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Spiritual Depression in the Psalms
“'As with a deadly wound in my bones, my adversaries taunt me, while they say
to me all the day long, ‘Where is your God?’” And the taunt ‘Where is your God?’ implies that
something else has gone wrong too, or they wouldn’t be saying, ‘Where is your God?’ It looks to them like
he has been abandoned.”
“’My tears have
been my food day and night.’ So he is discouraged to the point of crying day and night. In verse 7 he says that it feels
like drowning: 'All your breakers and your waves have gone over me.'”
“In all of this, he is fighting for hope. ... Verse 5: ‘Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.’... Verse
11: ‘Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God.’ He is not surrendering to the emotions of discouragement. He is fighting back.”
“...it looks like God has forgotten him. It feels as if God has forgotten
him. If God hasn’t forgotten him, why aren’t these enemies driven back and consumed? It would be good if all of
us were so composed and careful in the expression of our discouragements that we never said anything amiss. But that is not
the way we are. In the midst of the tumult of emotions, we are not careful with our words.”
[Job talked] ...”about ‘words for the
wind.’ [Job 6:26] Job says to his critical friends, ‘Do you think that you can reprove words, when the
speech of a despairing man is wind?’ In other words, don’t jump on the words of a despairing man. Let it go. There
will be ample time to discern the deeper convictions of the heart. Let the wind blow them away. They are words for the wind.” Spiritual D
Depression in the Psalms | Psalm 42
Psalms: Thinking and Feeling
with God, Part 2
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By
John Piper. June 1, 2008 © Desiring God. Website: desiringGod.org
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No Need To Worry (series) Matthew 6:25-34
Listen as Mike Abendroth of Bethlehem Bible Church ask the question, do you worry? If we answerer yes Pastor Mike explains the root cause and an answer for the problem in this series.
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Psalms 62:5-8 (NIV)
5 Find rest, O my soul,
in God alone; my hope comes from him. 6 He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. 7 My
salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. 8 Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your
hearts to him, for God is our refuge. Selah Hear, Read and Study more on Psalms 62:5-8
Psalms
119:74 (NIV) May those who fear you rejoice when they see me, for I have put my hope in your word. Hear, Read and Study more on Psalms 119:74
Psalms
130:5 (NIV) I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope. Hear, Read and Study more on Psalms 130:5
Psalms
25:3-5 (NIV)
3 No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame, but they will be put to shame who are treacherous
without excuse. 4 Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths; 5 guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my
Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. Hear, Read and Study more on Psalms 25:3-5
Psalms
71:14 (NIV) But as for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more. Hear, Read and Study more on Psalms 71:14
Psalms
147:11 (NIV)
11 the LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love. Hear, Read and Study more on Psalms 147:11
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