âThe Lord says: âThese people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught.â
ââIsaiah⏠â29âŹ:â13⏠âNIVâŹâŹ
Hey friends! Itâs that time of the week! I love love love the songs you have been suggesting for our Worship Wednesdays! I love how we are slowly catching the hang of this together. Honestly, I didnât expect it to be like this, I was âtrying outâ stuff but now I am certain God is with us here. I want us to worship God today, remembering even the smallest of things Heâs done. Cured your flu? Thank Him. Paid your fees? Gave you strength? Put food on your table? Do you have clothes to wear and shoes on your feet? Letâs thank Him. Well, I thank Him for you! Showing up here to read these long blogs LOL! Youâre celebrated today! Remember to share what youâre listening to today on the comments? Letâs gooođ .. SIMPLY CLICK the buttons below to access my song suggestions.
Another elephant picture, showing a perfect example of a bully and how very fragile we become when we are depressed. It feeds on our strength, no mercy! Little butterfly canât fly anymore, her life is disrupted, no liberty, no freedom to even leave the seesaw. The atmosphere around looks so beautiful, perfect for a butterfly to fly but âŠâŠ
Have you ever been little butterfly? I have. You feel as though youâre carrying the whole world on your shoulders. You want to overpower and overcome but somehow even the will to, Is eaten away. What happens when the little butterfly canât fly? She wants to die.
My friend, the devilâs plan is to eat away all that youâre passionate about, dim your light, the things that make you feel alive, so that in the end, you take a rope and hang yourself. Depression is a death trap. Every single moment of it is a step towards the grave. That is why l want you to understand that depression is not the âtesting of your faithâ it is âdemonic oppressionâ. A BULLY MUST BE CONFRONTED, thatâs what weâre doing here. Confronting Satan!
Go back to the picture, do you realise that the butterfly has a chance to fly away? She doesnât have to sit there and take all that pain. See, the devil wants you to forget about your gifts, talents, your passions because when you take that from a person, you have taken their will to be or do anything. He does that not by cutting off your wings, he canât because Gods gifts to us are irrevocable, he simply whispers to you daily, âYouâre a just wormâ until a butterfly in the physical becomes a worm in the spiritual realm because as a man thinks so is he. What makes for a person to live as the opposite sex is that they think they are exactly that, so in actions they become what they think as opposed to who they truly are by Godâs original creation plan. Thoughts! Very powerful!
Depression is a bully. It doesnât care for your pretty face or muscular arms. You will cry at 50 as much as you cried at birth. You will beg yourself to be strong, sometimes add more hours of sleep, refuse to leave your room, cut off people because the devil is not playing with you, he is an enemy, he is aggressive, he wants your life! Itâs not the fact that youâre broke or went through hardship, thereâs a snake in the grass, hiding behind what may be âlife experiencesâ using them as a door to finish you off. Approximately 280 million people in the world have depression. More than 700 000 people die due to suicide every year. THE DEVIL IS A LIAR!!!!!!
âBe alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.â ââ1 Peter⏠â5âŹ:â8⏠âNIVâŹâŹ
âFinally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirableâif anything is excellent or praiseworthyâthink about such things.â Philippians⏠â4âŹ:â8⏠âNIVâŹâŹ
Is it true that youâre ugly? No. Donât think about it. Is it lovely to always think about drinking poison? No. So donât think about it. Is it admirable to keep pondering about how much you lack compared to others? No! So refuse to allow your mind to be the playground of the devil. Your mind is not a home for demons to play seesaw. We will be looking at the causes of depression, quite a sensitive topic, I pray for the grace to write by the wisdom of God so that when weâre done with this particular topic, there is freedom INDEED!Â
Youâre such a special person! Did you know? You can fly. You can overcome. You can feel alive again. You , my darling, have God on your side ! Youâre the beloved of GOD! This is not to make you emotional , this is TRUTH! â€ïž
âGaze upon him, join your life with his, and joy will come. Your faces will glisten with glory. Youâll never wear that shame-face again.â
Welcome to the Monday blog! May you be helped by Holy Spirit in all you do this week! Congratulations on your testimonies in advance!
Sooooo⊠l found this picture on Pinterest as l was just browsing for cute outfits. I was like whoa!! This explains depression so perfectly. The weight of the spirit behind it is so heavy like the elephant and the mind is the bubble, so fragile. Depression is a spirit more than it is, a medical issue. Infact, life is spiritual. Anything you see in the natural has its origin in the spirit. This is why a pill can help you âmanageâ it but you may still not be âfreeâ from it. It is because freedom doesnât exist in the world of Satan.
Medicine seeks to address whatâs INSIDE the mind but itâs whatâs SITTING ON the mind thatâs the problem. I hope you can see the difference. You can come inside the house but you can also decide you sit on-top which is the roof. If Iâm too heavy I can break the roof and shatter the house. Depression is like that. Only ever comes into the mind either consented by the person or it growing to the point where the mind crashes. You find that a person is okay one minute and the next they wanna die. It is a spirit that comes UPON the mind. The spirit grows from eating your mind. Big today, bigger tomorrow. Letâs read about Saul.. He became subject to fits of intense mental agony, under which his reasoning gave way, and temporary insanity, depression, accompanied by outbreaks of violence, came on. He became unfit to leadâŠ( 1Sam16 )
There are people who are out of their minds because dominion was given to a spirit . Did you know you can hand over your mind to spirits? Thatâs what we do even when we yield to Holy Spirit. We do so by âthinking patternsâ. So this means, you can give permission or deny access to the spirit of depression. YOU have the power. YOU have the ability. YOU are the one who decides how the game is played.
Thatâs why you cannot be a careless thinker, thereâs an elephant coming for your mind but wherever the Spirit of the Lord is thereâs freedom. I need you to learn to say NO! No to the thoughts! Remember , thoughts are destroyed by words. Open your mouth and say it, âI reject that thought of suicide ! No! I will not allow that elephant to sit on my brain! I refuse itâ watch that elephant run away!!! What you donât reject you accept. And some of us are here because we accepted. Accepted depression or accepted the mind of Christ. Itâs battle . If you lose it, you lose a chance to have a fruitful life. Hear what God says ,Â
ââAre you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and youâll recover your life. Iâll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with meâwatch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I wonât lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and youâll learn to live freely and lightly.ââ ââMatthew⏠â11âŹ:â28âŹ-â30⏠âMSGâŹâŹ
âAnd we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lordâs glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.â ââ2 Corinthians⏠â3âŹ:â18⏠âNIVâŹâŹ
Family itâs that time again. Itâs our reflection day , every Friday we look back and self introspect. Itâs not a âwho is the fairest of them allâ situation LOL but more of a âwho is making progress.â
This week we started on the topic of Yielding the mind and we laid the foundation of dealing with depression. We are starting with this particular area because unless the mind is yielded the actions remain the same . Unless my mind is renewed the thief will still come out, the murderer will still show up but when we have the mind of Christ even our actions mirror Christ.Â
I want us to reflect today. What are the  thoughts that  kept replaying in your mind and how did  you deal with them? I want you to be honest with yourself and with God. Below is a question I want you to answer. Thereafter, Iâd like you to do an  exercise , write God a letter. Even if itâs 5 pages or a paragraph .
Write it and tell him how you truly feel. If youâre not dealing with  any mental health issues , Iâd like for you to stand in the gap in prayer for others. On Monday we will dive deeper on this topic also providing practical advice that will help us yield our minds to Holy Spirit. Sooo.. my brother/sisterâŠ..
Some years ago l was depressed. I thought of death more than you think of knocking off during working hours. I was suicidal, I considered the many ways to end my life. It was such a dark place that I started going for counselling. On the first day my therapist said to me âYou speak, sit and behave like someone who has been there for herself for a long time and not even tried to allow yourself to be helpedâ that was so true. I never learned how to share my burdens and so the devil capitalised on that , making sure the yoke is so heavy that it affects my mind.
Theory and research on depression have shown that it is a chronic illness meaning the effects of depression can be long-lasting or recurrent and can dramatically affect a person’s ability to function and live a rewarding life. The medication given to you is to sort of âmanage itâ. Depression and anxiety never answers to medication. What destroys depression is âwordsâ and not words of a therapist saying âbreathe in and outâ. No. The word of God.
Many have gone to therapists Including myself and come out with depression after spending monies for the sessions. Im sorry but the truth is, they donât have the answer. They have psycho management skills. They truly help you to manage the emotional breakdowns and all , thank God for their profession many are still alive because of a decision to visit them however, the word of God is a free tool that works on the renewal of your mind. Your actions depend on your mind. People commit suicide because the mind suggested a way out . It all starts with a thought and the thought triggers feelings. You usually start crying when your mind takes you back to memories of pain.
I am living proof that depression is not chronic to a believer in Christ Jesus. The word of God melts it like it never existed. The word has the answer , the word is the medication to a troubled mind not sad songs or a yoga session . The mind is a dangerous thing to play with. You take away a manâs mind you have taken away his life. So if we allow the devil to play in our minds, we will never live a fruitful life. Keep showing up here , we will learn how to yield our minds to Holy Spirit. There is a way out family. I love you, God loves you! đ
âStop imitating the ideals and opinions of the culture around you, but be inwardly transformed by the Holy Spirit through a total reformation of how you think. This will empower you to discern Godâs will as you live a beautiful life, satisfying and perfect in his eyes.âRomans⏠â12âŹ:â2⏠âTPTâŹâŹ
