Discouragement!

Paul experienced many difficulties, disappointments, and discouragement in his ministry, but he never gave up or quit. He never let any circumstances or challenges take him out of the work God called him to do. At the end of his life, he wrote: "For I am already being poured out as an offering, and the time for me to depart is at hand. I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith! (2 Timothy 4:6-7).