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Overcoming discouragement
Discouragement is a difficult disposition to overcome. It creeps up on us in our family, work, or personal life. We don’t want to feel discouraged. We do what we can to hide it, deny it, or overcompensate for it. We understand that attitude is a choice. But so often, no matter how we spin it, we feel like we just don’t measure up. There is an area of our life we just can’t conquer or make progress in. And if we do make progress in that area, another area falls back at the same time. The result is that discouragement still resides within us. It didn’t move out; it just changed rooms.
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As a child, teenager and adult my greatest fear was public speaking. In sixth grade, I read in front of my class for 3 minutes until the room started spinning and I nearly passed out. In eighth grade, I had intense stomach pain. My mom took me to the doctor thinking it may be my appendix. We discovered the pain, although very real, was the result of anxiety about an upcoming speech in English. As a new pastor, in my mid-30s, I threw up every Sunday morning for four years. I still get nervous every time I talk in front of people whether a group of 10 or 1,000.
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