Expectations in Discouragement
Pastor Charlie
Mendenhall
Revelation knowledge does not mean that it comes with the ability to implement it into our lives.
I am not a prisoner of circumstances; I’m a prisoner to the Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, there are no boundaries or limitations to bind you from doing what you need to do what you need to do being guided by the Spirit.
John
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the
world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the
world.
John
I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace
and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and
frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain,
undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm
you and have conquered it for you.]
If you stay in Christ there will be peace. Most circumstances are meant to draw you away from Jesus.
Isaiah 41:10
(Amplified Bible)
Fear not [there is nothing to fear], for I am with you; do not look around
you in terror and be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen and harden
you to difficulties, yes, I will help you; yes, I will hold you up and retain
you with My [victorious] right hand of rightness and
justice.
Joshua 1--You may be under the cover of God but you still have to be very courageous to make it through.
1 Kings
19:3, 5-7 (King James Version)
3Then he was afraid and arose and went for his life and came to Beersheba
of Judah [over eighty miles, and out of Jezebel's realm] and left his servant
there. --------5As he lay asleep under the broom or juniper tree, behold, an
angel touched him and said to him, rise and eat. 6He looked, and behold,
there was a cake baked on the coals, and a bottle of water at his head. And he
ate and drank and lay down again. 7The angel of the
Lord came the second time and touched him and said, Arise and eat, for the
journey is too great for you.
The first thing God will call you do is to ARISE! Get up! Arise in the mist of turmoil.
Isaiah
60:1 (Amplified Bible)
ARISE [from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept
you--rise to a new life]! Shine (be radiant with the glory of the Lord), for
your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you!
1 Samuel 30:6
(King James Version)
And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake
of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for
his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people
was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged
himself in the LORD his God.