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“From A Crushed Spirit
To A Restored Heart”
A Crushed Spirit
“A man’s spirit can endure sickness, but a crushed spirit—who can bear?” (Proverbs 18:14)
“And David said in his heart, I shall now perish by the hand of Saul …”. (1 Samuel 27:1)
“David dwelt with Achish King of Gath” vs 2, 3
“ And David smote the land and left neither man nor woman alive … less they should tell on us saying so did David.” 27:9, 11
“and so will be his manner all the while he dwell in the country of the Philistines” vs 11
“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” (Psalm 34:18))
�What Scripture Reveals�
�What Scripture Reveals�
Proverbs 17:22 “A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.”
�What Scripture Reveals�
“For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.”
Isaiah 57:15
�When The Faithful Fall Apart�
When The Faithful Fall Apart
“”I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me” (Numbers 11:14–15).
�When The Faithful Fall Apart�
“May the day of my birth perish, and the night that said, ‘A boy is conceived!’” (Job 3:1–3).
�When The Faithful Fall Apart�
“But she said to them, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.”
Ruth 1:20
�When The Faithful Fall Apart�
When the water in the skin was gone, she put the boy under one of the bushes. Then she went off and sat down about a bowshot away, for she thought, “I cannot watch the boy die.” And as she sat there, she began to sob.”
Genesis 21:15, 16
�When The Faithful Fall Apart�
“My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death” (Matthew 26:38)
�What Crushes the Spirit�
�What Crushes the Spirit�
“When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long” �(Psalm 32:3).
�What Crushes the Spirit�
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick”
(Proverbs 13:12 NIV)
�What Crushes the Spirit�
“A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones” �(Proverbs 14:30 NIV)
�What Crushes the Spirit�
“Suffering that’s not transformed is transmitted.”
(Big God, Little Devil Dr. Sean Tobin PhD)
�The Path Toward Healing�
“… David enquired at the Lord” 1 Samuel 30:8
“that David encouraged himself in the Lord”
“So David went …” vs 9
�Repentance And Contrition�
“a broken and contrite heart” (Psalm 51:17)
�The Comforter�
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” �(Matthew 11:28)
�Community�
“Carry each other’s burdens” (Galatians 6:2)
Communion With God
“Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.”�(Colossians 1:29 KJV)
“He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.”�(Psalm 91:1 ESV)
Walking With The Crushed:
Walking With The Crushed:
Be present without platitudes.
Pray and lament together.
Meet practical needs.
Encourage without rushing.
The Greater Hope
The Greater Hope
We are not alone.
We are not powerless.
We are not defined by despair.
The Greater Hope
“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” (Psalm 147:3)
“Deliverance doesn’t always sound like shouting. Sometimes it sounds like a whisper.”
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