There are plenty of opportunities to be discouraged in this life. If your focus isn’t right and you are not actively dealing with the issues that can distract you and discourage you, then you will live in a place of constantly needing someone to lift you up, pat you on the back and encourage you. Don’t get me wrong; we certainly need to encourage each other, and God’s desire is that the church be a people of encouragement (Hebrews 3:13) but ultimately, we shouldn’t rely on people more than on the Lord. “And......

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