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The Discipline of Encouragement

Pastor Gary Emery

I Samuel 30:1-6

"David and his men reached Ziklag on the third day. Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and burned it, 2 and had taken captive the women and everyone else in it, both young and old. They killed none of them, but carried them off as they went on their way.

3 When David and his men reached Ziklag, they found it destroyed by fire and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive. 4 So David and his men wept aloud until they had no strength left to weep. 5 David’s two wives had been captured—Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel. 6 David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David encouraged himself in the Lord his God."

Notice what it doesn’t say?

• David encouraged himself
• The Lord encouraged him
• It says David encouraged himself in the Lord his God

How to encourage yourself in the Lord?

• Sing your song
• Tell your story to yourself
• Know where home is and get there fast

Speaker: Gary Emery

April 29, 2020

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