We are getting ready to embark on a journey
That will:
Provoke
Cut
Hurt
Heal
Victory
Be deep
INTRO:
My kids and I watched a movie a couple years ago entitled "Holes"
These young boys / for some crime / were sent to a reform boys camp
To dig holes in the middle of the desert
As the evil warden watches over them
The interesting twist is that this now desert used to be a beautiful wetland and lake
Where great fruit and vegetables gardens were grown
But something evil happens and the fruitful place becomes a desert full of holes!
- There are events that happen in some of our pasts that create holes in our soul.
- Which prevent us from holding the blessings God has
- Psalms 147 is very interesting to note all the huge miracles God does:
o He determines the number of stars and calls them by name
o He covers the sky with clouds
o He supplies the earth with rain
o He makes the grass grow for the cattle
o He spreads the snow like wool
o He scatters the frost like ashes
o He hurls down the hail like pebbles
- Yet, in the midst of all these great, powerful exploits of nature...
- The first thing we see Him do...
- Vs 3 - Heals the brokenhearted and binds up their
wounds
-binds = To wrap firmly
To govern or rule
To pack of fill
-wound = Sorrow
Sore
Pain
-Hole = A hollow place in a solid body
-The anatomy of the soul
-The assault of the soul
-The atonement of the soul
1. The Anatomy of the Soul
-Anatomy = structure / Examination / Soul / Emotions / Psyche / Moods / Appetites
-Many wonder why they’ve been saved many years and still have a hard time.
-Producing fruit - Galatians 5
1. Love
2. Joy
3. Peace
4. Patience
5. Kindness
6. Goodness
7. Faithfulness
8. Gentleness
9. Self-control
-The bucket we are trying to water with
-Has holes in it.
-Many fail to realize how close knit our whole person is.
-God said...Let us make man in our image
-Trinity
-Father / Son / Holy Spirit
-Body / Mind / Soul >>>>> Explain
DEUTERONOMY 6:5
"Love the Lord your God will all your heart and with all your soul and will all your strength."
MATTHEW 22:37
"Jesus replied, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind."
-When the Spirit is born again we go to heaven
-But until then, my soul needs healing
2. The Assault of the Soul
-Before salvation we get involved in things with the body that affects our soul
-Sometimes it’s what others do
-Few people realize how much the events of our past affect...
-...and sometimes control...
-our present
-We are at an altar being prayed for
-Get blessed
-But can’t contain it
-Because we’ve not yet allowed God to bind
up and fill up the holes
-...all your blessings
-slowly seep out the holes
-leaving you dry / unable to produce fruit
-Holes...cause you to live with:
„X Fear
„X Doubt
„X Anxiety
„X Depression
„X Anger
„X Cynicism
„X Low Self Esteem
„X Shame
„X Poverty Mind Set
-Its hard for us to retain God’s blessing
-when we have a soul with holes
EXAMPLE: buckets with holes
ILLUSTRATE: Can’t retain God’s Word / blessings, etc.
Trying to water a dying plant
-These holes become the devil’s foothold
-Holes are the entry points of pain...The Devil’s foothold.
„X Neglect
„X Abandonment
„X Abuse
„X Rejection
„X Mistreatment
-All these assault a person’s soul
EXAMPLE: Fingernail
I have a deformed fingernail
Because when I was little I smashed it
Now, it grows funny
-This is a physical example of an emotional issue
-Emotional injuries can’t be clipped off
-They must be resolved and healed
-Whenever you are emotionally deprived in any way you experience social injury.
-Particularly when you’re young
„X Lost a parent
„X Death or divorce
„X Parents sent you away
-Physical / verbal / sexual abuse
-Over controlling / protective ... sends a message: you’re not smart enough
-Remember Mephibosheth should have been living in the palace
-But was too full of shame (Mephibo = shameful one)
-and stayed in Lodebar (Lodebar = no communication)
-Someone he trusted dropped him
-The pain from these issues
-are what form...
...the holes in our soul
-Wherever there is a hole...
...something drained out
EXAMPLE 1: A. Overbearing, controlling parent
B. Fights authority
C. Drain -Can’t think for self
-Go wild, no restraint when by self
-Because never built their own boundaries and beliefs
-People try to fill these holes
-with things that usually make the holes bigger
EXAMPLE: Hole...never good enough
Substitute...workaholic
Causes more stress
More performance to the circle continues digging more holes
-In the movie...
...digging more holes trying to find something that was lost!
-When you stack present day stress on top of unmet childhood needs you have got a big problem
3. The Atonement of the Soul
Atonement = Amends or repair for an injury or wrong
First Step is:
1. Express / confess your hole and talk about it
-not necessarily with your offender
-talk it through with yourself
-and God / Spouse
-Don’t be afraid to acknowledge it’s affect on you.
Anger / sorrow / etc
EXAMPLE: If I gave you a million dollars and you lost it...you would express something!
EXAMPLE: AFV ... fake lottery winner
-I know men don’t want to acknowledge hurt
-We are created to be strong
-However, it takes strength to acknowledge a hurt
EXAMPLE: I think I am viewed as a strong person, yet I have shared my holes
2. Forgive your offender
-Realize your victimizer was a victim
3. Become accountable to someone
-This can’t happen unless you take Step #1
-This is why a good marriage helps complete each other
4. Feed the good / starve the bad
-Don’t watch
-Listen
-Experience things that feed that hole
-Fill that hole with God’s Word.
5. Use your hurt to help someone else
6. Get filled with the Holy Spirit
