experiencing god’s sufficiency: our comfort and strength (god’s prescription for depression)...
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EXPERIENCING GOD’S SUFFICIENCY:
OUR COMFORT AND STRENGTH
(God’s Prescription For Depression)
Isaiah 40:9-31
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How are you today? Are you getting tired and weary? Are you in need of
encouragement? Do you want to experience
God’s comfort?
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Good news!We don’t have to bear our burdens alone. We can find hope, encouragement and
strength in God. We can know the reality of God’s comfort
through the Scriptures.
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But the encouragement of Scripture is not simply designed to make us feel better or just remove our
pain.
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God’s comfort is designed to give us wisdom to see the
bigger picture, a better perspective on our
circumstances; to understand His enduring purposes; and to know God’s sufficiency in the midst of our inadequacy.
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1. HIS PRESCRIPTION ANNOUNCED (Isaiah
40:9c,10a)
“BEHOLD, YOUR GOD!”
ESB, NKJV
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Isaiah is saying, “Think about the nature
and works, the attributes and actions, of your God.”
“Let your mind dwell on Him.”
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Psalm 40:1-10
ALWAYS FOCUS ON WHO AND WHAT GOD IS AS
YOU FACE THE DIFFICULTIES OF LIFE,
WHATEVER IT MAY BRING.
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Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus(Helen Lemmel, 1922)
O soul, are you weary and troubled?
No light in the darkness you see?
There’s light for a look at the Savior,
And life more abundant and free!
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Turn your eyes upon Jesus,Look full in His wonderful
face,And the things of earth will
grow strangely dim,In the light of His glory and
grace.
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“GET YOUR EYES OFF ON THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES. GET YOUR EYES ON YOUR
GOD. BEHOLD HIM, YOUR GOD
REIGNS!”HEBREWS 12:1-3
2 COR. 4:16-18
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2. HIS PERSON PROCLAIMED (Isaiah 40: 9c, 10-11)
a. He is a Personal God who cares - He is “your God” (vs. 9c).
Phil. 4:19-20; 1 Pet. 5:7
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b. He is a Deliverer and King - “who will come with His arm ruling for Him” (vs. 10a).
Josh. 5:13-15Matt. 16:27
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JESUS WILL ONE DAY RETURN TO BRING
PERFECT PEACE TO A SINFUL AND LOST WORLD
(REV. 19:11, 15-16).
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c. He is a Rewarder - “Behold, His reward is with Him …” (vs. 10b).
Heb. 6:10 1 Cor. 15:58
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d. He is a Shepherd who tenderly cares for his people - “Like a shepherd He will tend His flock …” (vs. 11).
Psalm 23;John 10:11; 1 Peter 2:25; 5:4
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3. HIS POWER DECLARED (Isaiah 40:12-26)
a. His greatness is limitless—God is omnipotent (vs. 12).b. His wisdom is unsearchable—God is omniscient (vss.13,14).
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c. His authority is absolute—God is sovereign (vss. 15-17).
Ps. 103:19; 115:3; 135:5-6
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d. His being is incomparable—God is infinite (vss. 18-25).
e. His might is unchanging— God is faithful (vs. 26).
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4. HIS PEOPLE REBUKED (Isaiah 40: 27-28A)
Question 1 (vs. 27): Why do you say, O Jacob, and complain, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD; my cause is disregarded by my God”? (NIV)
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THE TRIALS AND PRESSURES OF LIFE, NO MATTER HOW SEVERE,
ARE NEVER AN INDICATION THAT GOD
HAS FORGOTTEN US OR IS UNCONCERNED.
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Questions 2 (vs. 28): “Do you not know? Have you not heard?”
Isa. 29:13; Matt. 15:8-9Heb. 3:7-8
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5. HIS PROMISE PROVIDED (Isaiah 40:28b-31)
a. Know who is in charge - “The Everlasting God, the Lord, the creator of the ends of the earth” (40:28b).
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b. Rest in God’s Omnipotence -“He does not become weary or tired” (40:28b).
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c. Trust God who knows what He is doing - “His understanding is inscrutable” (40:28c).
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d. Realize that God cares and wants to strengthen us – “He gives (a habitual practice of God) strength to the weary, …” (40:29).
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e. Learn to submit to the Lord – “wait on the Lord (40:30-31).
“Wait” means “to trust, hope, or have confidence in.”
Originally it meant “to twist, bind.”
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Personal and Practical Implications of Beholding God:
a. “We will gain new strength.”b. “We will mount up with wings like eagles.”
c. “we will run and not get tired.”
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Daniel 11:32b
“…but the people who know their God will
display strength and take action.”
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