Overcoming Discouragement

Overcoming

Discouragement

I N T RO D U C T I O N

Moses returned to the Lord and said, “O Lord, why have

you brought trouble upon this people? Is this why you sent me?

Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has

brought trouble upon this people, and you have not rescued your

people at all.”

Exodus 5:22,23 NIV

Here in this passage, we find Moses discouraged,

complaining to God.

It is important that we approach God with integrity and in

an attitude of humility. But because we fear making a negative

confession, we sometimes cross the line of honesty into the line of

denial and delusion.

Let’s be honest. God already knows what we are feeling.

He can handle our anger, complaints, and disappointments. He

understands us. He is aware of our human frailties

( Ps. 103:14) and can be touched with the feelings of our

infirmities (Heb. 4:15).

Whether your “trouble” is a business failure, abandonment,

depression, a mental disorder, a chemical imbalance, oppression, a

marriage problem, a child who is in a strange land of drugs and

alcohol, financial disaster, or anything else, the following prayer is

for you.

Sometimes when you are in the midst of discouragement, it

is difficult to remember that you have ever known any Scripture. I

admonish you to read this prayer aloud until you recognize the

reality of God’s Word in your spirit, soul, and body. Remember,

God is watching over His Word to perform it ( Jer. 1:12 AMP). He

will perfect that which concerns you (Ps. 138:8).

P RAY ER

Lord, I do not understand why You have allowed this trouble

to assail me. It was after I began to follow You in obedience that

this trouble was manifested in my life. I have exhausted all my

possibilities for changing my situation and circumstances and have

found that I am powerless to change them. I believe; help me

overcome my unbelief. All things are not possible with man, but

all things are possible with You. I humble myself before You, and

You will lift me up.

I have a great High Priest Who has gone through the

heavens: Jesus, Your Son. And I hold firmly to the faith I profess.

My High Priest is able to sympathize with my weaknesses. He

was tempted in every way, just as I am — yet was without sin. I

approach Your throne of grace with confidence, so that I may

receive mercy and find grace to help me in my time of need.

In the face of discouragement, disappointment, and anger, I

choose to believe that Your word to Moses is Your word to me.

You are mighty to deliver. Because of Your mighty hand, You will

drive out the forces that have set themselves up against me. You

are the Lord, Yahweh, the Promise-Keeper, the Almighty One.

You appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob and established

Your covenant with them.

Father, I believe that You have heard my groaning, my cries.

I will live to see Your promises of deliverance fulfilled in my life.

You have not forgotten one word of Your promise; You are a

Covenant-Keeper.

It is You Who will bring me out from under the yoke of

b ondage and free me from being a slave to _____________. You

have redeemed me with an outstre t ched arm and with mighty

acts of judgment. You have taken me as Your ow n , and You are

my God. You are a father to me. You have delive red me from the

past that has held me in bondage and translated me into the

K i n g d om of love, p e a c e, j oy, and righteousness. I will no lon g e r

settle for the pain of the past. Where sin abounds, g race does

mu ch more abound.

Father, what You have promised, I will go and possess, in the

name of Jesus. I am willing to take the chance, to take the risk, to

get back into the good fight of faith. It is with patient endurance

and steady and active persistence that I run the race, the appointed

course that is set before me. I rebuke the spirit of fear, for I am

established in righteousness. Oppression and destruction shall not

come near me. Behold, they may gather together and stir up strife,

but it is not from You, Father.Whoever stirs up strife against me

shall fall and surrender to me. I am more than a conqueror

through Him Who loves me.

In His name I pray, amen.

Scripture References

(This prayer is based on Exodus 5:22-6:11

and includes other verses where applicable.)

Mark 9:24 NIV Deuteronomy 26:8

Luke 18:27 Colossians 1:13

1 Peter 5:6 NIV Romans 5:20

Hebrews 4:14-16 NIV 1 Timothy 6:12

Exodus 6:3,4 AMP Hebrews 12:1 AMP

Genesis 49:22-26 AMP Isaiah 54:14-16

1 Kings 8:56 Romans 8:37