|
Listen to Steve Cooley of
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
Read | Download:  Audio |  Video
By
John Piper. June 1, 2008 © Desiring God. Website: desiringGod.org
Used by permission
Psalms
31:9-10 (NIV)
9 Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and my body
with grief. 10 My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning; my strength fails because of my affliction, and my
bones grow weak. Hear, Read and Study more on Psalms 31:9-10
Psalms
18:4-6 (NIV)
4 The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me. 5 The cords of the grave
coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me. 6 In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From
his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears. Hear, Read and Study more on Psalms 18:4-6
Psalms
31:22 (NIV)
In my alarm I said, "I am cut off from your sight!" Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called
to you for help. Hear, Read and Study more on Psalms 31:22
Matthew
9:36 (NIV)
36 When he [Jesus] saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like
sheep without a shepherd. Hear, Read and Study more on Matthew 9:36
Psalms
6:2-7 (NIV)
2 Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am faint; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are in agony. 3 My soul is in anguish.
How long, O LORD, how long? 4 Turn, O LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love. 5 No one remembers you
when he is dead. Who praises you from the grave? 6 I am worn out from groaning; all night long I flood my bed with weeping
and drench my couch with tears. 7 My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes. Hear, Read and Study more on Psalms 6:2-7
Psalms
30:8-12 (NIV)
8 To you, O LORD, I called; to the Lord I cried for mercy: 9 "What gain is there in my destruction,
in my going down into the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it proclaim your faithfulness? 10 Hear, O LORD, and be merciful
to me; O LORD, be my help." 11 You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
12 that my heart may sing to you and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever. Hear, Read and Study more on Psalms 30:8-12
Psalms
34:18 (NIV) The LORD is close to the
brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Hear, Read and Study more on Psalms 34:18
|
 |
Psalms
31:22 (NIV)
In my alarm I said, "I am cut off from your sight!" Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called
to you for help. Hear, Read and Study more on Psalms 31:22
|
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.
No Need To Worry (pt-1) Matthew 6:25-34
Mike
Abendroth Download mp3
No Need To Worry (pt-2) Matthew 6:25-34
Mike Abendroth Download mp3
No Need To Worry (pt-3) Matthew 6 and Philippians
4
Mike Abendroth
Download mp3
Copyright 2004 Bethlehem Bible Church all rights reserved. Used by permission
|
Psalms
18:4-6 (NIV)
4 The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me. 5 The cords of the grave
coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me. 6 In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From
his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears. Hear, Read and Study more on Psalms 18:4-6
Psalms
31:22 (NIV)
In my alarm I said, "I am cut off from your sight!" Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called
to you for help. Hear, Read and Study more on Psalms 31:22
Matthew
9:36 (NIV)
36 When he [Jesus] saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like
sheep without a shepherd. Hear, Read and Study more on Matthew 9:36
Psalms
72:12-13 (NIV)
12 For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help. 13 He will take
pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death. Hear, Read and Study more on Psalms 72:12-13
Psalms
5:1-7 (NIV)
1 Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my sighing. 2 Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for
to you I pray. 3 In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.
4 You are not a God who takes pleasure in evil; with you the wicked cannot dwell. 5 The arrogant cannot stand in your presence;
you hate all who do wrong. 6 You destroy those who tell lies; bloodthirsty and deceitful men the LORD abhors. 7 But I, by
your great mercy, will come into your house; in reverence will I bow down toward your holy temple. Hear, Read and Study more on Psalms 5:1-7
Psalms
31:9-10 (NIV)
9 Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and my body
with grief. 10 My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning; my strength fails because of my affliction, and my
bones grow weak. Hear, Read and Study more on Psalms 31:9-10
|
