Overcoming Discouragement - Beltway Park Church

Labor is Not in Vain

September 1, 2024 • Geoffrey Turner • 1 Corinthians 15:56–58, Hebrews 11:6, Galatians 6:9

Teaching pastor, Geoffrey Turner, wraps up the Overcoming Discouragement series by teaching us that in the Lord, our labor is not in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:58. It’s easy to look upon someone else’s reward and see the good without the difficulty. But the reality is, there is no reward without difficulty and sometimes discouragement. We have a Heavenly Father that wants to reward those that seek Him! Hebrews 11:6 and Galatians 6:9. Jesus tells us to be steadfast, immovable, and faithful to what God calls us to do. In due season, we will reap from what we have sown into. Jesus left the disciples by encouraging them not to give up in doing good for as believers, we have the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, helps us learn, empowers us, and gives us strength!

Jesus is Preparing a Place

August 25, 2024 • David McQueen • John 14:1–6

Pastor David McQueen speaks to how Jesus is currently preparing a place in heaven for those that are anticipating His return, to bring us home to be with Him for all eternity, John 14:1-7. But we should not think of eternity as boring by any stretch of the imagination. Heaven is reigning with the Lord and reigning means we will reign over, we will work, and that work will be significant, that of royalty. All that is fulfilling in work will be ours, and all that is problematic will be gone because the curse is removed. Heaven is home! Heaven is release from pain, death, and sadness. Heaven is all things renewed. It is reunion! 1 Corinthians 2:9 “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him.” How encouraging it is to know that Jesus is preparing a place for His believers and longing to come and bring us home!

Hope of Heaven

August 18, 2024 • Geoffrey Turner • Revelation 21:1–8

Teaching Pastor Geoffrey Turner speaks of the Hope of Heaven within our Overcoming Discouragement series. He breaks down Revelation 21:1-8 and highlights how heaven is revitalization. Revelation, written by John, speaks to a new heaven and a new earth. Currently, we’re living on the old earth and those in heaven are in the old heaven. When Jesus returns, He’ll usher in the new heaven and the new earth. We’ll be given similar, but new bodies. We will live in true and complete healing, in all aspects. We will see our loved ones that have passed before us, that were in Christ, and it will be a glorious homecoming. Heaven will no longer be a place we see dimly, but one we’ll experience face to face. Another way we overcome discouragement is by living in the hope of heaven!

Hell is Defeated

August 11, 2024 • David McQueen • John 3:16

The second sermon within the Overcoming Discouragement series, Pastor David McQueen shares encouragement by knowing Hell is Defeated! During Jesus’ ministry, He spoke on hell at least 33 times. We know that because of sin, every human is destined for hell, a forever place of torment where people pay for their sins apart from God. But John 3:16 tells us that God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish (spend eternity in hell) but have eternal life. Jesus paid the price for sin; He went into the grave – the same grave that would forever separate every human from God – and He rose victorious!! And now, every human, no matter what they have done can be forgiven, restored, and freed from hell by surrendering their life to be a follower of Jesus!!

Proper Focus

August 4, 2024 • Geoffrey Turner • 2 Corinthians 4:16–18

Teaching pastor Geoffrey Turner introduces a new sermon series, Overcoming Discouragement. He points out how we often have a focus problem, where we focus on the wrong thing, the “problem” or area of concern. Rather we should have an eternal focus that can transform our present reality. Paul’s letter to the people of Corinth spoke of the discouragement they were in. Paul encourages them not to lose heart nor keep their focus not on the things seen, but to focus on the eternal things unseen. Discouragement will always come for us as we focus on things that will be wasted away instead of on eternity. We must set our minds on the eternal, as focusing on the eternal encourages us!