Heartache ~ A Cancer of the Soul

Proverbs 15:13 A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit.

“The most sensitive thing that God ever made was the human soul.””

Proverbs 17:22 A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Proverbs 18:14 A man’s spirit will endure sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?

What are some causes of heartache?

What has happened in you?

What has happened to you?

What has happened around you?

You Are Not Alone As A Sufferer

Job 16:12 All was well with me, but I feel as if God has crushed me.

Jeremiah 8:21 Since my people are crushed, I am crushed; I mourn, and horror grips me.

Psalm 38:4,8 My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear. I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.

How to help others H.E.A.L.

HOPE . . . “I believe for you”

Psalm 34:18 The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

“I do not understand this life of ours “I do not understand this life of ours. But still less can I comprehend how people in trouble and loss and bereavement can fling away their Christian faith. In God's name, fling to what?

Have we not lost enough without losing that too?” "You people in the sunshine may believe the faith, but we in the shadow must believe it. We have nothing else." ~ Pastor John Gossip

2 Corinthians 4:7-10 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. 8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted,

2 Corinthians 4:7-10 but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

Back In His Arms Again

HOPE ENCOURAGEMENT A L

ENCOURAGEMENT also says . . . “I believe in you”

1 Thessalonians 5:11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

ENCOURAGEMENT affirms those who do not see their value and potential

ENCOURAGEMENT praises those who are taking scary steps of faith.

ENCOURAGEMENT consoles those who have had their spiritual wind knocked out

HOPE ENCOURAGE ACCOUNTABILITY L

ACCOUNTABILITY Is exhorting those who are tempted to give up

ACCOUNTABILITY “I believe with you”

Hebrews 10:24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.

HOPE ENCOURAGE ACCOUNTABILITY LOVE

“I believe because of you” LOVE “I believe because of you”

“If You Pray For Me”

“Crusher”

Isaiah 42:3 . . . a bruised reed he will not break, and a faintly burning wick he will not quench.

Isaiah 53:5-6 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.

Isaiah 53:5-6 6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.