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hope for the downcast soul

hope for the downcast soul. Broken bodies and minds ( Psalm 88). ?. Why?. Ought?. Should?. Know you are not alone

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hope for the downcast soul

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  1. hope for the downcastsoul Broken bodies and minds (Psalm 88)

  2. ? Why? Ought? Should?

  3. Know you are not alone Jeremiah: “I have been deprived of peace …My splendour is gone and all that I had hoped from the LORD. I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.”

  4. Know you are not alone Job: “Why did I not perish at birth, and die as I came from the womb? Why was I not buried in the ground like a stillborn child…for there the weary are at rest. Why is light given to those in misery? Why is life given to those who are bitter, to those who long for death that does not come? What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me. I have no peace, no quietness; I have no rest, but only turmoil ... I loathe my life”

  5. Know you are not alone Sons of Korah: “…my soul is full of trouble and my life draws near the grave…I am like a man without strength... You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths…I am confined and cannot escape …I have suffered your terrors and am in despair… You have taken my companions and loved ones from me; the darkness is my closest friend.”

  6. Know you are not alone Elijah: “…Elijah was afraid and ran for his life...he went a day's journey into the desert. He came to a broom tree, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. "I have had enough, LORD," he said. "Take my life””

  7. Know you are not alone 1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. But God is faithful.

  8. Know you are not alone 2 Corinthians 7:6 ...when we came into Macedonia...we had no rest, but we were harassed at every turn - conflicts on the outside, fears within. But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus...

  9. 2. Know God’s Word is your best help

  10. 2. Know God’s Word is your best help

  11. 2. Know God’s Word is your best help feeling good >>> follow feelings >>> feeling bad

  12. Know God’s Word is your best help John 13:17 Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them. James 1:25 But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it - he will be blessed in what he does.

  13. 2. Know God’s Word is your best help feeling good >>> doing good >>> >>> follow feelings >>> feeling bad

  14. 1. Know you are not alone 2. Know God’s Word is your best help 3. Know your body • Tiredness / exhaustion • Exercise • Eat / drink / sleep properly

  15. 1. Know you are not alone 2. Know God’s Word is your best help 3. Know your body 4. Know your soul • What’s your natural disposition? • How structured is your lifestyle? • What tempts you? • What are you doing that harms you?

  16. 1. Know you are not alone 2. Know God’s Word is your best help 3. Know your body 4. Know your soul 5. Know your future inheritance

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