THE STARVING SOUL

PART 1: HUNGER & THIRST

Dying Soul Thriving Soul

Dehydrated Hydrated with living water

•Not sustained by physical water•Dried up without God•Headed toward the lake of fire

•God is our living waterJohn 4:10-15

•Thirsting for GodPsalm 63:1-8James 4:8Psalm 42:1-2

•Offered to those who thirst

Rev. 21:6; 22:1-2, 17

Dying Soul Thriving Soul

Starving Feasting on milk and bread

•Not sustained by physical bread •Separated from God by sin

Isaiah 59:2•Not concerned about spiritual

•Hunger for righteousnessMatthew 5:6

•We must be holyLeviticus 11:44-45I Peter 1:14-16

•Sustained by God’s wordDeuteronomy 8:2-3Matthew 4:1-4John 4:34

•Jesus is the bread of lifeJohn 6:26-69

•Long for the spiritual milkI Peter 2:2-3

PSALM 107:9

FOR HE SATISFIES THE LONGING SOUL,

AND THE HUNGRY SOUL HE FILLS WITH GOOD THINGS

II CORINTHIANS 4:16

THOUGH OUR OUTER SELF IS WASTING AWAY,

OUR INNER SELF IS BEING RENEWED DAY BY DAY

THE STARVING SOUL

PART 2: ATROPHY & SICKNESS

Dying Soul Thriving Soul

Atrophy Training & Growing

•Still on milk, worldly-minded

I Corinthians 3:1-3•Still on milk, dull of hearing

Hebrews 5:11-6:2•A shrinking soul’s demise

Hebrews 10:35-39

•Keep going, TimothyI Timothy 4:6-8

•Move on to maturityHebrews 5:11-6:2

•Reward promisedHebrews 10:35-39

•Keep pressingPhilippians 3:12-14

Dying Soul Thriving Soul

Sick Building immunity &staying clean

•Sin is a deadly diseaseRomans 6:33

•If we invite temptations, we’ll end up in sin

James 1:14-15•Give up, continue toward destruction

I Samuel (King Saul)

•Spiritual supplementsII Peter 1:5-11

•Wash your handsJames 4:4, 7-8

•Cured by repentanceEzekiel 18:32Psalm 51

(JAMES 2:15-16, 26)

WE MUST APPLY GOD’S WORD FOR BENEFIT

PSALM 107:9

“FOR HE SATISFIES THE LONGING SOUL,

AND THE HUNGRY SOUL HE FILLS WITH GOOD THINGS”

II CORINTHIANS 4:16

“THOUGH OUR OUTER SELF IS WASTING AWAY,

OUR INNER SELF IS BEING RENEWED DAY BY DAY”