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Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency

Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency. The conviction that any further effort on your part to remedy your situation or to bring lasting positive change is futile and worthless.. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency. Luke 24:13-1413

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Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency

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    1. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency

    2. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency The conviction that any further effort on your part to remedy your situation or to bring lasting positive change is futile and worthless.

    3. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency Luke 24:13-14 13 And behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem. 14 And they were talking with each other about all these things which had taken place.

    4. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency Luke 24:15-16 15 And it came about that while they were talking and discussing, Jesus Himself approached and began traveling with them. 16 But their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him.

    5. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency Luke 24:17 17 And He said to them, "What are these words that you are exchanging with one another as you are walking?" And they stood still, looking sad.

    6. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency Luke 24:18 18 One of them, named Cleopas, answered and said to Him, "Are You the only one visiting Jerusalem and unaware of the things which have happened here in these days?"

    7. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency Luke 24:19-21 19 And He said to them, "What things?" And they said to Him, "The things about Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word in the sight of God and all the people, 20 and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him up to the sentence of death, and crucified Him. 21 "But we were hoping …

    8. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency The Most Common Cause: “I was hoping…”

    9. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency “I was hoping …” Relationship New Job New House New Toy $$$ You fill in the blank…

    10. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency When you expect temporary things and imperfect people to meet your deepest needs and desires, you will always be disappointed.

    11. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency Some of you are disappointed with God. - Habits - Conflict - Circumstances

    12. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency Luke 24:21-24 21 "But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, it is the third day since these things happened. 22 "But also some women among us amazed us. When they were at the tomb early in the morning, 23 and did not find His body, they came, saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said that He was alive. 24 "Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just exactly as the women also had said; BUT Him they did not see."

    13. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency Have you ever given God a deadline?

    14. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency JESUS’ SOLUTION TO DESPONDENCY: Luke 24:25-26 25 And He said to them, "O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?"

    15. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency JESUS’ SOLUTION TO DESPONDENCY: Jesus is much more interested in teaching his followers deep, life-changing truth than temporarily relieving their emotional pain.

    16. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency JESUS’ SOLUTION TO DESPONDENCY: “Slow of heart to believe in ALL that the prophets have spoken!”

    17. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency JESUS’ SOLUTION TO DESPONDENCY: Isaiah 53:5 But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, and by His scourging we are healed.

    18. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency JESUS’ SOLUTION TO DESPONDENCY: Psalms 22:6b, 15b, 16 But I am … a reproach of men and despised by the people … and You lay me in the dust of death … they pierced my hands and my feet.

    19. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency JESUS’ SOLUTION TO DESPONDENCY: Daniel 9:26 26  … the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing…

    20. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency JESUS’ SOLUTION TO DESPONDENCY: Pray More Power of Positive Thinking Latest Anti-depressant

    21. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency JESUS’ SOLUTION TO DESPONDENCY: All these remedies, including prayer, are insufficient by themselves to bring about lasting change.

    22. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency JESUS’ SOLUTION TO DESPONDENCY: Luke 24:27 27 Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

    23. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency There was a paradigm shift in their perspective and their emotions, due to a fresh, accurate and complete understanding of the Scriptures.

    24. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH YOU AND ME? Either you don’t understand or believe ALL that the Scriptures teach.

    25. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH YOU AND ME? “God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us …”

    26. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH YOU AND ME? Psalm 67: …that Your way may be known on the earth, Your salvation among all nations. Let the peoples praise You, O God … Let the nations be glad and sing for joy; … God blesses us …”

    27. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH YOU AND ME? Psalm 67: …that all the ends of the earth may revere Him.

    28. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH YOU AND ME? You are blessed to be a blessing to others. Eph 1:3 “…been blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ”

    29. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH YOU AND ME? Ingratitude Lam 3:17,19-20 My soul has been rejected from peace; I have forgotten happiness. Remember my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and bitterness. Surely my soul remembers and is bowed down within me.

    30. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH YOU AND ME? Ingratitude Lam 3:21-25  This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope. 22 The Lord’s loving kindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. 23 They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. 24 "The Lord is my portion," says my soul, "Therefore I have hope in Him." 25 The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, To the person who seeks Him.

    31. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH YOU AND ME? Conflict

    32. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH YOU AND ME? I wanted God to alleviate my suffering. He wanted me to grow in endurance and faith.

    33. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH YOU AND ME? I wanted my emotional needs met MY WAY. God wanted me to realize that I’m not the center of the Universe.

    34. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH YOU AND ME? I was satisfied to wallow in my despondency. God wanted me to grow up, spiritually and emotionally.

    35. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency THREE ADDITIONAL LESSONS 1. YOU HAVE A CHOICE: Luke 24:28-29 And they approached the village where they were going, and He acted as though He were going farther. 29 But they urged Him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is getting toward evening, and the day is now nearly over." So He went in to stay with them.

    36. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency THREE ADDITIONAL LESSONS 1. YOU HAVE A CHOICE: Ask for more, or be satisfied with the status quo.

    37. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency THREE ADDITIONAL LESSONS 1. YOU HAVE A CHOICE: Rev 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.

    38. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency THREE ADDITIONAL LESSONS 1. YOU HAVE A CHOICE: Rev 21:4 and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death, … or mourning, or crying, or pain…

    39. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency THREE ADDITIONAL LESSONS 2. BELIEF IS CONFIRMED BY EXPERIENCE Luke 24:30-32 When He had reclined at the table with them, He took the bread and blessed it, and breaking it, He began giving it to them. 31 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He vanished from their sight. 32 They said to one another, "Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He was explaining the Scriptures to us?"

    40. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency THREE ADDITIONAL LESSONS 3. THIS IS URGENT!! Luke 24:33-35 33 And they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found gathered together the eleven and those who were with them, 34 saying, "The Lord has really risen and has appeared to Simon." 35 They began to relate their experiences on the road and how He was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.

    41. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency CONCLUSION God will use despondency to: To teach you deeper dependence on Him To change your character To give you greater empathy for others To wean you from idols To make you free

    42. Luke 24:13-35 Overcoming Despondency CONCLUSION A life lived in relationship with Christ under the direction and encouragement of ALL Scripture is a fun, exciting, challenging and difficult adventure. It is also a life-changing adventure full of real love and unprecedented purpose.

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