Isaiah 38:14

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Isaiah 3814

• Lord, Im overwhelmed. Please come to my help.

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How to Find My Way Out!

• Perspective (Gods)
• SEES the big picture
• REMEMBERS Gods blessings
• TRUSTS when confused

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How to Find My Way Out!

• Integrity (spiritually)
• Do the right thing even when it doesnt seem to
  work

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How to Find My Way Out!

• 3. Lemonade Focus

• How can I use this to grow personally?
• How can I use this to help others?

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Luke 126-47
page 1012
page 710
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• Mary felt Overwhelmed
• with confusion-confused disturbed v.29
  (NLT)

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• Mary felt Overwhelmed
• with confusion
• with fear afraid v.30

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• Mary felt Overwhelmed
• with confusion
• with fear
• of criticism change

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• Mary felt Overwhelmed
• with confusion
• with fear
• of criticism change,
• of the supernatural inadequacy

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• Mary felt Overwhelmed
• with confusion
• with fear
• often precedes Gods blessing

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When Im Feeling Overwhelmed

• LET GO of My Need to CONTROL the Situation
  (v.34-38)

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When Im Feeling Overwhelmed

• LET GO of My Need to CONTROL the Situation

• Natural tendencytry to increase my control

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When Im Feeling Overwhelmed

• LET GO of My Need to CONTROL the Situation

• Natural tendencytry to increase my control
• Usuallythat just decreases my control

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When Im Feeling Overwhelmed

• LET GO of My Need to CONTROL the Situation

• Why?

To force me to depend on God
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When Im Feeling Overwhelmed

• LET GO of My Need to CONTROL the Situation

• Why?

To force me to depend on God Its living by
faith
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When Im Feeling Overwhelmed

• LET GO of My Need to CONTROL the Situation

• Why?

To force me to depend on God Its living by
faith
Trust God from the bottom of your heart. Dont
try to figure out everything on your own.
Prov.35 (Msg.)
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When Im Feeling Overwhelmed

• LET GO of My Need to CONTROL the Situation

• Why?

To force me to depend on God To follow Gods
plans for my life
The Lord will work out His plans for my life.
Psalm 1388
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When Im Feeling Overwhelmed

• LET GO of My Need to CONTROL the Situation

• Why?

To force me to depend on God To follow Gods
plans for my life Usually bigger
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When Im Feeling Overwhelmed

• LET GO of My Need to CONTROL the Situation

• Why?

To force me to depend on God To follow Gods
plans for my life Usually bigger
to do immeasurably more than all we ask or
imagine, according to His power that is at work
within us. Eph.320
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When Im Feeling Overwhelmed

• LET GO of My Need to CONTROL the Situation

• Why?

To force me to depend on God To follow Gods
plans for my life Usually bigger Often harder
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When Im Feeling Overwhelmed

• LET GO of My Need to CONTROL the Situation

• Why?

To force me to depend on God To follow Gods
plans for my life Usually bigger Often
harder Always better
We know that in everything God works for the
good of those who love Him. They are the people
He called, because that was His plan. Rom.828
(NCV)
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When Im Feeling Overwhelmed

• LET GO of My Need to CONTROL the Situation
• Let OTHERS HELP Me (v.39-45, 56)

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When Im Feeling Overwhelmed

• Let OTHERS HELP Me

• Who?
• A godly believer

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When Im Feeling Overwhelmed

• Let OTHERS HELP Me

• Who?
• A godly believer
• More experienced spiritually

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When Im Feeling Overwhelmed

• Let OTHERS HELP Me

• Who?
• A godly believer
• More experienced spiritually

You are better off to have a friend than to be
all alone. If you fall your friend can help you
up. But if you fall down without a friend
nearby, youre in real trouble. Eccl.49-10
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When Im Feeling Overwhelmed

• Let OTHERS HELP Me

• How?
• Join a church family a Cell Group

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When Im Feeling Overwhelmed

• Let OTHERS HELP Me Out

• How?
• Join a church family a Cell Group
• Do it before a crisis hits

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When Im Feeling Overwhelmed

• Let OTHERS HELP Me

• How?
• Join a church family a Cell Group
• Do it before a crisis hits

Share each others troubles problems so obey
our Lords command. Gal.62
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When Im Feeling Overwhelmed

• Let OTHERS HELP Me

• How?
• Join a church family a Cell Group
• Do it before a crisis hits

Love God with all your heart love your
neighbor as yourself. Matt.2237, 39
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When Im Feeling Overwhelmed

• LET GO of My Need to CONTROL the Situation
• Let OTHERS HELP Me Out
• Let God Give Me STRENGTH (v.45-55)

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When Im Feeling Overwhelmed

• Let God Give Me STRENGTH

• Mary trusted what God promised

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Isaiah 432

• When you pass through deep waters, I will be
  with you. Your troubles will not overwhelm you.
  When you pass through the fire you will not be
  burned. The hard trials that come will not hurt
  you.

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When Im Feeling Overwhelmed

• Let God Give Me STRENGTH

• His strength comes by

Praising Gods goodness (v.46-55)
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Rick Warren (The Purpose Driven Life)

• I wasnt made to be in a room like that. I was
  made to be with people. If youve ever written on
  a deadline, you can get brain block. Thats where
  youre sitting there in front of a computer
  screen all of a sudden you go blank start
  looking for an ant on the wall to talk to, or
  anything to distract you. I was overwhelmed many,
  many times during this writing project. Yet I
  knew it was what God wanted, so I kept doing it.
  What I would do to help was take little 15-30
  second praise breaks, say, God, I cant think
  here so I'm going to just stop praise You.
  Id stop refocus on God begin praising Him.
  Id get my eyes off the problem on to the
  Savior. Try it. It works. When youre
  overwhelmed. In the middle of an overwhelming
  feeling, stop praise God for His goodness to
  you.

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When Im Feeling Overwhelmed

• Let God Give Me STRENGTH

• His strength comes by

Praising Gods goodness Thinking about Gods
promises (219)
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When Im Feeling Overwhelmed

• Let God Give Me STRENGTH

• His strength comes by

Praising Gods goodness Thinking about Gods
promises Sorts out whats true important
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When Im Feeling Overwhelmed

• Let Go of My Need to CONTROL

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When Im Feeling Overwhelmed

• Let Go of My Need to CONTROL
• Let OTHERS Help

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When Im Feeling Overwhelmed

• Let Go of My Need to CONTROL
• Let OTHERS Help
• Let God Give Me STRENGTH

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Micah 71, 7

• I'm overwhelmed with sorrow, sunk in a swamp of
  despair. But me, I'm not giving up. I'm sticking
  around to see what God will do. I'm waiting for
  God to make things right.

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