A Season of Prayer-Overcoming Disappointment

The enemy would like us to feel such a depth of disappointment that we never find our way back to the plan God has for us. If he can only convince us to stay stuck in our disappointment, we’ll miss many of our future God appointments. Yes, there are some disappointments that seem so big that we can’t imagine ever being able to move beyond them, but the best way to get over your own broken heart or lost dream is to help others get over theirs. Disappointment is not an end but an opportunity for a divine appointment with God.

The enemy wants you to stay stuck in disappointment. Disappointment is one of the weapons in his arsenal and it has a specific purpose: stopping you. God has incredible plans for you and the enemy would like to keep you from ever experiencing them. God has promised to make all things new and the enemy wants you to lose faith in that promise, and in the rest of God’s promises.

But God’s Word is full of his promises to us, and when we read it, we’re reminded of them.
"I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord , which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore." Psalms 121:1-8 KJV

"For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known." 1 Corinthians 13:12 KJV


Prayer can help you move forward through your disappointment and into God’s promises. When you can’t see anything but the fog of grief, prayer can help clear the way, help you laugh, bring a smile and, like medicine, heal you. Prayer will remind you that while there is still breath in your lungs, there is still hope and the promise of a new day. The psalmist reminds us: “Weeping may endure for a night but joy comes in the morning” in Psalm 30:5 NKJV.

So just hold on and remember someone is praying for you.