Victoria Osteen

You see, David had a warrior's mentality.

He took this place inside of him that he had built up, this place where he had encouraged himself,

in the things of God, and he was able to take that war chest and encourage himself on the things on the outside.

He was able to look at the face of discouragement and say, no, my God can supply all of my needs.

My God can get me through this.

You see, at one point in David's life, everybody had turned against him.

Even the men that were fighting battles with him were so down and discouraged that they turned to David and they said, we want to stone you.

They were looking for someone to blame for the difficulties that they were facing.

David had no one around him that could encourage him.

Yet he encouraged himself in the Lord, his God.

You know, it's great when your family is there to encourage you, when your friends are there to encourage you, but what happens when no one's there to encourage you?

You know what I believe?

I believe we shouldn't depend on other people to encourage us.

I believe our main source of encouragement should come right from the inside of us.

See, I can't even imagine my husband trying to encourage me every time I'm discouraged.

You know what, if I went to Joel every time that I was discouraged, he'd probably lock himself in a closet and not come out.

You see, we've got to learn to encourage ourself every day.

We've got to remember what God has done in our life.

We have to understand that we have to get in agreement with God.

See, you are made in the image of Almighty God.