May 2, 2010

GOD’S ANTIDOTE TO YOUR HURT

I. WHAT NOT TO DO WHEN YOU HURT

A. DON’T IGNORE IT

‘I kept very quiet… but I became even more upset. I became very angry inside, and as I thought about i9t, my anger burned.’ Psalm 39:2-3 (NCV)

B. DON’T RUN FROM IT

‘I wish I had wings like a dove. Then I’d fly away and rest. I would hurry to my place of escape.’ Psalm 55:6, 8

C. DON’T HIDE YOUR HURT

‘When I kept things to myself, I felt weak deep inside me. I moaned all day long.’ Psalm 32:3 (NCV)

‘Confess your faults one to another that you may be healed.’ James 5:16

D. DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT

‘To worry yourself to death with resentment would be a foolish, senseless thing to do.’ Job 18:4 (GN)

E. DON’T RESENT IT

‘You are only hurting yourself with your anger.’ Job 18:4 (GN)

‘you prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.’ Psalm 23:5

I. LET JESUS SETTLE THE SCORE
‘You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enmies…’

‘Never pay back evil for evil…never avenge yourselves. Leave that to God, for he has said that he will repay those who deserve it.’ Romans 12:17, 19 (LB)

‘Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.’ Matthew 5:7

II. LET JESUS SOOTHE YOUR WOUNDS

‘You anoint my head with oil…’

‘God heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.’ Psalm 147:3 (NCV)

‘God heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.’

1. He Uses Fellowship

2. He Uses Prayer..

3. He Uses Worship…

4. He Uses Ministry… *IE..Helping Others Who Have Been Hurt Too

III. LET JESUS SATISFY YOUR NEEDS

‘..my cup overflows…’

1. Hope

‘God will help you overflow with hope in him through the Holy Spirit’s power within you.’ Romans 15:13 (LB)

2. Love

‘..May the Lord make your love to grow and overflow..’
I Thessalonians 3:12 (LB)

3. Joy

‘Ask, using my name, and you will receive, and your cup of joy will overflow’
John 16:24 (LB)