Welcome to the In-Touch podcast with Charles Stanley for Tuesday, July 22nd.

For believers, true faith in Jesus Christ is the only thing that will sustain us when we're disillusioned.

Here's part two of the message on defeating discouragement.

We're all going to get disappointed many times in life because you see disappointment is inevitable.

It's inescapable. It's unavoidable.

We're going to disappoint some people. Some people are going to disappoint us.

And oftentimes it's the very people we love the most or the people who love us the most.

So you're not going to ever reach a stage in life where you're not going to experience disappointment.

You're going to feel it.

Sometimes it's going to be very hurtful and very painful.

But what do you do with it?

If you don't know how to deal with disappointment, it can become the beginning of discouragement in your life.

And once it does, oftentimes it'll take you down a road

of hurt, pain, disappointment, after disappointment, after disappointment, and the kind of hurt

and pain that those around you feel the consequences of your unresolved conflict in this disappointment that you

faced. So what happens when you become discouraged? Well, I want you to think about this. First thing

that happens is your mind gets divided. A divided mind is that inner knowing that goes on on the

inside that grabs your attention no matter where

you are no matter who you're with no matter what the situation the circumstances when you have a

divided mind you cannot focus and do your best you cannot do your best with a divided mind you have to be

able to deal with it you have to be able to deal with it.

You have to be able to deal with a disappointment, lest you become discouraged.

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