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You Can't Break My Soul

Dr Dharius Daniels

Change Church • Aug 18, 2024 • 40 min

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Summary

Dr. Dharius Daniels teaches from Nahum chapter 3 on how to safeguard your soul when facing relational injuries and life's breakdowns. While we cannot always control what gets broken around us, God gives us the responsibility to prevent external pain from breaking our inner soul. True kingdom restoration begins from within as God heals our mind, will, emotions, and heart.

Themes

Soul RestorationSpiritual WarfareHealing from TraumaOvercoming Shame and SorrowGod's Faithfulness

Pastor's Points

1.

Silence the shame

2.

Surrender the sorrow

3.

Recognize the residue

4.

Receive the restoration

Key Points

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In life, you cannot always control what gets broken, but you can control whether you allow what is broken to break your soul.
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The enemy rarely attacks what he is truly after; he attacks something that matters less to break something that matters more.
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Scripturally, your soul encompasses your mind, will, emotions, imagination, and affections.
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When the enemy tries to break your soul, he seeks to make these inner faculties malfunction and work against you instead of for you.
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God actively watches over His word to perform it, intervening to ensure His promises come to pass in your life.
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God's work in your life does not end at deliverance; He continues working to deal with and heal the lingering damage.
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Do not confuse simply not hurting with truly thriving; God wants to bring deep restoration to your soul.

Sermon Moments

“In life you can't always control what gets broken, but you can control if you allow what's broken to break your soul.”

“What Satan attacks is rarely what Satan is after. He breaks something that matters less so he can get to something that matters more.”

“The highest level of trust is to be trusted with crisis.”

“When I say the enemy wants to break your soul, he wants to break it like a Coke machine is broken—it's not in fragments, but it's malfunctioning.”

“God's work doesn't end with deliverance; after there's deliverance, his work continues in dealing with the damage.”

“Some of us have been in pain so long we're settling for not hurting, confusing not hurting with thriving.”

“You can be out of it and it not be out of you—that's residue.”

“Pastor Dharius shares his personal story of childhood trauma regarding his Aunt Pearl, illustrating how strategic wounds cause us to keep people at arm's distance until God reshapes our heart.”

This Week

Reflect on recent losses or broken situations and declare that you will not allow them to break your inner soul.

Identify areas where your thought life, emotions, or imagination are working against you rather than for you.

Silence internal and external shame by trusting in the covering and sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

Allow yourself to grieve honestly and surrender sorrow to God instead of settling for just 'not hurting.'

Pay attention to emotional 'residue' or triggers that reveal where deeper healing work still needs to take place.

Ask God to reach into the deep, hidden wounds of your past that human effort alone cannot fix.

Commit to living with an open heart toward God and others, placing yourself back on the potter's wheel.

Remember This

You cannot always control what gets broken around you, but through God's power, you can prevent life's breakdowns from breaking your soul.

A Challenge for You

Surrender your deep wounds to God, commit to living with an open heart, and allow Him to bind up every broken place in your soul.

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