Despair

physical Doctor - Mental Illness – Chemical Imbalance Suicidal – Get Help For some women, moms, and children this is a hard day – a DOWNCAST Day Pray for them especially

MEMORY VERSE:

SLIDE 2 Psalm 42:5 (ESV) — Why are you cast down [Downcast - NIV84], O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall AGAIN praise him, my salvation…

· Our Hope is Cemented in our Salvation

· Sons of Korah – have confidence even though Hope is Gone – it will come again

· What if I am not saved?

2 Corinthians 7:6 (ESV) — But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us…

SLIDE 3 Ps. 88. 1-7 – Last Week - Demoralization

Son’s of Korah (not David) – Musicians – also wrote Psalm 42

Demoralization - It is characterized by a combination of distress and subjective incompetence

Amy – “I Failed as a Mother.”

SLIDE 4 Ps. 88. 8-12 – This Week - Despair

Son’s of Korah (not David) – Musicians – also wrote Psalm 42 Despair iss understood broadly as “an entire want of hope.” From <https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/psychiatry-dark-night-soul>

Amy when we found out the state would not pay for Jonathan's Formula

SLIDE 5 The Problem:

· Does God Hear my Cry (Lament)?

o Psalm 88:2 (ESV) — 2Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry!

o We know God heard this prayer -It became scripture!

Will I ever experience Hope again?

Psalm 88:10 (ESV) — Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah

SLIDE 6 Ezekiel 37. 1-14 (13-14) Valley of Dry Bones It does not feel like He Hears me, knows me, loves me, cares about me – Week 3 – Dark Night of the Soul

SLIDE 7 Finding Hope when experiencing Despair

Memory Verses; God Hears His Saints Help someone who is DOWNCAST- Mental health 1st Aid – 8/27 Last Week – Luke 24: 13-35

Allow yourself to Lament

Remember it was Adam & Eve – not God (Gen 2-3)

Do something that Reminds you of the Hope that you had Expect Supernatural Intervention

Luke 24 – Jesus shows up out of the blue Gen 16 – Hagar and Sarai

Genesis 16:7 (ESV) — 7 The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.

Fellowship with People of Hope - Ruth 1. 1-18 Invite People to Pray with their Moms