I MUSTACHE YOU A QUESTION Part 4 – 11-02-14 - Pastor Chuck Bernal
QUESTION 1: DOES GOD CHANGE HIS MIND? I am the LORD, and I do not change. (Malachi 3:6 – NLT) Every good gift bestowed, every perfect gift received comes to us from above, courtesy of the Father of lights. He is consistent. He won’t change His mind or play tricks in the shadows. (James 1:17 – The Voice) God is not a man, that he should lie; He doesn’t change his mind like humans do. Has he ever promised, Without doing what he said? (Numbers 23:19 – LB) The one who lives forever, the God of Israel, does not lie and will not change his mind. He is not like a man who is always changing his mind. (1 Samuel 15:29 – ESV) For Jesus doesn’t change—yesterday, today, tomorrow, he’s always totally himself. (Hebrews 13:8 – Msg)
THEO LO GICAL TRUTH: _____________________________________________ God can never change! THEO LO GICAL TRUTH: ______________________________ God purposes are always accomplished! THEO LO GICAL TRUTH: _____________________________ God knows everything before it happens! Think about this. Wrap your minds around it. This is serious business, rebels. Take it to heart. Remember your history, your long and rich history. I am GOD, the only God you’ve had or ever will have - incomparable, irreplaceable— From the very beginning telling you what the ending will be, All along letting you in on what is going to happen. Assuring you, “I’m in this for the long haul, I’ll do exactly what I set out to do” . . . I’ve said it, and I’ll most certainly do it. I’ve planned it, so it’s as good as done. (Isaiah 46:10-11 – Msg) We may make a lot of plans, but the LORD will do what he has decided . . . People may plan all kinds of things, but the LORD's will is going to be done. (Proverbs 19:21 – CEV, GNB)
PERSO NAL APPLICATIO N: I can ___________ God in everything knowing His ________ will be done
QUESTION 2: WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT DEPRESSION? Everything on earth is broken. When sin and evil entered the world, it messed up everything. And nothing on this planet is perfect anymore. Everything on the planet is broken. Nothing works perfectly as it once did. The weather does not work perfectly. We have tsunamis and earthquakes and we have fires, floods and all kinds of natural disasters. God didn’t want that for us. He created a perfect world and put humans in a garden of paradise called Eden. Sin broke the planet. It broke the weather, it broke the climate. The economy doesn’t work perfectly. None of your plans work perfectly. Your body doesn’t work perfectly. No relationship works perfectly. No brain works perfectly. We all have broken brains. We’re all mentally ill. And we have thoughts that we can’t control and compulsions and desires and fears and depressions and worries and rage. You name it. Everything is broken in this world. We’re all mentally ill. We’re not insane. Very few people are insane, but all of us struggle with mental illnesses, because everything is broken. (From Rick Warren’s 1st sermon after the suicide of his son)
Depression is _____________________________________________ - it im pacts everyone in som e way Depression is a _________________________________________, not a __________________________! Depression has two m ain causes: ___________________________ or ____________________________ ________________________________:
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Depression starts ____ _______________________, but grows if ________________________________ STAGE 1: ______________________________________________________ STAGE 2: ______________________________________________________ STAGE 3: ______________________________________________________ STAGE 4: ______________________________________________________