{"id":9389,"date":"2012-12-19T10:28:05","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T17:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=9389"},"modified":"2012-12-19T10:28:05","modified_gmt":"2012-12-19T17:28:05","slug":"battling-discouragement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=9389","title":{"rendered":"Battling Discouragement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finding it hard to stay upbeat and Hopeful today. \u00c2\u00a0Going to fight it the only way I know how &#8211; focusing on the truth.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Jeremiah+29%3A11&amp;version=ESV\">Jeremiah 29:11<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0ESV<\/h3>\n<p>For I know the plans I have for you, declares the\u00c2\u00a0Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Joshua+1%3A9&amp;version=ESV\">Joshua 1:9<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0ESV<\/h3>\n<p>Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the\u00c2\u00a0Lord\u00c2\u00a0your God is with you wherever you go.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John+10%3A10&amp;version=ESV\">John 10:10<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0ESV<\/h3>\n<p>The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+56%3A3-4&amp;version=ESV\">Psalm 56:3-4<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0ESV<\/h3>\n<p>When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Deuteronomy+31%3A6&amp;version=ESV\">Deuteronomy 31:6<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0ESV<\/h3>\n<p>Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the\u00c2\u00a0Lord\u00c2\u00a0your God who goes with you. 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