Wholeness

1. When God Touches a Life
WHOLENESS
Nehemiah 2:1-4

2. …As Creator and Re-creator of my life.
GOD PROMISES
WHOLENESS…

3. Remember when networks slept?

4. ✦
…God delivers us from all bondages.
Promise One…

5. “No temptation has overtaken you except such
as is common to man, but God is faithful, who
will not allow you to be tempted beyond what
you are able, but with the temptation, will also
make a way of escape, that you may be able
to endure it.”
1 Corinthians 10:13
Promise One…

6. “No temptation has overtaken you except such
as is common to man, but God is faithful, who
will not allow you to be tempted beyond what
you are able, but with the temptation, will also
make a way of escape, that you may be able
to endure it.”
1 Corinthians 10:13
Promise One…

7. Temptations (trials, weakness, fear
or bad habit) are common.
God is faithful to deliver and rebuild you.
a way of escape will always be
provided.
Promise One…

8. ✦
…God repairs us to wholeness.
Promise Two…

9. “Now may the God of Peace Himself
sanctify you completely; and may your
whole spirit, soul and body be preserved
blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ.”
1 Thessalonians 5:23
Promise Two…

10. “Now may the God of Peace Himself
sanctify you completely; and may your
whole spirit, soul and body be preserved
blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ.”
1 Thessalonians 5:23
Promise Two…

11. Blamelessly (without fault; gloriously)
Completely (to completion).
Holistically (spirit, soul, and body)
Promise Two
God builds us…

12. ✦
…God designs us to thrive and prosper.
Promise Three…

13. “Beloved, I pray that you may
prosper (thrive) in all things and be
in health (stable, secure, sound), just
as your soul prospers.”
3 John 2
Promise Three…

14. “Beloved, I pray that you may
prosper (thrive) in all things and be
in health (stable, secure, sound), just
as your soul prospers.”
3 John 2
Promise Three…

15. Prospers us in our actions (work,
ministry, goals, ambition).
To be intellectually, emotionally
and willfully healthy.
To thrive in a stable, secure
environment.
Promise Three…

16. ✦
…God reconciles to us Rulership and Relationship.
Promise Four…

17. “God has reconciled us to Himself
through Jesus Christ, and given us
the ministry of reconciliation, that is,
God was in Christ, reconciling the
world to Himself…”
Promise Four…

18. “… not imputing our trespasses to us,
but instead, has committed to us the
word of reconciliation.”
2 Corinthians 5:18-19
Promise Four…

19. God gives rulership over ourselves
and our surroundings..
We are given the “word of
reconciliation” (the Gospel).
God restores relationship (with
God and one another).
Promise Four…

20. “Now may the God of Peace Himself
sanctify you completely; and may your
whole spirit, soul and body be preserved
blameless at the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ.”
1 Thessalonians 5:23

21. “For the Word of God is living and
powerful and sharper than any two-
edged sword, piercing even to the
division of soul and spirit, and of joints
and morrow, and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart.”
Hebrews 4:12

22. Metaphor of Jerusalem
Spirit (Temple)- The place we commune
with God
Soul (Walls and Gates)- Our intellect,
emotions and will
Body (Surroundings)- Our actions,
witness, legacy

23. “The absolute need for our souls to
be restored becomes clear in
Scripture. My reborn spirit may
make possible the reality and
sincerity of my worship to God…

24. “…but it will be by the rebuilding of
my soul that I determine the quality
and the character of my service to
Him.”
Jack Hayford

25. When God Touches a Life
WHOLENESS
Nehemiah 2:1-4