HOW TO OVERCOME DISCOURAGEMENT Part 2 The Lord replied,“I will take care of you, Jeremiah. Your enemies will ask you to plead on their behalf in times of trouble and distress. (Jeremiah 15:11 NLT) Tips to help you overcome discouragement caused by problems: 1. Resist faking it, be real. We all go through difficulties and problems. Sometimes…
HOW TO OVERCOME DISCOURAGEMENT The Lord replied,“I will take care of you, Jeremiah. Your enemies will ask you to plead on their behalf in times of trouble and distress. (Jeremiah 15:11 NLT) Jeremiah was discouraged by opposition, criticism, and many problems and that discouragement was the result of a spiritual battle. But, God uses discouragement to draw…
YOU WERE CALLED TO INFLUENCE If you speak good words rather than worthless ones, you will be my spokesman. You must influence them; do not let them influence you! (Jeremiah 15:19 NLT) Sometimes we are positioned to work or go to school in environments that are very heavy and vulgar, but God has called us…
YOU’RE ALLOWED TO COMPLAIN Then I said, “What sorrow is mine, my mother. Oh, that I had died at birth! I am hated everywhere I go. I am neither a lender who threatens to foreclose nor a borrower who refuses to pay— yet they all curse me.” (Jeremiah 15:10 NLT) Jeremiah complained. Many times we try to…
WHY BAD PEOPLE PROSPER AND GOOD ONES DONT Part 2 Lord… So let me bring you this complaint: Why are the wicked so prosperous? Why are evil people so happy? (Jeremiah 12:1 NLT) There are two questions we sometimes ask ourselves: First, why do bad things happen to good people? Second, why do bad people…
WHY BAD PEOPLE PROSPER AND GOOD ONES DON’T Part 1 Lord… So let me bring you this complaint: Why are the wicked so prosperous? Why are evil people so happy? (Jeremiah 12:1 NLT) There are two questions we sometimes ask ourselves. First, why do bad things happen to good people? Second, why do bad people…
THE ISSUE IS IN THE HEART For their tongues shoot lies like poisoned arrows. They speak friendly words to their neighbors while scheming in their heart to kill them. (Jeremías 9:8 NLT) When the heart is sick, our intentions become wrong towards other people. We can suppress it for some time with our…
WHEN WE FEEL STRONG But when Rehoboam was firmly established and strong, he abandoned the Law of the Lord, and all Israel followed him in this sin. (2 Chronicles 12:1 NLT) When King Rehoboam felt that he was strong, he thought that he would be able to continue having success without God’s help. Nowadays, the same…
PAIN IS TEMPORARY Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later. (Romans 8.18 NLT) There are people who see problems as the end of their lives, but pain is not forever. Sickness, poverty, afflictions in marriage, with children, are not forever. If we place our trust…
GOD DOESN’T FEAR CRISES Suddenly, a fierce storm struck the lake, with waves breaking into the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. (Matthew 8:24 NLT) Before crises, we become intimidated and that is a natural reaction for human beings, to fear when we feel threatened by a situation that is out of our control. Jesus took…