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I received several emails yesterday from friends who were discouraged and wanted to share their hearts with me. For those of us who have committed our lives in full time service to Jesus, we need to realize that satan will attack us daily. I remember when I surrendered to be a missionary on October 4, 1998. After Pastor David had prayed for me, he told me that I needed to stay on guard because satan would try to discourage me daily.
We need to realize that we could never generate the kind of joy that Jesus gives to us. It is Jesus living in us that gives us the strength to go on in times of discouragement. Jesus is our Joy. Jesus is Joy! When we feel discouraged and want to give up, it is then that we need to hold on tight to Jesus and allow Him to renew our determination.
When we commit our hearts and lives to Jesus, He fills us with His Joy, a Joy that people can’t take away no matter how hard they try to defeat us. Unless we have His Joy in our hearts, we are unable to help our loved ones and the world. We need to run to Jesus when we are hurting and feel like giving up and allow Him to encourage us. All of us have times when we feel like giving up, but we must hang on because there may be someone that needs the encouragement we have to offer them by using the talents that Jesus has entrusted to us.
We are powerless to fight life’s daily battles, but we have Jesus living is us Who will fight our battles for us. Hold on tight to Jesus and you can stand against the attacks of satan.