Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me.
Psalm 69: 1-2 New International Version (NIV)
LESSON 1 : We Learn to Get Real With God
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
Psalm 46: 1 (NIV)
In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried to my God for help.
Psalm 18: 6a (NIV)
Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.
Psalm 62: 8 (NIV)
Getting Real with God : Start by bringing the real you in prayer.
Stay there when it’s uncomfortable. He can handle you…
Just Show Up!
LESSON 2 : We Learn to Stay Close to Jesus
In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
John 1: 4-5 (NIV)
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
Matthew 11: 28 (NIV)
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
Romans 8:1 (NIV)
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
Ephesians 2:13 (NIV)
LESSON 3: We Learn to Trust & Follow Jesus
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still waters.
He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Psalm 23: 1-4a New King James Version (NKJV)
I am the vine, you are the branches; the one who remains in Me, and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.
John 15:5 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor…
Isaiah 61: 1-2a (NIV)
He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.
Psalm 18:16 (NIV)
What does your “Dark Place” look like?
Let’s get real with God, Stay close to Jesus, and Trust & Follow Him!