Sermons tagged #Psychological

Regardless of the exact cause behind David's despair, this psalm does not focus on the cause of despair, but upon despair itself and its cure. Psalm 6 offers today's saints precious guidance on how to escape despair's "dungeon."

Part Four of Dealing with Difficult Emotions: Grief.

What are the roots of our culture of "The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self". You'll learn as we look at four thinkers from the past age whose ideas have infected us like viruses. This class will give you a pair of glasses to look at our modern American culture.

As a result of being rejected by God for all his rebellion, Saul seals his doom once and for all by seeking the counsel of a witch; the Ghost Mistress of Endor. This is the Fifty Eighth Sermon in the series, Dynasty, Lordship and Authority; an exposition on the First Book of Samuel.

A guilty conscience is a hindrance to love (cf. 1 Timothy 1:5). How best should a Christian pursue a good conscience? Please join us as we explore the two alternatives of "pleading the blood" or "challenging the conscience" through faith.

How can we grow in our felt experience of God's peace? Pastor leads his family in yesterday's "Hopewell @Home" passage. Philippians 4:8–9 prepares us for the evening sermon on the coming Lord's Day. In these two verses of holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us how to make good use of His Word for controlling our internal, mental conversations. By meditating upon and doing what the Lord teaches us, we know His fellowship and live life as a joyous, reasonable, peace-full walking with Him.

What is domestic violence, and what hope is there for both the abuser and the abused?

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Shocking Fulfilled Prophecy, Islam In Revelation, Free MP3 at http://ow.ly/YPEz30nfReY "For a number of years now, I have followed, and benefited from, the work of Still Waters Revival Books, particularly the Reformation and Puritan Bookshelf CD sets, and now the Puritan Hard Drive. The Puritan Hard Drive is a remarkable accomplishment! The common Christian can now have a world-class Presbyterian and Reformed library at his fingertips, for only pennies per volume. I do not think that it is an exaggeration to say that the Puritan Hard Drive presents an historic and singular opportunity. The works on the Puritan Hard Drive have been invaluable to me in sermon preparation and in improving personal and familial piety. If these had been the only blessings attached to the reading of these documents, the expense (even if it had been much greater) would have been justified; but there is more here. In this present time, a great many Presbyterians (particularly in North America) have forgotten and implicitly (perhaps unwittingly) rejected their Presbyterian heritage. Strangely, Westminster confessing churches have rejected the theological distinctives of the Westminster Standards. For anyone interested in recovering our Presbyterian and Reformed past, the Puritan Hard Drive is a must. It is my hope and prayer that the Puritan Hard Drive will be used by God to bring to light the things that were hidden, to call to remembrance the things that were forgotten." Dr. Dilday, Puritan/Reformed Pastor/Scholar Puritan Hard Drive (PHD) http://ow.ly/dZ3ua PHD REVIEWS http://ow.ly/114A30nd6Uq

"Groupthink" is a psychological phenomenon wherein a group of people ignore and even attack any idea or opinion that may threaten their agenda for the sake of unity and cohesion. It's generally a very dangerous type of decision-making process, and yet, did you know that the Bible encourages a particular type of "groupthink?" What does this type of "groupthink" look like, and how will it manifest itself in a body of believers? Ryan explains in the following message from Philippians 2:12-18 entitled, "Gospel-centered Groupthink."

An old debate still rages in the Church: Do we have a responsibility to do social justice or do we just share the Gospel? If our ultimate problem is a sin problem, a theology problem, a soul problem, what good does it do to serve bodies?

Where the world has few answers, that is the avenue for the gospel.  In this message we study the scriptures to learn to think Biblically about psychological disorders with a view toward helping those in need.

In this passage, Jesus’ disciples went up against a demon and could not cast it out, even though they had cast demons out before. The church, overall, has not trained people on how to deal with demons. Satan and demons are predators and they do not pursue the strong. Instead, they prey on the weak, elderly, infirmed, etc. Demons are real and are not a myth. If we don’t recognize the reality of their existence, it will make us more susceptible to the evils around us. Even though the disciples could not cast the demon out, Jesus could. Everything in the Bible is true. If we know Jesus, our goal should be to bring people to Jesus. We should not wait for a Sunday service to bring people to Jesus. We should introduce them to Jesus right where they are. If we turn our problems over to Jesus, many times our problems will get worse before they get better. What is the object of our faith? If our faith is in faith, that will not accomplish anything. God will give us dreams and passions out of our obedience to Him and for His glory. The most important thing about your faith is to ask, “What is your faith in?” Jesus said to pray the way He prays the Lord’s prayer. We must petition Him the way God wants us to ask. Jesus is Lord, therefore faith in Him is the key.

There are many and varied causes for depression, anxiety, or mental illness. Whether or not you will agree with this or not…it is a fact…that depression and mental illness is just as real as any other sickness…it is merely that it affects the mind, rather than just the body. The symptoms are there, if we will just notice them. And merely treating the symptoms of a mentally ill person, or someone suffering from depression…may make us feel better for a season, and it may make them feel better for a season…but it doesn’t deal with the root cause of the issue. There is hope for the hopeless. There is help for the helpless. Trust thou in GOD and get the help you need.

This is truly one of the great questions that is found in Holy Writ. Why? Why art thou cast down, O my soul? I want to speak to you today about the crippling effects of being cast down…of being sad, depressed, or struggling emotionally. I want to talk candidly about the suffering of the soul. I am speaking close from my heart today. I am speaking from a voice of experience, both in my family, in my own life, and in the lives of some that I have pastored over the years. I am not comfortable publicly sharing with you, everything that I have personally been through, but I will say to you...that I know all too well (and so do some of you) what the Psalmist is feeling in these verses.

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MISSING: Praise MISSING: Work STEP 1: God restored Elijah's physical strength STEP 2: God allowed Elijah to vent without judging him STEP 3: God drew Elijah's focus back to Himself STEP 4: God taught Elijah about Himself STEP 5: God assigned Elijah specific tasks to accomplish STEP 6: God helped Elijah face reality STEP 7: God gave Elijah a friend