Lord 🙏

How do you defeat discouragement in your life? In  Nehemiah 4, you’ll find three things you can do to  resist discouragement. 
•Reinforce weak areas.  Make an honest assessment of where you are most  spiritually vulnerable. Are you most vulnerable to  anger, lust, pride, or something else? What are your  weak areas? Maybe an area in your life needs some  reinforcement. To resist discouragement, you’ll need to  reorganize and reorder a few things. Are you in debt?  Reorganize your budget. Are you out of shape? Reorder  your lifestyle. Don’t give up in your weak areas.  Instead, reinforce them. (Nehemiah 4:13) 
.Refocus on God.  You can overcome discouragement when you stop  focusing on what you don’t want to happen and start  focusing on God’s promises. Sometimes you are as  discouraged as you want to be or as happy as you want  to be. Nobody is forcing you to be discouraged.  (Nehemiah 4:14 NLT). Don’t replay discouraging images  in your mind. Instead, choose to think about God.  Jonah 2:7 says, “When I had lost all hope, I turned my  thoughts once more to the Lord”. 
•Fight back.  Did you know you are engaged in a spiritual battle?  The Bible says, “The devil prowls around like a roaring  lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him” (1 Peter  5:8-9 ESV). You can’t resist the enemy with passivity  You have to fight for what you know God wants you to  do with your life. (Nehemiah 4:15 NLT).  When you reinforce weak areas, refocus on God, and  learn to fight back, you’ll be better equipped to resist  discouragement.