How Life Feels Part 1 Psalm 25, 38

1. HOW LIFE FEELS
The Lenten Journey | Evergreen Baptist Church of Los Angeles | 2016

3. Ever found yourself in
a really dark place?

4. Looking for Light in the Darkness
Psalm 23 & Psalm 38

5. Psalm 23:4
Even though I walk through the
valley of the shadow of death, I
will fear no evil;
for You are with me; Your rod and
Your staff, they comfort me.

6. “I believe that You’re with
me, Lord. So no matter
how dark this gets, no
matter how hard it gets, I
will not be afraid of this!”
The Lord is
my shepherd.

7. But there are
other dark times
where we don’t
easily sense the
Shepherd’s
presence, where
we really struggle
not to be
afraid

8. Psalm 38
9 Lord, all my desire is before You,
and my sighing is not hidden
from You.
10 My heart throbs, my strength
fails me; as for the light of my
eyes, it also is gone from me.

9. Psalm 38
13 But I, like a deaf man, did not
hear; and like a dumb man, did
not open my mouth.
14 Thus I was as a man who does
not hear, and in whose mouth
are no reproofs.

10. Psalm 38
15 For in You, O Lord, do I hope;
You will answer, O Lord my God.
16 For I said, “Lest otherwise they
should rejoice over me.When my
foot slips, they magnify
themselves against me.”

11. Psalm 38
21 Do not abandon me, O Lord;
O my God, do not be far from me.
22 Make haste to help me, O
Lord, my salvation.

12. The Original Plan (since 2014)
EBCLA
RETIRE
from
Pastoring
6/16 or 6/17FULLER
AAI
+ FULLER
AAI
EBCLA
RETIRE
from
Pastoring
June 2016FULLER
AAI
+ FULLER
AAI
The Blown Up Plan (28 January 2016)

13. Looking for the Light in the
Darkness
๏ Lots of Questions Without Answers
๏ Lots of Competing Voices
๏ Uncertain and Disillusioned
๏ Where are you, Lord? Save me!

14. The New and Approved Plan (as of 12 Feb ‘16)
EBCLA
RETIRE
from
Pastoring
June 2017FULLER
AAI
+
FULLER
Teach
RESIGN
as Exec Dir
of AAI
June 2016 EBCLA
Full-time
Final Year

15. We
are
never
truly
alone
in the
dark.
Trust the
Lord.
Look for
the light.
Reach
for the
rope.