(Uncredited quotes are from
Soul Keeping: Caring for the Most Important Part of You by John Ortberg)
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“You are an unceasing spiritual being
with an eternal destiny in God’s great universe.”
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Truly my soul finds rest in God;
my salvation comes from him.
Psalm 62:1 NIV
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“You were made for soul-satisfaction,
but you will only ever find it in God.
The soul craves to be secure. The soul craves to be loved.
The soul craves to be significant,
and we find these only in God in a form that can satisfy us. …
the soul craves because it is meant for God.
“My soul, find rest in God.”
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For He satisfies the longing soul and fills the hungry soul with good.
Psalm 107:9 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
Our souls were made to walk with God.
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When anxiety overtakes me and worries are many,
Your comfort lightens my soul.
Psalm 94:19 The Voice
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“The soul is not well when we rush so much.
If it does not get the rest it needs, it becomes fatigued.”
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Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened,
and I will cause you to rest.
[I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls.]
Matthew 11:28 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
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“When you give your soul rest,
you open it to the peace Jesus intends for you.”
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He refreshes and restores my soul (life);
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
for His name’s sake.
Psalm 23:3 Amplified Bible
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“The unlimited neediness of the soul
matches the unlimited grace of God.”
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O my soul, come, praise the Eternal;
sing a song from a grateful heart;
sing and never forget all the good He has done.
Psalm 103:2 The Voice
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If only we could see the value of one soul like God does.
George Verwer
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For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world
that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son,
so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on)
Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost)
but have eternal (everlasting) life.
John 3:16 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
Even the most tortured souls with terrible mental health illnesses (including schizophrenia)
Absolutely. Thanks for reminding us.