FINDING WELLNESS

FOR THE SOUL

A Spiritual Journey to Peace

In Troubled Times
Paul’s Struggle
Acts 17-18

 Imprisoned in Philippi
 Escaped Thessalonica
 Escorted from Berea
 Ignored in Athens
 Ridiculed in Corinth
 Discouraged?

Defeated?
Lonely?
 “Do not be afraid . . .
For I am with you,
and no one is going to attack
and harm you . . .”
(Acts 18:9-10)

God Is With Us
 “. . .nor anything else in
all creation, will be able to
separate us from the love of
God that is in Christ Jesus
our Lord.”
(Romans 8:38-39)

God Is With Us
Paul’s Struggle
Acts 9

 Despised Jesus and his claims

 Arrested and persecuted Christians
 Jesus said, “Why do you persecute me?”
 Paul fasted and prayed for three days.
 Ashamed?

Worthless?
Hopeless?
 “. . . made us alive with
Christ even when we were
dead in transgressions . . .”
(Ephesians 2:4-5)

He Has Saved Us
 “
. . . this not from
yourselves, it is the gift of God
— not by works, so that no
one can boast.”
(Ephesians 2:8-9)

He Has Saved Us
Paul’s Struggle
Acts 17-18

 Imprisoned a Roman Dungeon

 Deserted by his friends
 Anticipated his own death
 Worried?

Uncertain?

Afraid?
 “. . . I know whom
I have believed, and am
convinced that he is able to
guard what I have entrusted
to him for that day.”
(2 Timothy 1:12)

Heaven Awaits Us
 “. . . there is in store
for me the crown of
righteousness, which the Lord,
the righteous Judge, will award
to me on that day.”
(2 Timothy 4:8)

Heaven Awaits Us
God Is With Us

When peace like a river

attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll
Whatever my lot,
thou hast taught me to say
It is well, it is well with my soul.
He Has Saved Us

My sin, Oh the bliss

of this glorious thought
My sin, not in part, but the whole
Is nailed to the cross
and I bear it no more.
It is well, it is well with my soul!
Heaven Awaits Us

And Lord, haste the day

when the faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll.
The trump shall resound,
and the Lord shall descend.
Even so, it is well with my soul!
IT IS WELL
WITH MY SOUL!
It Is Well With My Soul
Horatio Spafford / Phillip Bliss

When peace like a river

attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll
Whatever my lot,
thou hast taught me to say
It is well, it is well with my soul!
It is well (it is well)
With my soul (with my soul)
It is well
It is well
With my soul!
My sin, Oh the bliss
of this glorious thought
My sin, not in part, but the whole
Is nailed to the cross
and I bear it no more.
It is well, it is well with my soul!
It is well (it is well)
With my soul (with my soul)
It is well
It is well
With my soul!
And Lord, haste the day
when the faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll.
The trump shall resound,
and the Lord shall descend.
Even so, it is well with my soul!
It is well (it is well)
With my soul (with my soul)
It is well
It is well
With my soul!
 IT IS WELL
WITH MY SOUL!
Do you have peace even in troubled times?