Sermon from March 9, 2014

The Lord is my Shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me to lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters. My soul is refreshed. . .

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• A Refreshed Soul is FORGIVEN .
  
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  • Case Study: David – Psalm 103 Praise the Lord, O my soul, all my inmost being praise His holy name. Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits, who forgives all your sins . . .
    
  • Tax Collector – Luke 18:10-14 “Two men went up to the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax man. The Pharisee posed and prayed like this: ‘Oh, God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, crooks, adulterers, or, heaven forbid, like this tax man. I fast twice a week and tithe on all my income.’ “Meanwhile the tax man, slumped in the shadows, his face in his hands, not daring to look up, said, ‘God, give mercy. Forgive me, a sinner.’†Jesus commented, “This tax man, not the other, went home made right with God.
    
  
  
  
• A Refreshed Soul is FREE .
  
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  • Case Study: Demon-possessed man – Luke 8:35 the Message : A crowd soon gathered around Jesus, and they saw the man who had been freed from the demons. He was sitting at Jesus’ feet, fully clothed and perfectly sane,
    
  • Romans 6:14-17 Sin is no longer your master, for you no longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you live under the freedom of God’s grace. Well then, since God’s grace has set us free from the law, does that mean we can go on sinning? Of course not! Don’t you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey? You can be a slave to sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God, which leads to righteous living. Thank God! Once you were slaves of sin, but now you wholeheartedly obey this teaching we have given you.
    
  
  
  
• A Refreshed Soul is spiritually FIT .
  
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  • 1 Thessalonians 5:23 the Message – May God himself, the God who makes everything holy and whole, make you holy and whole, put you together—spirit, soul, and body—and keep you fit for the coming of our Master, Jesus Christ. The One who called you is completely dependable. If he said it, he’ll do it!
    
  • Case Study: the Woman at the Well John 4