• Introduction

    • Acts 14:22

    • II Corinthians 1:3-7 – God has comfort to offer!

  • Moses

    • Numbers 11:1-6, 10-15 – Moses was discouraged and overburdened.

    • Numbers 11:16-17 – God assigned people to help Moses.

  • Joshua

    • Joshua 6:18, 27 – God gives rules for the spoil.

    • Joshua 7:1-13 – Joshua became discouraged and complained to God. God told him to rise up and take care of the sin in the camp.

  • Elijah

    • I Kings 18:1, 17-21 – Elijah challenges the prophets of Baal.

    • I Kings 19:1-18 – God told Elijah to get to work on the tasks God gave him.

  • Paul

    • II Corinthians 11:22-30 – Paul had every reason to be discouraged.

    • II Corinthians 12:7-12 – Paul had to deal with a “thorn in the flesh.” He complained to God, but God refused to remove it. Paul went about the work God had for him.

    • II Timothy 4:5-8

  • What is common across all these men?

    • All these men struggled with discouragements and complained to God.

    • God encouraged them to repent and get back to work.