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Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
2 Corinthians 4:16 BSB
Therefore: because we have this resurrection hope that is given to us by Grace, therefore, we do not lose heart. 
The word here translated "lose heart" is "ekkakeo" which according to Strongs concordance is "to be utterly spiritless, to be wearied out, exhausted".
This is way more than tired, this is something deep within us, that life source, life giving part that's not pumping anything out. 
That's if we're reliant only on our own resources, but Paul reminds us that the resurrection hope wrapped up in Grace is the life giving, life producing, renewing thing that gets our inner life pumping even if the outer (represented by our bodies) is stuck with its limitations.
One day, all those limitations will be gone. 
Allow the resurrection hope given in the container of Grace in to those deepest parts of us today, and may we know that we truly are beloved.
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