Facing discouragement isn’t about if, its when. It helps to have a different perspective when facing it. Our staff had lunch with missionaries Steve and Christine Hayes (Russia) and Michael and Tiffany Richardson (Tanzania) this week. Their solutions will help when you are struggling emotionally:

1. Be grateful
Make a list of everything you’ve been blessed by God with and thank him for it. Cultivate a thanksgiving spirit by thanking others for every small acts of kindness.

2. Remember the “why”
Jesus called us to make disciples to all nations. Everything becomes a means to this end.

3. Be faithful
There are no small people. No small roles. No small tasks. We persevere in these things done in love. Never give up.

And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Galatians 6:9

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