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// Introduction
Series Recap:
Week 1 - Purpose in the Pain
God’s goodness is revealed in the struggle
It’s okay to question God, He will answer you
The pain we take on ourselves should be the burden of caring for others
Week 2 - unMASKED
You were formed by God
Make in His image
His breath is in your lungs
His opinion is the only one that matter
Pray
Kate Spade
Committed suicide earlier this year in June
She had everything the world says you need to be satisfied:
Husband, Children, Money, Influence
Suicide Statistics - US Based, from 2015-2016
44,965 deaths from suicide each year
123 deaths per day
For every 1 suicide there are an estimated 25 attempts (attempts are most likely higher, but not all attempts are known)
Based on the 2015 Youth Risk Behaviors Survey, 8.6 percent of youth in grades 9-12 reported that they had made at least one suicide attempt in the past 12 months.
Based on the 2015 Youth Risk Behaviors Survey, 8.6 percent of youth in grades 9-12 reported that they had made at least one suicide attempt in the past 12 months.
Suicide Statistics - Florida, from 2016
1 Person dies from suicide every 3 hours
There are 2x as many suicides as there are deaths
3rd leading cause of death in ages 15-24
Suicide Statistics - Youth in US, from 2015-2016
Second leading cause of death, after accidents, for ages 10-18
More teenagers and young adults die from suicide than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, influenza, and chronic lung disease, COMBINED.
4 out of 5 suicides had clear warning signs
Each day in our nation, there are an average of over 3,041 attempts by young people grades 9-12.
If these percentages are additionally applied to grades 7 & 8, the numbers would be higher.
Suicide in the Bible
Reasons for Suicide in the Bible
Feelings are at the core of a human’s desire to end life
Guilt - Judas
Defeat & Loss - Saul
Defiance - Samson
Failure - Jailer in Acts (didn’t actually commit suicide)
We have all probably felt these feelings before...
Most of the time, we can move on and dig ourselves out of the ditch
For some, they can’t seem to find a way out of the darkness, so they believe the lie that the only way out is to end.
Desire to Die in the Bible
The desire to die is far greater than actual suicides in the Bible.
Elijah after Jezebel put a bounty out for his death
Job after he lost everything except his wife that told him to “curse God and die”
FUTURE: Mankind in the tribulation
How do we fight this spirit of suicide that is coming after us and those around us?
1.
This is a Spiritual Fight
Eph 6:12
I don’t believe that Satan has the power to actually kill a person, but what he can do is heavily influence a person to take action.
Jesus has the Keys of Death!
Rev 1:17-18
Understanding this is a spiritual battle means that the dark thoughts, the depression, the weakness is not going to be fixed by physical means.
THE CURE: spiritual renewal that only comes through a relationship with God
Relationship will bring revelation of...
2. Find Your Cause, Know Your Value
Kate Spade
Committed suicide earlier this year in June
She had everything the world says you need to be satisfied:
Husband (24 years), Daughter (13 years), Money, Influence
Prior to death, she struggled with depression for 6 years
3. Know Your Value
The last 10 months she was most likely “self-medicating” by drinking
Everyone In Here Has Purpose
I was conceived out of wedlock.
I was not a planned baby.
I was absolutely a surprise.
It would be very easy for me to think that I am a mistake, that I have no value or purpose in life.
That’s what the enemy wants me to think.
When I seek God and ask Him what He thinks, I find out that I do have a purpose, and while I may have been a surprise to the world, I was never a surprise to God.
You may be thinking that you are a mistake, that you’ve made a mistake, but there’s nothing you can do that will put you outside of the Father’s love.
You may be thinking that you are a mistake, that you’ve made a mistake, but there’s nothing you can do that will put you outside of the Father’s love.
Before you were even formed, God knew you! - not about you, but He knew you!
Remember:
God has plans to prosper you and give you a hope and future -
God breathed His own breath into your lungs -
God made you in His own image -
He knit you together in the womb -
You have value!
You have value!
You were bought with a price, a precious price.
You are called a child of God, He loves you more than you even love yourself.
He breathed His very breath into your lungs.
He fashioned you out of His own image.
God Values the Birds
God Cares About a 1/2 Cent Sparrow, and Cares About You More
3. Take Action
Carry Hope
4 out of 5 suicides had clear warning signs
Are you viewing life through the eyes of Jesus?
Are you able to see beyond the surface of someone, past the standard “I’m okay” response?
The world is hurting and needs to know that they have value, purpose, are loved!
Warning Signs
Talking or discussions about wanting to die
Researching ways to kill oneself
References to hopelessness or feeling as if life has no purpose
Feelings of being trapped or in unbearable pain
Feelings of being a burden to others
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