Pastor Glen's Sermon PowerPoint 2/14/21

HOW CAN GOD RESTORE YOU? “THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD, I HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED. HE MAKES ME LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES; HE LEADS ME BESIDE STILL WATERS. HE RESTORES MY SOUL.” PSALM 23:1-3 PASTOR A. GLEN BASUEL A. WHAT DAMAGES MY SOUL? 1. UNRESOLVED GRUDGES “…RESENTMENT KILLS A FOOL…” (JOB 5:2) A. WHAT DAMAGES MY SOUL? 2. UNCONFESSED GUILT “MY GUILT HAS OVERWHELMED ME LIKE A BURDEN TOO HEAVY TO BEAR... I AM BOWED DOWN AND BROUGHT VERY LOW; ALL DAY LONG I GO ABOUT MOURNING.” (PSALM 38:4,6) A. WHAT DAMAGES MY SOUL? 3. UNPROCESSED GRIEF “BE MERCIFUL TO ME, LORD, FOR I AM IN DISTRESS; MY EYES GROW WEAK WITH SORROW, MY SOUL AND BODY WITH GRIEF.” (PSALM 31:9) B. HOW DOES JESUS RESTORE MY SOUL? 1. GOD TURNS MY HURTS INTO HOLINESS “28 AND WE KNOW THAT IN ALL THINGS GOD WORKS FOR THE GOOD OF THOSE WHO LOVE HIM, WHO HAVE BEEN CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE. 29 FOR THOSE GOD FOREKNEW HE ALSO PREDESTINED TO BE CONFORMED TO THE IMAGE OF HIS SON.” (ROMANS 8:28-29) B. HOW DOES JESUS RESTORE MY SOUL? 2. GOD FORGIVES MY SINS AT THE CROSS “5 BUT HE WAS PIERCED FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS, HE WAS CRUSHED FOR OUR INIQUITIES; THE PUNISHMENT THAT BROUGHT US PEACE WAS ON HIM, AND BY HIS WOUNDS WE ARE HEALED. 6 WE ALL, LIKE SHEEP, HAVE GONE ASTRAY, EACH OF US HAS TURNED TO OUR OWN WAY; AND THE LORD HAS LAID ON HIM THE INIQUITY OF US ALL.” (ISAIAH 53:5-6) B. HOW DOES JESUS RESTORE MY SOUL? 3. GOD FEELS MY GRIEF AND HEALS MY HEART “3 HE WAS DESPISED AND REJECTED BY MANKIND, A MAN OF SUFFERING, AND FAMILIAR WITH PAIN. LIKE ONE FROM WHOM PEOPLE HIDE THEIR FACES HE WAS DESPISED, AND WE HELD HIM IN LOW ESTEEM. 4 SURELY HE TOOK UP OUR PAIN AND BORE OUR SUFFERING, YET WE CONSIDERED HIM PUNISHED BY GOD, STRICKEN BY HIM, AND AFFLICTED.” (ISAIAH 53:3-4) “HE HEALS THE BROKENHEARTED AND BINDS UP THEIR WOUNDS.” (PSALM 147:3) A. WHAT DAMAGES MY SOUL? 1. UNRESOLVED GRUDGES (JOB 5:2) 2. UNCONFESSED GUILT (PSALM 38:4,6) 3. UNPROCESSED GRIEF (PSALM 31:9) B. HOW DOES JESUS RESTORE MY SOU 1. GOD TURNS MY HURTS INTO HOLINESS (ROMANS 8:28-29) 2. GOD FORGIVES MY SINS AT THE CROSS (ISAIAH 53:5-6) 3. GOD FEELS MY GRIEF AND HEALS MY HEART (ISAIAH 53:3-4, PSALM 147:3)