Overcoming Disappointment

John 10:10

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¹⁰ The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. 

Abundantly-Greek Definition:superabundant in quantity, superior in quality, excessive  

There are poisons that are out to spoil that quality of life from us.

The power of Disappointment in the Human Experience


Disappointment-the frustration of expectancy,the failure to achieve or realize something hoped for

. Frustrated expectation is always based upon past experience.

 .  Continuous frustrated expectation will always lead to negative expectation.

 .  Negative expectancy will eventually  bring you to a place of stagnation.''Why try again, I have always failed."


The Force of Disappointment is the enemy's largest, most powerful tool to produce lethargy and complacency
to seek after God's highest and best that He has provided for us.

If we dwell in disappointment, we become stagnated and complacent and accept a quality of life that is far below what God has planned and purchased for us.

How do we deal with Disappointment?

      We negate its effect on our lives by simply pressing through the disappointment and by pressing through it to the will of God.

You will only succeed in your future to the degree that you are willing  to let go of  your past.

Philippians 3:13-14

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¹³ Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, ¹⁴ I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.


Forget-put out of mind/Remember-put into mind

There are three things that the Bible says we are to forget and not think about and one thing we should remember:

1.) Your sin (known and unknown)

1 John 1:7

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⁷ But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

1 John 1:9

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⁹ If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

 Receiving forgiveness alone is not enough.

Isaiah 43:25

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²⁵ “ I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake;
      And I will not remember your sins.
  
Once forgiveness becomes a fact-forgetting is just as much a part of it.

2.) Failures and past defeats

Not forgetting past failures and defeats will sap your momentum towards reaching the high calling for your life.

Proverbs 24:16

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¹⁶ For a righteous man may fall seven times
      And rise again,
      But the wicked shall fall by calamity.
  

Micah 7:8

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Israel’s Confession and Comfort

    ⁸ Do not rejoice over me, my enemy;
      When I fall, I will arise;
      When I sit in darkness,
      The LORD will be a light to me.
      

3.)Forgetting sins and failure of others 

Mark 11:25-26

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Forgiveness and Prayer

²⁵ “And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. ²⁶ But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.”^[a]

 Understand there is no such thing as spiritual amnesia. We must choose NOT to remember those 
offenses and things that hurt us.

4.)The victories that God won for us 

Hebrews 10:32

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³² But recall the former days in which, after you were illuminated, you endured a great struggle with sufferings:

Hebrews 10:35

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³⁵ Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward.

Think back on your victories that the Lord accomplished and forget your failures. God intends for us to focus on those area of our lives  that we have endured the test and obtained the victory and we can give God the Glory for.

Proverbs 13:12

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¹² Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
      But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.
   

Proverbs 13:12

The Message (MSG)

 ¹² Unrelenting disappointment leaves you heartsick,
   but a sudden good break can turn life around.

Hebrews 10:23

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²³ Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.

Preached by Pastor Brad
http://springhill.cc/