Encouraging Words from the Word of God. Message 5

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.

ii. Despair – Sadness – Misery – Hopelessness

iii. I call it the blues

iv. It hits me like a speeding locomotive

v. It can affect my sleep – my mood – my health etc.

vi. Are you with me?

vii. Can you feel me?

b. I am not a doctor

i. I am not a psychologist

ii. See someone if chronic

iii. What I am is a simple pastor

iv. I want to approach this issue from a spiritual point of view.

v. Because the only lasting solution is from the Lord.

We:

The pattern of depression

Self-protection

i. You are deeply hurt in some way.

ii. Perhaps somebody failed you; or maybe some plan that you had collapsed; or perhaps you failed yourself.

iii. It robs us of our enjoyment and peace

iv. We should face the hurt honestly – deal with – pray about it – commit to the Lord

v. But sometimes we just don’t have the strength

vi. We then pull into yourselves – retreat from reality

vii. You feel safe with yourself; you don’t feel safe with others.

Self-Pity

i. We feel sorry for ourselves

ii. We pull into ourselves and retreat from life.

iii. 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

ii. 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.

iii. It is here that Satan enters the picture

iv. He is the accuser

v. He likes to remind you of your sins, your mistakes, your failures, even your embarrassing moments.

vi. 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

ii. He knows how to get a beachhead in your life

iii. He knows where you are the weakest

iv. But there is good news

Jesus

vi. There is no need for you to protect yourself and pity yourself and then punish yourself.

vii. 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

i. You can read it every where

ii. 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.

iii. Depressing

iv. How can we get through it

Surrender to Jesus

i. When it hits turn immediately to Jesus

ii. Tell the pain you are experiencing

iii. Psalm 42:5 (NLT) — 5 Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and my God.

Psalm 42:5 NLT

Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and

iv. Psalm 42:7 (NLT) — 7 I hear the tumult of the raging seas as your waves and surging tides sweep over me.

Psalm 42:7 NLT

I hear the tumult of the raging seas as your waves and surging tides sweep over me.

v. Psalm 42:8 (NLT) — 8 But each day the LORD pours his unfailing love upon me, and through each night I sing his songs, praying to God who gives me life.

Psalm 42:8 NLT

But each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me, and through each night I sing his songs, praying to God who gives me life.

vi. Just turn it over to Jesus

vii. Why worry when you can pray?

Get your eyes on the Lord and off yourself.

i. Self-pity is one of the most dangerous attitudes you and I can ever cultivate.

ii. Listen it’s a poison – toxic

iii. Psalm 42:2 (NLT) — 2 I thirst for God, the living God. When can I go and stand before him?

Psalm 42:2 NLT

I thirst for God, the living God. When can I go and stand before him?

iv. Psalm 42:8 (NLT) — 8 But each day the LORD pours his unfailing love upon me, and through each night I sing his songs, praying to God who gives me life.

Psalm 42:8 NLT

But each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me, and through each night I sing his songs, praying to God who gives me life.

v. Stand on the promise of God

Jesus paid for your sins

i. All your sins, mistake, failures, hurts.

ii. Jesus paid for every single one

iii. Confess it to the Lord

iv. God forgives and forgets

v. You may not feel that He does, but He does just the same, because this is the promise of His Word.

vi. Romans 8:1 (NLT) — 1 So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.

Romans 8:1 NLT

So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.

vii. Why should you punish yourself when Jesus Christ bore all the punishment for you?

viii. Your Father loves you; He forgives you; He will see you through.

Psalm 42:1 (NIV) — 1 As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God.

Psalm 42:1 NLT

As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God.

Have you ever been really thirsty?

There is nothing like that cool drink of water!

Turn your heart to Lord and have a deep cool drink!