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Encouraging Words from the Word of God.
Message 5
Why is my heart so sad?
Ps 42
Me:
Depression
a.
We all experience it to some degree
i. Depression is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act.
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Despair – Sadness – Misery – Hopelessness
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I call it the blues
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It hits me like a speeding locomotive
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It can affect my sleep – my mood – my health etc.
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Are you with me?
vii.
Can you feel me?
b.
I am not a doctor
i.
I am not a psychologist
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See someone if chronic
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What I am is a simple pastor
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I want to approach this issue from a spiritual point of view.
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Because the only lasting solution is from the Lord.
We:
The pattern of depression
Self-protection
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You are deeply hurt in some way.
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Perhaps somebody failed you; or maybe some plan that you had collapsed; or perhaps you failed yourself.
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It robs us of our enjoyment and peace
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We should face the hurt honestly – deal with – pray about it – commit to the Lord
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But sometimes we just don’t have the strength
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We then pull into yourselves – retreat from reality
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You feel safe with yourself; you don’t feel safe with others.
Self-Pity
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We feel sorry for ourselves
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We pull into ourselves and retreat from life.
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We get all wrapped up in our own problems and pains and forget that other people have problems and pains, too.
Self-Punishment
i. It’s your fault
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You become judge and jury and condemn yourself to a life of self-inflicted pain to atone for whatever wrongs you imagine you have done.
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It is here that Satan enters the picture
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He is the accuser
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He likes to remind you of your sins, your mistakes, your failures, even your embarrassing moments.
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Each of these reminders only makes the wounds in your heart hurt that much more, and then you withdraw even deeper and isolate yourself from reality.
Self-Destruction
i. Satan is the destroyer
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He knows how to get a beachhead in your life
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He knows where you are the weakest
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But there is good news
Jesus
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There is no need for you to protect yourself and pity yourself and then punish yourself.
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Jesus Christ can come to you and meet the need and help you to defeat depression.
God:
Why is my heart so sad?
a. Depression in the bible
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You can read it every where
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Psalm 42
1.
My heart is breaking
2. Why am I discouraged?
3. Why is my heart so sad?
4. Now I am deeply discouraged
5. Why have you forgotten me?
6. Rescue me from these unjust liars.
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Depressing
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How can we get through it
Surrender to Jesus
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