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Discouragement

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This is a brief cross-reference entry. For the full topic material click the following topic: Despondency.

Discouragement is the loss of heart and resolve under hardship, opposition, or seeming divine silence, illustrated in scripture by figures who collapsed under their burdens and were met with the comfort and renewal that God extends to the afflicted.

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