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Series: Soul Detox. “A Heavy Soul”. Don't take life so seriously! DANCE . Don't take life so seriously! Kiss A Lot! . Don't take life so seriously! Relax In Nature . Don't take life so seriously! Have Fun . Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me?.
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Series: Soul Detox “A Heavy Soul”
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Psalm 42:5 (NIV)
Why Are Our Souls So Heavy? • Heavy With Hurts From Our Past
I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. Lamentations 3:19-20 (NIV)
Why Are Our Souls So Heavy? • Heavy With Hurts From Our Past 2. Heavy With Trouble In The Present
But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are dismayed. Job 4:5 (NIV)
Why Are Our Souls So Heavy? • Heavy With Hurts From Our Past 2. Heavy With Trouble In The Present 3. Heavy With Anxiety About The Future
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. Psalm 42:5-6 (NIV)
…Since God is for us, who can be against us? Romans 8:31 (NLV)
Special Music: Worship Team “Our God”
Soul Declaration: • Remember God’s Faithfulness In The Past
I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Lamentations 3:19-23 (NIV)
Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:19-23 (NIV)
I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago. Psalm 77:11 (NIV)
Soul Declaration: • Remember God’s Faithfulness In The Past • Cry Out To God In The Present
I pour out my complaint before him; before him I tell my trouble… I cry to you, O Lord; I say, You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living. Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. Psalm 142:2,5-6 (NIV)
Richard Foster “We will never have pure enough motives, or be good enough, or know enough in order to pray rightly. We simply must set all these things aside and begin praying. In fact, it is in the very act of prayer itself – the intimate, on-going interaction with God-that these matters are cared for in due time.”
C.S. Lewis “Lay before Him what is in us, not what ought to be in us.”
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7 (NIV)
Soul Declaration: • Remember God’s Faithfulness In The Past • Cry Out To God In The Present 3. Trust In God’s Power For Our Future
He appointed military officers over the people and assembled them before him in the square at the city gate and encouraged them with these words: 2 Chronicles 32:6-8 (NIV)
“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged because of the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater power with us than with him. 2 Chronicles 32:6-8 (NIV)
With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people gained confidence from what Hezekiah the king of Judah said. 2 Chronicles 32:6-8 (NIV)
When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early the next morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. “Oh no, my lord! What shall we do?” the servant asked. “Don’t be afraid,” the prophet answered. 2 Kings 6:15-17 (NIV)
“Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” And Elisha prayed, “Open his eyes, Lord, so that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. 2 Kings 6:15-17 (NIV)
Soul Declaration: • Remember God’s Faithfulness In The Past • Cry Out To God In The Present 3. Trust In God’s Power For Our Future
Series: Soul Detox “A Heavy Soul”