Lesson 12: Dealing With Discouragement

Question 1

List the four Fs of discouragement;

Answer 1

1) Fatigue
2) Frustration
3) Failure
4) Fear

Question 2

List the principles behind each of the above ‘Fs’.

Answer 2

1) When you are physically low, you can’t be emotionally high
2) Don’t get caught in trivia? traps
3) There is no failure except in no longer trying
4) The only thing we have to fear is fear itself

Question 3

List the four Rs of the cure for discouragement;

Answer 3

A) Rest your body
B) Reorganise your life
C) Remember the Lord
D) Resist Discouragement

Question 4

What are the four great energisers?

Answer 4

A) Prayer
B) Play
C) Exercise
D) Diversion

Question 5

List in order of importance, the three priorities in life;

Answer 5

A) One’s personal walk with a God
B) One’s relationship to his family
C) One’s personal self (ministry)

Question 6

What are the three things to remember when discouraged?

Answer 6

A) God’s goodness is in the past.
B) God’s closeness is in the present
C) God’s power for the future

Question 7

List the two things you must do, to fight discouragement?

Answer 7

A) Talk to yourself

B) Talk to God - encourage yourself like David did.

Question 8

True or false:

You determine a man’s greatness by how he overcomes discouragement

Answer 8

False - what it takes to discourage him.

Question 9

True or False:

Establishing goals is not necessary to overcoming discouragement.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

True or false:

The man who fails, is the man who stops trying.

Answer 10

True