Have you ever been discouraged? Discouragement is one of the most efficient tools the devil uses to get inside God’s people. In the Word of God, you can find the cure for discouragement: the divine steps into the Lord that He has given to all. These daily biblical steps bring you into His will, leading you to whatever divine mission or special work the Lord needs you to do: a task for the day, a soul the Lord wants you to deal with. When you have bowed to the Lord’s will in love and trust, discouragement lifts.

Discouragement comes from having the lack of God’s knowledge for the day. Not understanding how God is moving, you may gauge situations by feelings. The enemy encourages everyone to evaluate with feelings, for through feelings he can separate people from reality. However, God has another gauge: faith. The just shall live by faith (Romans 1:17). Use the faith-gauge of the Word of God.

Worry is not faith; faith is not worry. When you worry, you are not using the knowledge of God in that moment even though you may be familiar with it. The Lord must wait to bring you back into the light of His promises that cover you. Sometimes the mountains of anxiety hemming you in are so vivid that His knowledge is blotted out. Anxiety and discouragement work together, but the Bible tells us to be careful for nothing (Philippians 4:6). Careful here means anxious. What you are unable to do, turn over to the Lord. Difficult situations cannot be handled well when you fail to use the knowledge of God.

Perfect Love Casteth Out Fear

Running scared, many let the devil defeat them. The devil loves to instill even a little fear. He seeks to use fear as a tormenting tool of discouragement. To counteract this, the Holy Ghost sheds abroad the love of God in the hearts of His obedient children daily. The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us (Romans 5:5). There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment (I John 4:18). God is the one with perfect love to cast out fear. If you carry fear, you will fail to use the overcoming power of the Lord. How tragic to let discouragement and fear take the place of God’s love and strength in your life! Many have fallen into that trap.

The knowledge of God lets you know how essential it is to yield to the Holy Spirit at all times so you will not live with fear. When you become aware that fear has begun to creep in, stop immediately and take shelter under the wings of the Almighty. He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler (Psalm 91:1,4).

Meet the Holy Spirit as He reaches out for you. Yield your spirit to Him so He can shed abroad the love of God in your heart, casting out fear. Rather than praying to be delivered from fear, pray for God’s perfect love, which casteth out all fear, to rule in your heart. Many endure fear because they won’t take authority over it the biblical way. Trying to cast out fear with feelings never works.

Fear can’t be run away from when it’s on the inside; that kind of fear is with a person all the time. The knowledge of God shows that living in an atmosphere of fear is unnecessary. Jesus suffered much, but He didn’t buckle under to fear. He always gave hope, help to others, for He knew who He was.

Some children of God don’t really know who they are or the liberating power available to them. Driven by emotions, they become confused about their rights as children of God. This confusion causes them to wander off course, brings despair, discouragement, fear, darkness instead of light.

Trace the Steps of Jesus

To overcome like Jesus, you must first have—and then use—knowledge of Him. How marvelous are His teachings! How much do you really comprehend about Him? Trace His steps again and again. Although account of only a limited number of His many, many steps has been placed in the Word of God, those few are more than sufficient for your walk. Study Jesus through the Sermon on the Mount. Go with Him into His fasting, into the greatness of His miracles and healings, into His message of salvation, deliverance and overcoming power. Everything Jesus taught and did, weigh carefully. Each Word He spoke is worth more than silver and gold to those interested in defeating Lucifer. Study His love, His peace, His grace, hope, happiness that He has made available to you. Study all of Him.

In Christ Is No Defeat

The knowledge of God makes clear that everything Jesus used when He was here on Earth to defeat the enemy is yours through the Word of God. As the Son of God, Jesus gave His life and was resurrected for us, overcoming death, hell and the grave. As the Son of God, He made available everything that we would need to make us victorious sons and daughters of God.

Jesus even received the Holy Ghost to let us know that we, too, must have Him. As the Son of God, Jesus didn’t need the Holy Ghost; He was a member of the Godhead. But as the Son of man, Jesus had to have Him, for it was as the Son of man that Jesus made every step for us to follow, steps we could walk in. Because of the great provisions the Lord has made for us, His knowledge tells us there is no need to be defeated. In Christ Jesus is no defeat.

What’s the sum total of Jesus? Yes, He is wonderful, great, mighty, trustworthy, understanding, loving, Savior, Lily of the Valley, our Bright and Morning Star, our all in all. But you must know in your heart as well as in your mind every moment of the day and night who He is: God Almighty before whom no power can stand.

You have the knowledge of His coming down from Heaven, of that miracle in the manger, that He is divinity, divinity, divinity. Jesus is saying to you through His Word that you will be nothing less than victorious for His Kingdom when you know Him the way He is. He promised to be with you in each valley, to help you climb every mountain, to let no devil overcome you. Do not doubt His presence with you. Do not doubt His holy promises. Do not doubt His faith, love and strength toward you. Do not doubt His healing. He is the Lord, the Creator above all powers on Earth or in Heaven.

I Will Never Leave Thee

Live in the knowledge of who Jesus really is. If children of God knew all the time who Jesus is, they would never doubt Him, never doubt any of His promises of healing, deliverance and constant presence. Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world, Jesus says in Matthew 28:20. Be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee (Hebrews 13:5). His knowledge gives you this promise: Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you (Luke 10:19). Jesus promised you power over all darkness, and as long as you accept that promise, believe it in your spirit, then you know who Jesus is.

When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee (Isaiah 43:2). What incredible care the Lord has for us! He demonstrated that care on the Israelites, separating the waters of the Red Sea for a whole nation, providing dry ground for them to walk across. Forty years later when they were about to enter Canaan, God parted the waters of the Jordan River as it overflowed its banks, and again the people walked across on dry ground.

The three Hebrew boys who were thrown into the fiery furnace were not alone. The Fourth Man, Jesus, was in the flames with them, and they came out unharmed; not even the smell of smoke lingered on them. Neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

If the miracles in the Red Sea and the fiery furnace as well as the other miracles in the Bible aren’t real to you, it’s because you won’t let the knowledge of God work in your spirit daily. When the knowledge of God operates in your spirit, the same power, the same faith that was in the fiery furnace flows out to you. As He was with the Hebrew boys, the Fourth Man in the furnace is with you.

Through faith see Jesus and know He is ever present. Through faith and the knowledge of His Word, know He is with you at all times because He has promised; He is divinity that cannot lie. Let nothing cast a shadow of doubt on that fact, Child of God. He is with you whether you feel He is or whether you don’t.

The knowledge of the Word tells you to fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness (Isaiah 41:10). Discouragement comes in those moments you forget the Lord, those times you simply are overlooking the knowledge of God, ignoring His promises.

Let the Word become a part of your spirit. To use the power of Jesus, you must first become a part of Him, bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh. The knowledge of the Word tells you this.

Don’t Be Robbed

If you are in despair, doubt and discouragement, you have forgotten who Jesus is. The enemy has made you forget. Perhaps he brought fear, frightened you out of the use of your knowledge of God. If you don’t use that knowledge, you might as well not have it. It isn’t enough for “both gunbarrels to be loaded and aimed at the enemy”; you need the knowledge of how to use your weapon, the Word of God, and then you must use it.

Taught by Jesus, following Him, the disciples almost knew who He was at times. Other days they did know—but the knowledge slipped away. When they touched Him He felt like anyone else. He ate, slept, endured pain as they did. They couldn’t keep the knowledge of Him, and it brought great discouragement.

Many today cannot keep the knowledge of the divine Son of God because they identify Him as a man, not the God/man. Failing to relate to His divinity as the very Son of God, they assume Him to be as vulnerable as they are.

You may have knowledge that Jesus has all power, but you must work with that knowledge so the devil cannot rob you, making the promises of God null and void in your life. Children of God often take steps without the knowledge that the Lord is with them. This one thing has caused them to struggle wearily: the lack of using the knowledge of Jesus. Not through overwork comes the weariness, but through being divorced from the knowledge of the Lord. Although battling to come into the greatness of God they desire, many won’t use that knowledge all the time. Those times they have the knowledge of God, however, they are completely assured that Jesus is with them, that the ears of the Lord are open to their cries, that He hears every prayer they pray.

Peter knew who Jesus was when he pulled out of the water a fish with money in its mouth to pay the taxes. He knew the voice of the Lord God Almighty was speaking, that obeying that voice would bring nothing but success. Peter’s knowledge of Jesus was the reason the Lord sent Peter after money in this unusual way.

Peter was told to walk the waters because he had the knowledge operating of who Jesus was: the very Son of God. Divinity invited him to step out of the boat. But as he was walking the water, he lost sight of that knowledge, and he began to sink. Perhaps the fear in those back on the boat blinded his vision for a moment. The devil can rob you in many ways of the knowledge of Jesus.

Blessed Are They Who Have Not Seen, Yet Believe

The Crucifixion didn’t bring the disciples into constant knowledge of who Jesus was; it took the Resurrection. Thomas disputed the report that Jesus had risen from the grave. He thought in order to have that knowledge he would have to put his finger into the nail prints, thrust his hand into His side. And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed (John 20:26-29). As far as we know, Thomas kept the knowledge of Jesus from that hour.

The disciples witnessed Jesus being taken up into Heaven, watched as a cloud received Him out of sight. Now with sure knowledge of who He was, no doubts, they obeyed His command to linger in Jerusalem for the promise of the Father.

But many others doubted; out of all the people Jesus reached when He was here on Earth, only about one hundred twenty waited in the Upper Room for the promise. Of all those who saw Him after He arose, most were missing from the Upper Room. They all may have had the knowledge of Jesus, but they didn’t keep it. You must keep the knowledge of who He really is.

The days you have been successful for the Lord, so very happy, are the days you had the knowledge working in your spirit that Jesus is the Son of God, the Divine One, everything that He claimed to be. Those are happy days. Knowledge that He is your helper, your greatness, your all in all takes discouragement completely away. Blessed are you who have not seen Him, yet believe.

Knowledge That Overcomes Trials

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed (II Corinthians 4:8,9). This is the knowledge of the Lord for you. Undergoing trials and persecutions, you need not be distressed, in despair, forsaken or destroyed. For your salvation and healing Jesus freely gave His life; it was not taken from Him. And He rose from the grave. Many times He knew distress because He existed in a human form with all its weaknesses and limitations, but He was never defeated, never destroyed.

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ (Philippians 1:6). After the Resurrection the apostles and disciples had the knoweldge of Jesus and what He wanted them to do. They shouted it, prayed about it. At Pentecost the Holy Ghost started a new work in them, and they immediately began serving the Lord with vigor. Confidence and knowledge were a part of their spirits.

When the Lord is performing a good work in you, you cannot possibly be a failure—if you keep the knowledge of God with you, keep it in operation. Losing that knowledge opens the door to discouragement. The knowledge of God is for your edification, letting you know you are a success, a victorious overcomer because He made you that way. The Lord is your faith.

Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame (Hebrews 12:2). Jesus endured, rejoicing in what was being accomplished. You can find great happiness and joy in knowing what is being accomplished for the Lord even though you may despise some of the things you must endure. Jesus despised the Cross; He didn’t love it. He loathed such a shameful death, but He loved what it would accomplish. All who called on His name in faith believing would have life eternal because of His sacrifice. If you don’t have knowledge of the happiness God has planned for you, how can you accept it?

Reach out in time of trial for the knowledge of God’s peace for you, the peace of God, which paseth all understanding (Philippians 4:7). In everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God (Philippians 4:6).

Free Indeed!

Defeated thinking brings about a defeated life-style. Some imagine it’s the devil who has them bound when in reality their own defeated thinking holds them in mental chains. Let the knowledge of God prevail as you make an effort to accept what the Lord is saying. If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed (John 8:36). The Lord offers you freedom from the bondage of discouragement: Walk in my freedom! It’s jubilee time! But if you lack the liberating knowledge of Jesus, you are discouraged, not heeding the invitation of the Lord to come up higher. Living in the time of jubilee, you fail to partake of the Lord’s joy. Daily the devil serves depression and discouragement, spoon-feeding it to you if you will accept it, convincing you that no one loves you. The knowledge of the Lord tells you, however, that Jesus loves you with a love beyond comprehension. There is no lack of His love for you, and He wants it to be real to you, bringing joy to your heart, making you free indeed.

Reaping in Due Season

Let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not (Galatians 6:9). Many Christians weary in their work for the Lord; they don’t see the end results. But the knowledge in this verse makes clear that you will reap in due season if you hold on. Reap, receive. Fainting Christians do no more work for God than the dead. Fainting slows down God’s work as He seeks to reap the endtime harvest of souls.

We live in a crucial hour, one in which the Lord has made no provision for fainting. Keep your eyes on Jesus and avoid people who discourage you, influence you to faint in the harvest. Take on the knowledge of Jesus, of His great strength-giving power.

He Shall Strengthen Your Heart

Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord (Psalm 31:24). Good courage comes through the Word, accepting the promises of God. Good courage is God’s courage, courage that He serves to you. When you have the knowledge of God’s courage available to you, you know you can draw on it any time, and the Lord will strengthen your heart. Depend on it. If you are weak, simply expect more strength from the Lord. Say, Lord, give me strength! Don’t let weakness discourage you; know that Jesus can be your strength, the High Tower of your life in those weaknesses. All who trust in the Lord can have this strength. All who don’t will remain weak.

Daily the Lord serves all the strength and overcoming power needed to those whose trust is in Him, all the peace, joy and happiness. What happens when everything is going wrong? God serves happiness in the midst of tribulation.

Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord (Psalm 27:14). Many wait on the Lord, but not in good courage. Waiting in discouragement really is not waiting on the Lord at all. “Why doesn’t God answer?” they wonder. They forgot the knowledge of God.

If we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it (Romans 8:25). Wait in patience. The knowledge of God tells you He cares, He is concerned about you. Leaving the knowledge of God is like leaping off a cliff without a parachute. When you smash to the ground it’s your own fault no matter how much you accuse the Lord of failing you. He has promised to be with you, but you went away from Him; and since He gave you free will, He was unable to move for you. When you shift from God to self, you are no longer waiting on the Lord.

If you wait on people, expect human help; but if you wait on the Lord, expect His. It doesn’t work to wait on people and expect God’s help. You can’t use God’s faith when your eyes are on what others can do for you.

But if you wait on the Lord in good courage, remember, He will strengthen your heart. Wait in His knowledge and He will give you that strength. Wait, I say, on the Lord (Psalm 27:14).

Separate from the Discouraged Flocks

Many who are discouraged look for discouragement in others. “Misery loves company” is often true. Down through the years I’ve noticed that depressed people seem to flock together. Reinforcing discouragement, they echo other’s criticism, each other’s negativity.

When you have the knowledge of God, you separate yourself from flocks of discouraged faultfinders who reject help. It’s a stench you don’t want: complaining, gossip. The knowledge of God draws you to those who talk the hope, peace, joy and love of God. Their outlook is positive, trusting in what the Lord will do. From them you hear something wonderful about the Lord, about the happiness He gives.

Shout His praises in the valleys, knowing you won’t be there long. Jesus holds peace for you in the valley, peace to overcome discouragement, peace from those mental spirits from the devil that crowd in.

Programmed for Discouragement

Some people are discouraged easily. A rainy day can ruin their whole outlook on life. They become sad and lonely. What can they do? Praise God from their hearts and let His great love flow, replacing depression. How do you imagine the Lord feels when you shut Him out because you would rather be discouraged? Jesus will stay with you, but is helpless to impart His joy into you when you choose heaviness.

If you don’t enjoy yourself, how can you expect others to enjoy you? The devil doesn’t need to exert himself at all to make you miserable; you do it to yourself. He just pushes a button and discouragement goes into action. You use knowledge that doesn’t come from the Lord, weak things which disturb and undermine the moving of God in your life. The devil’s work is much easier when people sink themselves. He has some people programmed to live in depression even though he can’t touch their souls. Like dirty clothes in a washing machine, they allow discouragement to churn them up and down as the devil watches.

God help us to have the knowledge of what we can be daily! We are more than conquerors since the Lord is with us, and we can break the patterns of discouragement. We are more than conquerors through him that loved us (Romans 8:37). Glory in the knowledge that angels minister to you. Are they [angels] not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation (Hebrews 1:14)? The Lord is serving His children good and wonderful things.

Accountable for Idle Words

Talking discouragement has caused many children of God to fail to win the lost the way they should. Instead of talking about Jesus first, they talk about their troubles. Did you talk the knowledge of God today? The record of everything you say is in Heaven. Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned (Matthew 12:36,37). Idle words are not words of knowledge; they do not produce good fruit. No life of God is found in them. By speaking idle words, you step out of the knowledge of God into fear, unbelief, discouragement, assumption. Some days you may think you will not make it to Heaven. The enemy closes in because you have chosen idle words over the knowledge of God.

Put On the Whold Armor of God

Knowledge of the Word of God gives you power to resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you (James 4:7,8). Resist the devil with the Word of God. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil (Ephesians 6:11). That armor consists of truth girding the loins, the breastplate of righteousness, the preparation of the Gospel of peace for the feet, the shield of faith that quenches all the fiery darts of the wicked, the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God. When you neglect to have on all the armor, you have forgotten the knowledge of God. Wearing the armor, however, you are fixed, ready for anything that may come against you, prepared to go forth a real soldier.

How wonderful to have the knowledge of God that defeats discouragement, despair! With that knowledge working, you will not surrender to depression. If you have the knowledge of God active in your spirit, you talk the things of God. He is the Lord who healeth all thy diseases (Psalm 103:3). He is the Lord who walketh with thee.

Moses Carried the Faith of God

And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM (Exodus 3:14). Realize that the great I-AM is with you. God told Moses to stand before Pharaoh and say, I AM hath sent me unto you (verse 14). If Moses had forgotten who had sent him, he never would have gone before Pharaoh; he didn’t really want to go. Moses, however, had the knowledge of God; he carried the faith of God with him. He told Pharaoh exactly what the Lord had instructed.

You carry the things of God in proportion to the knowledge you have of Him. That knowledge tells you what is available to you. You won’t use more of God than you have knowledge of. Before you received salvation, you had to have the knowledge that Jesus died for you, paid the supreme penalty. You needed the knowledge of the baptism in the Holy Spirit, that it’s the promise of the Father, before you received Him: The promise [of the Holy Spirit baptism] is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call (Acts 2:39).

Sorrow Not

The loss of a loved one turns some bitter toward God; but the knowledge of God tells us that it is appointed unto men once to die (Hebrews 9:27). Only by way of the Rapture can anyone escape death. Of course you will weep, but the Bible instructs us to sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him (I Thessalonians 4:13,14).

It’s human to weep; Jesus wept at Lazarus’ tomb, but He had the knowledge of who He was and of the power that would raise Lazarus from the grave. You have the knowledge that your loved one who died in the Lord will live for all eternity and you will meet that one again. You have the knowledge that the body buried in the ground is not your loved one; that one has moved out of the house of clay and into the wonderful mansion in Heaven that the Lord has prepared. If you have any doubt that your loved one has not moved out, you have only to touch the body, and you will know.

Knowledge kills despair, destroys discouragement—God’s knowledge. Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free, Jesus said (John 8:32). Truth is God’s knowledge.

Without faith it is impossible to please him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him (Hebrews 11:6). Live by the knowledge of God; it must be a part of you so you can use it every moment of every day that you have left—if you want all the benefits of God furnished for you through Jesus Christ.

Promise of Abundant Life

Let the knowledge of the Lord’s presence become alive in your heart, working with the life of divinity in you. The knowledge of God must work with the indwelling life of divinity because that knowledge is a part of God. Jesus said, I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly (John 10:10). Flowing His life into us, Jesus made us partakers of His divine nature. Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature (II Peter 1:4). Through the promises of God, we can be partakers of divinity.

God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19). God will provide; God will make the way; God will take care of the matter; God will look out for you. God will never fail you; divinity is working for you. Keep your mind on His great promises, and they will lift you out of discouragement. It’s human to be discouraged, but divinity has no discouragement in it.

Perhaps your financial needs are so great you don’t know what to do. The more you worry, the more you hinder God from moving for you. Settle down and listen to the voice of the knowledge of His Word assure you the Lord will do what He has promised. Have you forgotten His promises? Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse…and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it (Malachi 3:10). If you have paid your tithes, given unto the Lord, you can trust God to take care of you.

I remember a time when I faced a great financial trial. The weight of it was incredible. The Lord came to me, instructing me to say, God will provide. I took hold of that promise, and God provided. When the heaviness of the burden began to close in, I just said, God will provide; God will provide. Every time I said those words, God strengthened my heart and spirit. I began to rise up, grow stronger and stronger until I knew there was no other way but trusting God to provide. That phrase gave life to me, for in it was the life of God.

Use the knowledge of God when you talk to yourself. Use God talk, not human talk. In a valley, needing help, turn to the Lord. God will provide. The Lord didn’t tell me how He would make the way; He just instructed me to say God will provide. When God provides, you don’t have to worry anymore. He has the situation in His hands.

Abraham had knowledge of God; that’s the reason he was called the father of the faithful. As he prepared to offer his son Isaac for a sacrifice at the Lord’s command, his son said: Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb (Genesis 22:7,8). That said it all; the Lord would provide—and the Lord did provide. Abraham saw a ram caught by his horns in a thicket, and that ram became the offering rather than Isaac.

Let the Lord strengthen your spirit. Be rid of all discouragement, doubt and fear, all wondering what will happen. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not to your own understanding. God will provide! God will provide! Use His promises knowing they will work, for God doesn’t speak idle words. He speaks words of strength, of greatness for us. His words give power to soar above the valleys. God will provide!

Bind your spirit to the promises of God and accept nothing less.

Come into the Knowledge of Salvation

Let your mind go back to the time you started out for Calvary to have your sins all washed away. It was a new awakening for your spirit, a new day. You did everything the Lord said to do at first—except believe. You confessed your sins, but still had the burden of sin. All you had to do was believe what He said—and at last you came to that belief. You believed you were saved; and at that moment, the blood washed away all your sins; you were made a new creature in Christ Jesus. You became a believer, delivered by the hand and power of God. There’s power, power, wonder-working power in the promises of God. He is wonderful!

You who are lost and undone without God, you who want all the knowledge of Him, pray this prayer from your heart: Oh, God, save my soul. Forgive me of my sins. I’m so sorry I sinned against you! But now I have come home. I’m going to serve you, Lord, the rest of my life. I believe that Jesus died for me, and I will live for Him. And I believe the blood of Jesus washes away all of my sins, all of my sins. Come on in Jesus! Come into my heart!

If you meant that prayer, He has come. Let the knowledge of God moving by the power of His greatness live in your innermost being. He can do for you what no other power can do. Reach out and use that knowledge every moment you have left in this last and final hour.

Don’t let the tool of discouragement scar your life any longer. Fill your spirit with the Word of God; it will help you be rid of the forces of discouragement and despair. The Word will teach you how to walk the waters of life, to soar into the promises of God like the eagle soars in the sky. Learn how to wait upon the Lord and then move with the power of His greatness. Be not weary or discouraged in well-doing. Take the cure for the devil’s tool of discouragement: the knowledge of God. We have that knowledge; as we walk in it, we find it will work.