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Most of the struggles we face in life can be eliminated by changing our thoughts. When something gets the best of you it’s because you allow it to take control over your life.

Our thoughts are directly tied to our emotions so when we’re upset, sad, tired or discouraged, we don’t think as clearly as we do when our emotions are in a neutral state.

If you get discouraged about something, it’s often harder than normal to come to your senses because the weight of the discouragement is over powering your ability to rationalize.

Therefore, often times our worst mistakes are made when we’re weighing our decisions based on our emotions and not our logic. It’s very easy to give up on our dreams because we get discouraged due to lack of progress and growth.

Many times the discouragement stems from us getting impatient and not putting our faith in God.
You may find yourself looking at the progress of your goals and you might find that you’re not where you want to be. Don’t let that discourage you. Don’t operate based on that emotion of discouragement.

Continue to put your faith in God. The night is always the darkest before dawn. When you’re in your darkest state and it seems like you’ve lost all hope and despair, remember to yet hold on to the promise of God.

Ephesians 6:12 says “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”

Friend, it should be encouraging to know that you have the power to change most of your difficulties by changing your outlook on life.  Most of what seems bad in life are the strongholds that we hold in our mind. Therefore, by changing your thoughts and actions you’re relieving most of stress in your life.

Next time you get discouraged and tempted to give up on your dreams, know that you can go to the Lord in prayer and He will make provision for you.

Don’t operate on discouragement, that’s the enemies way of stirring you in the wrong direction. Always look to the Lord and He’ll guide your footsteps along your journey today.

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