Exposing Depression

Have you ever had to fight discouragement and depression at the same time. It's hard isn't it? Scientist say that depression comes from having a chemical imbalance. But I suggest to you that depression is just a spirit that seeks to have control over your life. Discouragement makes room for depression, and depression makes you unproductive. So let me break that down. The way depression comes in is by you being discouraged about something first. Discouragement opens the door for depression to come in and cause havoc in your life. The way it causes havoc is by paralyzing you. You want to sleep more, eat more or not eat at all, lay around, stay in your house, don't want to talk to anyone, your grumpy, or you will have outburst of anger. Depression causes all kinds of emotions to hit you all at once. Does God intend for us to live this way, absolutely not. I want to give you some scripture that will help you fight depression but first lets go deeper into what depression is and how it works. Because you can't fight anything you don't understand. The definition of depression is "to lower in force, to put into a lower position, to make dull, to press down. Isn't that something? These definitions alone lets us know that there is a demonic force behind depression. Now there are many ways that depression can come into someone's life. I talked about discouragement being one of them, but the scripture lets us know that Anxiety plays a big part in someone being depressed. Proverbs 12:25 says " Anxiety in the heart of a man causes depression, But a good word makes it glad." If you look at this scripture it deals with depression in two parts. Part one says "Anxiety causes depression"... now anxiety is destress caused by misfortune. So many get anxious when things don't go there way or when they lose something. Life can be stressful yall!!! I'm so serious about that... somethings in life can weigh you down. But you must not let it get to you. Philippians 4:6 says "Be anxious for nothing" but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God;. Prayer and spending time with God breaks the back of depression. When we take our concerns and our worries to God the result is verse 7 " it says and the peace of God( How many of you want peace)... which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Isaish 26:3 "Says you will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You because he trust in You." These scriptures lets us know that medicine is not the cure for depression, but trusting in the Lord is... these scriptures lets us know that suicide is not the cure for depression, but prayer and taking your worries to God is. My brothers and my sisters, the second part of proverbs 12:25 says this The the word makes a man's heart glad. I'm telling you, spending time with God and reading his word will rid your life of depression and will cause Joy to overflow in your life. The way we get God's Joy is by spending time in his presence. Psalm 16:11b "In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. One of the qaulities of the fruit of the Spirit is joy! I don't know about you I want the JOY of the Lord operating in my life... the kind of JOY that the world doesn't give... and the world can't take away!!!! Weeping may endure for a night, but JOY comes in the morning!!! So what I want you to take away from this article is to pray and then praise!!! Pray and then give God the praise for what He has already done!!! Thank you Jesus!!! Listen I have never done this before, But I feel a prophetic move of God... I want you to send me your prayer request!!! to wholefamilymissions@yahoo.com (Subject Prayer request) and I want to touch and agree with you... I believe that by the end of march you will receive a prophetic breakthrough!! The water is troubled!!! It's time for you to jump in says the Lord!! Send me your prayer request and be blessed!

Minister Chad Owens