Ministry Talks 5 - Discouragement in Ministry

Ministry Talks 5 – Discouragement in Ministry Where have you felt discouragement in life? In the Christian walk? In ministry? The power of normalizing and naming it Discouragement is normal and not shameful Apostle Paul and discouragement John 16:33 ESV - tribulation NIV – trials and sorrows Greek = thlipsin/thlipsis = pressure, that which rubs http://biblehub.com/interlinear/john/... What tensions do you have in ministry or at your church? Where do you experience the pressure or stress internally? How do you “let it out”, whether positive or negative? Discouragement - Encouragement - Courage/Take Heart Psalm 27:14 – waiting and discouragement Psalm 31:24 – take heart, be fed How does God feed you? v. 1 – the experience of shame v. 2 – when or where have you needed rescue, received rescue v. 11 –feeling outcast, less than, unwanted v.12 – the weight of your own brokenness and the weight of brokenness in the world What is discouraging to you in the culture around you? Work through Psalm 31 and write down all the references to Who God is and how He is at work. He is faithful. He gives courage. Please share when you have been encouraged by God or His people! “Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. May not copy or download more than 500 consecutive verses of the ESV Bible or more than one half of any book of the ESV Bible.”