1.0Guest Blog Postshttps://biblequizpro.com/user/blogScholar Odumhttps://biblequizpro.com/user/blog/author/scholarodum/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="s7xVytbzC9"><a href="https://biblequizpro.com/user/blog/discouragement/">Discouragement</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://biblequizpro.com/user/blog/discouragement/embed/#?secret=s7xVytbzC9" width="600" height="338" title="“Discouragement” — Guest Blog Posts" data-secret="s7xVytbzC9" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://biblequizpro.com/user/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/27May19.jpg721364Discouragement is an emotion that we usually have to deal with at some points in our lives. The devil brings this awful feeling to dissuade us from loving God. I've experienced severe discouragement on a full scale - at least thrice since I gave my life to Jesus at the age of nineteen. But I'll share just one. One of experiences with discouragements I had wanted to go abroad for my master's degree, three years ago. I had my admission, submitted my passport for stamping and had barely three weeks to leave. But then, everything around me just went wrong. I had difficulty raising the remaining fund that was required. And in the midst of it all, God spoke and he said "you'll certainly travel but, not right now." At this point it dawned on me that it was God's wasn't involved in my plan. However, I was so consumed with getting my way that I kept trying. Until I just had to let go of it and submit to God's will.