This is a message from Dr. Michael Yousaf, Bible teacher, on leading the way.

Our prayer is that it will encourage you in your walk of faith.

And if you'd like to learn more about Dr. Youssef and the ministry of leading the way,

the place to start is l-tw.org.

In the last message, I told you that you should never underestimate Satan's power of

discouragement. It is his most effective tool against the believers. By the same token, don't

underestimate the power of encouragement.

While Satan is the one who discourage us, God is the one who encourages us.

Encouragement strengthens the weak.

Encouragement uplifts the faint-hearted.

Encouragement gives hope to the hopeless. Encouragement boils up the falling.

And that is why in the scripture, hundreds of times you read again and again, be of good

courage, be encouraged. Whenever you see the word of the Lord to somebody saying, be of good courage, be encouraged,

have courage. Whenever you see that in the scripture, you can be absolutely sure that most

times, if not all times, it is because that person being discouraged. And that person is desperately in need

of encouragement. And as we come to this concluding message from that magnificent book of Haggai,

we see how the Lord himself encourages his faithful people. He encourages the remnant, even though they were

discouraged, even though they were tempted to give up the work, even though they were going

through a tough time, but the Lord did not rebuke them, he encouraged them. And this is a word

from the Lord for us today. It's a word of encouragement for everyone here who's discouraged.

And so turn with me, please, to chapter two of the book of Hagia.

In verse four particularly, here's the word of encouragement.

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