Tune in for Part 2 of Soul Talks! *Notes below
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? Ps. 42:5
Why are our souls heavy?
Heavy with hurts from the past.
19 I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. 20 I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. Lam 3:19-20
Heavy with trouble in the present.
But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are dismayed. Job 4:5
Heavy with anxiety about the future.
…(Jesus) began to be deeply distressed and troubled. 34 "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 your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and 6 my God. Ps. 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. Lam 3:19-23
Cry out to God in the present.
2 I pour out my complaint before him; before him I tell my trouble… 5 I cry to you, O Lord; I say, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living." 6 Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. Ps 142:2, 5-6
Trust in God’s power for your future.
Hezekiah, king of Judah said, 7 "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. 8 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 Chron 32:7-8
