How to Encourage Yourself in the Lord

Have you ever felt discouraged? Perhaps you are familiar with feeling overwhelmed, hopeless, with no idea what to do or how you will make it through a particular situation. I am so thankful that the Bible addresses the whole scope of human emotion!

1 Samuel 30 tells of a time when David, still exiled from his homeland due to the jealous persecutions of King Saul, came home from a battle only to find his city destroyed and his family (and the families of all his men) taken captive. Not only this,...