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DON’T LET THE DEVIL GET YOU DOWN!

Discouragement is the Devil’s favorite weapon.–He tries to get you looking at your own mistakes, sins, weaknesses and failures. The Devil, the Accuser of the Saints, picks on all the little things, all the tiny little faults! If he can’t discourage you any other way, he tries to belittle you and belittle what you’re doing. He whispers the lies that are the most easily believed, either about yourself, or sometimes other people.

But the Lord doesn’t say to look at yourself or others. He doesn’t say to look at all the problems and troubles either. He says, “Look unto Jesus” (Heb.12:2).

What is discouragement? It means not encouraged, without courage, or your courage is at a low ebb. Discouragement is a loss and lack of faith. “Faith comes by hearing the Word of God” (Rom.10:17). So when you get discouraged, the quickest remedy is to start praying and quoting Scriptures and reading the Bible and telling the Devil he’s a liar. And your faith will grow, the doubts will flee, and you’ll be on the road to victory again!

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    My name is James Arendt. I was raised in the Hegewisch neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, served in the USAF from 1970 to 1974, and became a full-time missionary for Christ living 40 years in Japan, 3.5 years in Russia, and a few months in other countries such as Finland, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, South Korea, Taiwan and mainland China where I also served the King of Kings, Jesus, as an Ambassador for His Kingdom. My full bio. If you like this article and my work on this website, you can show your appreciation by sending me a gift. This website and my daily work on it adding new articles is because of faithful followers of Jesus Christ whose hearts the Lord touched to send us a gift towards our support. I'm now 74 and get only a small social security pension from the US government because I worked only 10 years under the Social Security system. My wife and I live frugally in the Philippines, where the cost of living is much lower than in the USA, but we still need to pay for the domain name, We need and appreciate your support! Thank you so much!

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