CHANGE YOUR WORLD IN 52 DAYS—3 

DEFEATING DISCOURAGEMENT 

 

 

. WE DON’T FACE OPPOSITION BECAUSE WE’RE 
DOING SOMETHING _____________, WE FACE IT 
BECAUSE WE’RE DOING SOMETHING ____________. 


 

 

YOUR ENEMY WILL ATTEMPT TO 

 

1) DISCOURAGE YOU FROM THE _________________. 


 

When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became 
angry and was greatly incensed. He ridiculed the Jews, 2 and in 
the presence of his associates and the army of Samaria, he said, 
"What are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore their wall? 
Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Can they bring 
the stones back to life from those heaps of rubble — burned as they 
are?" 3 Tobiah the Ammonite, who was at his side, said, "What 
they are building — if even a fox climbed up on it, he would break 
down their wall of stones!" Nehemiah 4:1-3 

 

. _____________________ 


 

. _____________________ 


 

 

2) DISCOURAGE YOU FROM THE _________________. 


 

Meanwhile, the people in Judah said, "The strength of the laborers 
is giving out, and there is so much rubble that we cannot rebuild 
the wall." Nehemiah 4:10 

 

 

 


DEFEATING DISCOURAGEMENT 

 

After I looked things over, I stood up and said to the nobles, the 
officials and the rest of the people, "Don't be afraid of them. 
Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your 
brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your 
homes." Nehemiah 4:14 

 

 

1) REMEMBER THE _______________. 


 

…Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and 
awesome. Nehemiah 4:14 

 

2) FIGHT FOR YOUR _______________.. 


 

…and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your 
wives and your homes." Nehemiah 4:14 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personal & Small Group Questions 

1. We don’t face spiritual opposition because we’re doing something 
wrong. We face it because we’re doing something right. Discuss a 
time you faced opposition for doing the right thing. 
2. Discuss how God is sustaining you and strengthening you to 
overcome current opposition. 
3. To encourage one another, talk about a time you remember God 
carrying and sustaining you through opposition and challenges. 
Pray for one another.