Strong In Every Season
Rising Above Discouragement
Life isn’t one long stretch of sunshine—or storm. It’s a journey through seasons. Some seasons are full of growth—where everything seems to flourish. Others feel like winter—quiet, still, even painful. There are times of setback and struggle, and times when we’re called to slow down, to rest, or to be pruned through discipline. But in every season, God is present, and He is working. Join us for Strong In Every Season, a powerful new sermon series that will help you recognize God’s hand in every chapter of your journey. This series will speak to every stage of life, whether you’re in the middle of a breakthrough or just trying to hold on. Come discover the beauty and purpose behind every season—and how to walk through each one with faith, wisdom, and peace.
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Strong in Every Season Week 2: Rising Above Discouragement 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Key Point: One of the enemy’s main tools in discouragement.
1 Kings 19:4-13 Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.” Then he lay down under the bush and fell asleep.
All at once an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.” He looked around, and there by his head was some bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and then lay down again.
The angel of the Lord came back a second time and touched him and said, “Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.” So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God. There he went into a cave and spent the night. The Lord Appears to Elijah
And the word of the Lord came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.”
The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.”
Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.