SUNDAY AUGUST 25, 2013
GOD'S RECIPE FOR
DESPONDENCE
PSALM 31:24 BE OF GOOD COURAGE, AND HE SHALL
STRENGTHEN YOUR HEART, ALL YE THAT HOPE IN THE
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LORD.
THE PREVALENCE OF DESPONDENCE
Exodus 6:9; Numbers 11:14-17; 21:4;
1 Kings 19:2-5; Jonah 4:3; 1 Corinthians 1:8-9
Ecc 9:2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the
righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and
to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that
sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner;
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THE POWER OF DESPONDENCE
Numbers 13:31-33; 32:9; 2 Kings
7:6-7; Ecclesiastes 1:9-10;
Nothing is ever as bad as it first seems...
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PREVAILING OVER DESPONDENCE
1 Samuel 30:6; 1 Kings 19:11-12; 21:25-29;
Psalm 42:5-7; Proverbs 27:9, 17; Matthew
17:19-21;
2 Corinthians 4:8-9; 1 John 5:4
Always look for the silver lining in the cloud...
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