07 how to stay encouraged

How to Stay Encouraged
2 Corinthians 4:1-18
David Clayton. teacher
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KEY THEME: Don’t Lose Heart
Therefore, since through God’s mercy
we have this ministry, we do not lose
heart (4:1)
Therefore we do not lose heart (4:16)

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Let us not become weary in doing good,
for at the proper time we will reap a
harvest if we do not give up.
Galatians 6:9



And as for you, never tire doing what is
right.
1 Thessalonians 3:13



Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we
do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God.
On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we
commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight
of God.
(2 Corinthians 4:2)
1. R______________ secret and shameful ways.
2. R___________________ to manipulate by deception.
3. R __________________ distorting God’s Word.
4. R ________________ plainly the Word of God.


of God.
(2 Corinthians 4:2)
1. RENOUNCE secret and shameful ways.
2. R___________________ to manipulate by deception.


of God.
(2 Corinthians 4:2)
1. RENOUNCING secret and shameful ways.
2. REFUSING to manipulate by deception.


of God.
(2 Corinthians 4:2)
3. REJECTING distorting God’s Word.


of God.
(2 Corinthians 4:2)
3. REJECTING distorting God’s Word.
4. REPRESENTING plainly the Word of God.


And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to
those who are perishing. The god of this age
has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that
they cannot see the light of the gospel that
displays the glory of Christ, who is the image
of God.
(2 Corinthians 4:3-4)
5. R ___________________ not all will be
saved.


And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to
those who are perishing. The god of this age
has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that
they cannot see the light of the gospel that
displays the glory of Christ, who is the image
of God.
5. REALIZING not all will be saved.


For what we preach is not ourselves, but
Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your
servants for Jesus’ sake. 6 For God, who said,
“Let light shine out of darkness,” made his
light shine in our hearts to give us the light of
the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the
face of Christ.
6. R ___________________ on God’s power.


For what we preach is not ourselves, but
Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your
servants for Jesus’ sake. 6 For God, who said,
“Let light shine out of darkness,” made his
light shine in our hearts to give us the light of
the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the
face of Christ.
6. RELYING on God’s power.


7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this allsurpassing power is from God and not from us. 8 We are hard
pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in
despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not
destroyed. 10 We always carry around in our body the death of
Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. 11
For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’
sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. 12 So
then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
7. R ___________________ ourselves of who what we are.
8. R___________________ ourselves of what we have.


7. REMINDING ourselves of who what we are.
8. R___________________ ourselves of what we have.


7. REMINDING ourselves of who what we are.
8. RELISHING what we have.


13 It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.” Since
we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and
therefore speak, 14 because we know that the one who
raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with
Jesus and present us with you to himself. 15 All this is for
your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and
more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the
glory of God.
9. R___________________ the power of belief
(see also Psalm 116).


13 It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.” Since
we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and
therefore speak, 14 because we know that the one who
raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with
Jesus and present us with you to himself. 15 All this is for
your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and
more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the
glory of God.
9. RELEASING the power of belief
(see also Psalm 116).


16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though
outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we
are being renewed day by day. 17 For our light and
momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal
glory that far outweighs them all. 18 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.
10. R___________________ by the Holy Spirit.


16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though
outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we
are being renewed day by day. 17 For our light and
momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal
glory that far outweighs them all. 18 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.
10. RENEWAL by the Holy Spirit.

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