Soul Detox---1
The Heavy Soul
- WE ARE NOT A BODY WITH A SOUL.
- WE ARE A SOUL WITH A BODY.
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Psalm 42:5
WHY ARE OUR SOULS HEAVY?
* HEAVY WITH HURTS FROM THE PAST.
I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. Lamentations 3:19-20
* HEAVY WITH TROUBLE IN THE PRESENT.
But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged; it stikes you, and you are dismayed. Job 4:5
* HEAVY WITH ANXIETY ABOUT THE FUTURE.
...[Jesus] began to be deeply distressed and troubled. My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death..." Mark 14:33-34
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put you hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. Psalm 42:5-6
TELL YOUR SOUL TO
* REMEMBER GOD'S FAITHFULNESS IN THE PAST.
I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:19-23
* CRY OUT TO GOD IN THE PRESENT.
I pour out my complaint before him; before him I tell my trouble... I cry to you, O Lord; I say, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living." Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. Psalm 142:2, 5-6
* TRUST IN GOD'S POWER FOR YOU FUTURE.
"Be strong and courageous. do not be afraid or discouraged because of the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater power with us than with him. With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles..." 2 Chronicles 32:7-8
SOUL DETOX---2
THE TORTURED SOUL
- WE ARE NOT A BODY WITH A SOUL.
- WE ARE A SOUL WITH A BODY.
Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul. 1 Peter 2:11
WHAT TORTURES OUR SOULS?
1) WE'RE TORTURED BY THINGS WE'VE DONE.
...my bones have no soundness because of my sin., My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear. Psalm 38:3-4
2) WE'RE TORTURED BY LIES WE BELIEVE.
...[The devil] was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. John 8:44-45
TELL YOUR SOUL
1) IT'S BETTER TO CONFESS YOUR SINS THAN HIDE YOUR SINS.
He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy. Proverbs 28:13
* We confess to God for Forgiveness of sins.
If we confess our sins, [God] is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9
* We confess to People for Healing from sins.
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. James 5:16
2) CHRIST WILL SET YOU FREE.
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. 1 Corinthians 10:13
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his woulds you have been healed. For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. 1 Peter 2:24-25
SOUL DETOX---3
THE RESTLESS SOUL
- WE ARE NOT A BODY WITH A SOUL.
- WE ARE A SOUL WITH A BODY.
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Genesis 2:7 KJV
THE CURSE OF THE RESTLESS SOUL
Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth. Genesis 4:11-12
What does a man get for all the toil and anzious striving with which he labors under the sun? All his days his work is pain and grief; even at night his mind does not rest... Ecclesiastes 2:22-23
WHERE DO WE FIND REST FOR OUR SOULS?
- OUR SOULS FIND REST IN GOD ALONE.
"You have made us for yourelf, O Lord, and our soul is restless until it finds rest in you." Augustine
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Matthew 11:28-29
HOW DO WE FIND REST IN GOD?
- BE STILL BEFORE GOD.
Be still, and know that I am God... Psalm 46:10
But I have stilled and quieted my soul... Psalm 131:2
- WAIT FOR GOD.
I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope. My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning... Psalm 130:5-6
- What do you want to say to me?
- What do you want to show me?
- What do you want to do in me?
- REFLECT ON GOD'S GOODNESS
Be at rest once more, O my soul, for the Lord has been good to you. For you, O Lord, have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before the Lord in the land of the living. Psalm 116:7-9
SOUL DETOX---4
THE SEDUCED SOUL
- WE ARE NOT A BODY WITH A SOUL.
- WE ARE A SOUL WITH A BODY.
So do not corrupt yourselves by making an idol in any form -- whether of a man or a woman, an animal on the ground, a bird in the sky, a small animal that scurries along the ground, or a fish in the deepest sea. And when you look up into the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars -- all the forces of heaven -- don't be seduced into worshiping them. Deuteronomy 4:16-19 NLT
What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Mark 8:36
DETHRONING THE IDOLS OF OUR SOULS
1) IDENTIFY THE IDOLS OF OUR SOULS.
Who may ascend the hill of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol. Psalm 24:3-4
- Time
- Money
- Conversation
...Tear down your father's altar to Baal and cut down the Asherah pole beside it. Judges 6:25
Jesus looked at him and loved him. "One thing you lack, he said, "Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." Mark 10:21
3) FILL YOUR SOUL WITH GOD.
My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Psalm 84:2
For [God] satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things. Psalm 107:9 ESV
As the dear pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thrists for God, for the living God... Psalm 42:1-2
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