1>the heights of Hermon. From the hill Misa a man

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<v Speaker 1>dealing with discouragement. The battle with discouragement is real. Discouragement

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<v Speaker 1>is not just a fleeting emotion. It is a tool

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<v Speaker 1>used as a ground for attacking and waking our faith,

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<v Speaker 1>clouding our vision, and pulling us back from God's papers.

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<v Speaker 1>I listen to a narration of a story about the

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<v Speaker 1>devil putting down his tools for sale. The story goes

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<v Speaker 1>that he spread out the tools before the bias, including

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<v Speaker 1>tools like hatred, envy, pride, deceit in line. Each was

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<v Speaker 1>marked with a price on it, but off to the

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<v Speaker 1>side lay one worn out over us, too priced higher

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<v Speaker 1>than all the rest put together. One of the buyers asked,

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<v Speaker 1>what is this one? Then the devil answered, this is

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<v Speaker 1>the tool of discouragement. The buyer asks again, why is

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<v Speaker 1>it so expensive, and the devil said, because it works

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<v Speaker 1>better than all the others. With it, I get inside

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<v Speaker 1>a person's soul better than any other tool, and it

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<v Speaker 1>is worn out because I use it almost on everybody. Believed.

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<v Speaker 1>Discouragement of a lies to us, and if we are

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<v Speaker 1>not careful, we begin to believe the lives. One of

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<v Speaker 1>these lies is that our struggles from God, and that

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<v Speaker 1>God may have singled us out for suffering. Often, when

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<v Speaker 1>we are discouraged, everything in our lives seems to be

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<v Speaker 1>falling apart. Worst of all, we tend to feel that

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<v Speaker 1>our condition is permanent to us. Things may never change. Beloved,

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<v Speaker 1>these are all lies, and they are not from God.

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<v Speaker 1>The truth is that God is fearful. He is present

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<v Speaker 1>and actively waken even when we cannot see it. As believers,

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<v Speaker 1>we are not without hope. The Bible tells us how

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<v Speaker 1>even the greatest men of God faced the seasons of discouragement.

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<v Speaker 1>David experienced it all betrayal laws. So yet in the

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<v Speaker 1>midst of Spain, David did something powerful. He tended to

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<v Speaker 1>God in his soul. We see him speak to himself,

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<v Speaker 1>seeing why are that cast down all my soul? Hope

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<v Speaker 1>Thou in the Lord David preached to himself believed. We

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<v Speaker 1>must do the same. We must preach to ourselves and

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<v Speaker 1>remind our hearts of God's truth even when our feelings

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<v Speaker 1>see otherwise. Indeed, hope shines brightest in the darkest moment.

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<v Speaker 1>True hope is not a trouble free life, but the

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<v Speaker 1>assurance of God's presence within it when everything seems hopeless.

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<v Speaker 1>That is often the very ground where our faith can

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<v Speaker 1>begin to grow again. The Bible assures us that we

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<v Speaker 1>should fear not because God is with us. God will

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<v Speaker 1>indeed strengthen and help us. We are never alone, no

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<v Speaker 1>matter how heavy the situation feels. We can overcome discouragement

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<v Speaker 1>by remembering God's past works of faithfulness. When we look

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<v Speaker 1>back and recall how God has delivered us from them,

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<v Speaker 1>our faith is strengthened forward lies ahead. When our emotions

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<v Speaker 1>are unstable, looking back and remembering testimonies of what God

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<v Speaker 1>has done before for us and for others gives us

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<v Speaker 1>a real hope. Praise and worship is another weapon in

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<v Speaker 1>seasons of discouragement. How we feel like crying, we can

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<v Speaker 1>choose to sing. When our hearts are heavy, we lift

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<v Speaker 1>up our voices in praise. David often turns his pain

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<v Speaker 1>into psalms and songs and worship. His focus shifted from

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<v Speaker 1>the problems rather to God's greatness. Worship aligns our perspective

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<v Speaker 1>and brings God's presence into our situation. As we do

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<v Speaker 1>these things, we are reminded that no situation is beyond redemption,

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<v Speaker 1>no matter how much the devil tries, No matter how

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<v Speaker 1>dire our situations may be, it is not impossible with God.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a powerful testimony that God can take the

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<v Speaker 1>brooken situations and turn them into praise. Beloved, Discouragement may come,

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<v Speaker 1>but it does not have to stee Strengthen yourself in

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord. Remember his faithfulness, refuse the lives of the enemy.

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<v Speaker 1>Choose hope even when it is hard. As you do,

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<v Speaker 1>it will discover that God is able to carry you

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<v Speaker 1>through every storm and bring you into a place of victory.

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<v Speaker 1>A man, let us take our memory verse for today

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<v Speaker 1>from Lamentations Chapter three, the verse twenty four. The Lord

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<v Speaker 1>is my portion, sees my soul. Therefore I hope in him.

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<v Speaker 1>The Lord is my portion, says my soul. Therefore I

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<v Speaker 1>hope in him. A man, let us pray, Father, we

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for a wedding season. Thank you that we

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<v Speaker 1>can trust that your presence will be with us even

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<v Speaker 1>in the most difficult times, even when we are discouraged.

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<v Speaker 1>Help us to always praise you and worship you, and

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<v Speaker 1>continue trusting in your providence over our lives in Jesus

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<v Speaker 1>name a Man God. Bless you for connecting and listening

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<v Speaker 1>to this episode. We know that you have been blessed.

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<v Speaker 1>Want to encourage you to keep tuning in for more

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<v Speaker 1>spirit filled episodes of our Morning Glory devotion. Belave it

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<v Speaker 1>Shalon and have a blessed day. A Man m