Discouraged

Disappointment is inevitable. But to become discouraged, there's a choice I make. God would never discourage me. He would always point me to himself to trust him. Therefore, my discouragement is from Satan. As you go through the emotions that we have, hostility is not from God, bitterness, unforgiveness, all of these are attacks from Satan.

-Charles Stanley

As you move through your day, attacks will be made on you from various sources. I know personally that we have to remember that evil forces exist and those forces seek to destroy us and fill our hearts with anger. The best way to fight back and win is to not become discouraged.

This is..of course... very hard to do! Try this:

Know that the issue or person affecting you seeks to contain you. Let no weapon formed against you prosper!! When that person decides to be mean to you today...look them in the eye and just laugh. Show them they don't matter!! When you receive discouraging news, remember that this piece of news doesn't define you and ignore it and rip it up.

Any discouraging or negative notions let it go and say: "God, I cannot understand or deal with this now. Please help me move past this!"