INTRO:
We are created in the image of God, a trinity – Spirit, Soul and Body.
We are a spirit:
- eternal
- born again or dead in sin
- alive
- communicates with God
- communion with Holy Spirit
We have a soul:
- mind
- will
- emotions
- inner you
- gets wounded
- gets attacked
We live in a body:
- flesh
- will die
- shell
- glove
We feed our soul and spirit just like our body… but what kind of food?
TV, movies, music, words…all go into the soul.
John 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. ~ Jesus
- God alone satisfies the soul.
Psalms 107:9 For He satisfies the longing soul, And fills the hungry soul with goodness.
Psalm 35:9 And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord; It shall rejoice in His salvation.
Matthew 11:29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
- Man sins against his own soul.
Proverbs 6:32 Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding; He who does so destroys his own soul.
Proverbs 8:36 But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul; All those who hate me love death.”
Ezekiel 18:4 “Behold, all souls are Mine; The soul of the father As well as the soul of the son is Mine; The soul who sins shall die.
- Our soul is hungry and thirsty.
Psalm 42:1-2 As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
Psalm 63:1 O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land where there is no water.
Psalm 63:5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.
Psalm 63:8 My soul follows close behind You; Your right hand upholds me.
- We can pour out our soul in prayer to God.
Hannah:
1 Samuel 1:10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the Lord and wept in anguish.
1 Samuel 1:15 But Hannah answered and said, “No, my lord, I am a woman of sorrowful spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor intoxicating drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord.
- Our soul is of extreme & eternal value.
Mark 8:36-37 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
Luke 12:20 But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’
Matthew 16:26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
- We can have godly soul ties.
David & Jonathan:
1 Samuel 18:1 Now when he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
1 Samuel 18:3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
Acts 4:32 Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.
2 Corinthians 12:15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.
- We can have ungodly soul ties.
Sampson & Delilah:
Judges 16:4-5,16
4 Afterward it happened that he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 5 And the lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Entice him, and find out where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and every one of us will give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.”
16 And it came to pass, when she pestered him daily with her words and pressed him, so that his soul was vexed to death,
- The soul can be broken, hurt or wounded.
1 Samuel 1:10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the Lord and wept in anguish.
Mark 14:34 Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch.”
Job 19:2 “How long will you torment my soul, And break me in pieces with words?
Hebrews 12:3 For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls.
1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul.
Peter 1:9 Receiving the end of your faith—the salvation of your souls.
- Wisdom blesses the soul.
Proverbs 19:8 He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; He who keeps understanding will find good.
Proverbs 19:16 He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, But he who is careless of his ways will die.
- The soul can be saved, restored, redeemed.
Hebrews 10:39 But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.
Psalm 34:22 The Lord redeems the soul of His servants, And none of those who trust in Him shall be condemned.
Psalm 49:15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave, For He shall receive me.
- Words affect our soul.
Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.
Proverbs 18:7 A fool’s mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
- Greatest commandment is to love the Lord our God with all our heart & soul, strength and mind.
Deuteronomy 6:5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
Mark 12:30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.
Mark 12:33 And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
- We must purify our soul.
1 Peter 1:22 Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart.
James 1:21 Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
- God alone keeps our soul.
1 Peter 2:25 For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and (Bishop) Overseer of your souls.
1 Peter 4:19 Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.
Psalms 121:7 The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.
- God alone heals the soul.
Psalm 41:4 I said, “Lord, be merciful to me; Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”
Psalm 23:3 He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.
CONCLUSION:
God wants to heal your soul to HEAL YOUR LIFE!!!
3 John 1:2 Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.
As goes your soul, so goes your life, health, relationships, finances, etc…
Does YOUR soul magnify the Lord???
Luke 1:45 Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of those things which were told her from the Lord.”
The Song of Mary
46 And Mary said:
“My soul magnifies the Lord,
47 And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.
HOW? How is the soul healed or restored?
1. FORGIVENESS
2. DELIVERANCE
3. THE WORD
4. THE HOLY SPIRIT
How to protect your soul, keep the anointing, stay clean, live holy…
- No sin – Choose not to sin willfully, knowingly, choose life, choose God
- No Offenses – Forgive often and quickly
- Prayer – Pray without ceasing, Communion with the Holy Spirit
- Worship – Worship, sing, praise Him often, daily, and in your heart