Discouragement is the feeling of not having the zeal to do something, sometimes you have made up your mind that you want to do something but at the end of everything you lost the interest of doing it.

You can also say that discouragement is the act of being stop from doing something, you might want to start up something but one thing or the other will stop you for doing it.

Do you know that discouragement is a spirit that doesn't want people to achieve anything in life, that evil spirit will always come when ever you want to succeed in life.

**Causes Of Discouragement**

Discouragement can be caused by different things which i will mention below 👇

1. Discouragement can be caused by disappointment, you might have put all your energy into something but at the end of everything you did not get it, because of it anytime you want to do something when you remember it, your spirit will be down 👇 then you will lost interest. 

2. Discouragement can be caused due to unpleasant experience, you might have experience a lot in the past, then that bad experience will lock up all your interest and zeal to do something, if you want to start something you will end up being discouraged.

3. Another thing that causes discouragement is "Fear" fear is another spirit that can discourage people very fast, when you have spirit of fear in you, you can not have the zeal to do something.

**Effect Of Discouragement**

1. Your joy will turn to sadness

2. You will take some wrong decisions

3. You will stop praying, it will affect your prayer life.

**How To Stop Or Avoid Discouragement**

1. Believe that it's only Jesus that has the power to bless you, wait upon the Lord.

2. Always ask anything you want in the name of the lord.

3. You should always call upon the Lord everytime you want something

Bible verses you can read

1kings 19vs4-8

Deuteronomy 1 vs 21

Sometimes the condition will find ourselves is because of our mistake, there are people out there waiting to hear bad news from you but unknown to you.

Each time you have a problem you run to your enemy to tell the person, you don't know that the person is the one that is dealing with you.

Stop explaining yourself to people who don't want your good, no matter what happened in your life be it bad or good news, one thing you should know is that when you are making it in life and people are asking how you are making it just tell them it's God that is doing it for you.

Your life is not a life of explanation but a life of manifestation, you are born to manifest in your glory not to live a life of explanation, there are people who are jealous of God's manifestation upon you, they decided to get the secret of your success in order to use it against you.

   One thing you should know is that your secret is your power, when people know your secret they see you as nothing,no matter how much you love talking make sure you keep your secrets to yourself because it's your weapon and once you lose your weapon the enemy can get you. Keep your secrets to yourself

  

  Don't listen to what people are saying about you, if not you will not go far in life, because they will never say anything good about you, just focus on your goal and ambition in life.