Exodus 5:20-6:8
Biblical words for discouragement
Hebrew- masas- “to melt”
- ratsatz- “to break”
- qatsar - “to be shortened”
Greek - athumo - “to lose heart”
English – discourage – no courage”
Sources of discouragement
1. Weariness
2. Mistakes
3. Trials
4. Loneliness
examples from the Bible
1. a. Moses (Exodus 5-6)
what was needed from the Lord - deliverance
b. Jeremiah (Lamentations 3)
2. Jonah (Jonah 2; Isaiah 1:18; Heb. 8:12)
what was needed from the Lord - salvation
3. Job (Job 3, 42)
what was needed from the Lord - provision
4. Elijah (I Kings 19)
what was needed from the Lord - fellowship
kinds of loneliness
1. self-created
2. created by loss
3. cosmic loneliness
God has supplied the answers to all three kinds of loneliness in the Church.
For every broken heart, there is the healing, loving touch of a perfect, understanding Savior.
Hebrew- masas- “to melt”
- ratsatz- “to break”
- qatsar - “to be shortened”
Greek - athumo - “to lose heart”
English – discourage – no courage”
Sources of discouragement
1. Weariness
2. Mistakes
3. Trials
4. Loneliness
examples from the Bible
1. a. Moses (Exodus 5-6)
what was needed from the Lord - deliverance
b. Jeremiah (Lamentations 3)
2. Jonah (Jonah 2; Isaiah 1:18; Heb. 8:12)
what was needed from the Lord - salvation
3. Job (Job 3, 42)
what was needed from the Lord - provision
4. Elijah (I Kings 19)
what was needed from the Lord - fellowship
kinds of loneliness
1. self-created
2. created by loss
3. cosmic loneliness
God has supplied the answers to all three kinds of loneliness in the Church.
For every broken heart, there is the healing, loving touch of a perfect, understanding Savior.
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