In this episode we discuss...
- our 5 points on fighting negativity in the heart:
- Remember: You have bad stuff in your heart!
- What you CHOOSE to think about is a matter of worship.
- Romans 12:1-2
- 2 ways to think about 2020:
- Disaster OR
- Kindness of God
- This is an opportunity for the Church to grow in faith.
- What you CHOOSE to allow to grip your heart will have a major impact on how you live.
- If you’re entertaining negative thoughts you are in sin.
- Philippians 4:8
- Examples of bad things we could think about…
- Nobody helped me shovel the church driveway.
- Boy, it’s lonely out here.
- I want 2020 to just end.
- God will help you, and you NEED it!
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Our Quote of the Day:
- "In some ways, depression is a slow, painful death of desire, the heart-sickness that comes from repeatedly having hope deferred (Prov. 13:12). Hope that sustains the heart when pursuing a treasured desire has faded (or disappeared) in the depressed. What, then, do you treasure? What do you think would bring you happiness? Who or what are you worshiping? What would give your life meaning? Whose life do you covet? The joyous truth is that perhaps this painful depression is the Lord’s way of revealing false gods to you… Bathing our soul in the Gospel message will powerfully transform the locus of our treasure. Rather than cherishing success or self-approval, we can learn to cherish the Lord because He’s lavished such love upon the undeserving (1 John 4:7-10). All-satisfying treasure is found in this Gospel message.
The depressed don’t simply need to feel better. They need a Redeemer who says, “Take heart, my son, my daughter; what you really need has been supplied. Life no longer need be about your goodness, success, righteousness, or failure. I’ve given you something infinitely more valuable than good feelings: your sins are forgiven.”
This is the freeing truth you can learn through your depression: You weren’t created to love and worship anything more than you love and worship God; and when you do, you’ll feel bad. God has made you to feel pain when you’ve got other treasures that you’ve placed above Him. He wants you to treasure Him." - - From Elyse Fitzpatrick's "Will Medicine Stop the Pain?"
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