6 Ways To Waste Your New Year | Week 4 | Dr. Phillip Martin

Discouragement is more dangerous than most people realize—because it rarely stops at discouragement. In this Sunday message, we finish the series “Six Ways to Waste Your New Year (or Waste Your Life)” with a powerful final point: when discouragement lingers, it can turn into disheartenment, then drift into indifference, until a person becomes emotionally and spiritually cold.Using John 16:33, we’re reminded that Jesus didn’t promise a trouble-free life—He promised peace and courage because He has already overcome the world. Then in Matthew 24, we see Jesus describe the spiritual condition of people as the world grows darker: “Most people’s love will grow cold.” The sermon paints a vivid picture of a constant “poisoned wind” that slowly wears people down over time—often without them realizing how numb they’ve become.If you’ve been tired, shut down, discouraged, or drifting into “I don’t care anymore,” this episode is a call back to life: Jesus can calm the storm, stop the wind, and help you feel again—before pain becomes the only thing that wakes the heart.Key Scriptures: John 16:33, Matthew 24:3–12