Peace for the Troubled Soul

 What is the soul?

 Soul is what makes me "me"

 Personal

 I don't have a living soul; I am a living soul

 Distinct

 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. (Matthew 10:30, NIV)

 Essence of life

 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life (lit. soul) as a ransom for many." (Mark 10:45, NIV)

 The Searching Soul

Mental Connections:

 Solution  ----  Hoping in God

 Restless for God

 As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? (Psalm 42:1-2, NIV)

 Augustine: "You have made us for Yourself, and our heart is restless till it rests in You."

 Crying for God

 These things I remember as I pour out my soul: . (Psalm 42:4, NIV)

 The Anxious Soul

Mental Connections:

 Resolution  ----  Hoping in God

 I say to God my Rock, "Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?" (Psalm 42:9, NIV)

 Feeling abandoned by God

 Surrounded by enemies

 The downcast soul

 Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? (Psalm 42:5, NIV)

 Hoping in God

Mental Connections:

 Confirmed by remembered experience

 Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Saviour and my God. (Psalm 42:11, NIV)

Summary of Mental Connections in map:

 The Searching Soul -> Solution -> Hoping in God

 The Anxious Soul -> Resolution -> Hoping in God