THE CYCLE OF DEPRESSION
STRESS Þ DISTRESS Þ DEPRESSED Þ OPPRESSED Þ POSSESSED Þ SUICIDE Þ DEATH
SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION
- SELF PITY
- CANNOT PRAY; WILL NOT ACCEPT PRAYER
- CANNOT READ OR STUDY THE BIBLE; DO NOT WANT SCRIPTURES QUOTED
- NO APPETITE OR OVEREATING
- CANNOT SLEEP OR SLEEP ALL THE TIME
- NO CONTROL OVER THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS
- UNCONTROLLABLE ANGER OR LASHING OUT
- LOW TOLERANCE LEVEL
- WANT TO BE ALONE
- CANNOT FUNCTION NORMALLY (JOBS, SCHOOL, ETC.)
- UNHEALTHY INATTENTION
- PHYSICAL AILMENTS- (HEADACHE, UPSET STOMACH, ETC.)
- MORE DEMONIC ACTIVITY
CAUSATIVE FACTORS OF DEPRESSION
-LOW SELF ESTEEM
-POOR SELF WORTH - YOU ARE NOT YOUR OWN; YOU HAVE BEEN BOUGHT WITH A PRICE
- PERSONAL LOOKS
- EDUCATION
- CAREER
-ABUSE
REJECTION - FOR WHEN WE WERE YET IN SIN CHRIST DIED FOR US
LONELINESS - JESUS SAID THAT "I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU OR FORSAKE YOU; I WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER COMFORTER
UNFORGIVENESS - FORGIVE 70 X 7; IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE, YOU CANNOT BE FORGIVEN
FAILURES - IN ALL YOU DO, DO TO THE GLORY OF GOD; HIS GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU
OUT OF THE WILL OF GOD - ACCORDING TO HIS WILL HE HEARS US; HEB 10:36 - AFTER YOU HAVE DONE THE WILL OF GOD; COL 1:9 - FILLED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL
THE BATTLEFIELD IS THE MIND
"FOR THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE ARE NOT CARNAL BUT MIGHTY THROUGH GOD TO THE PULLING DOWN OF STRONGHOLDS, CASTING DOWN IMAGINATIONS, AND EVERY HIGH THING THAT EXALTS ITSELF ABOVE THE NAME OF GOD."
- THOUGHTS ARE THE ONLY WEAPON SATAN HAS.
- SATAN CANNOT READ OUR MINDS, ONLY OUR ACTIONS.
2 COR 10:5 - TAKING EVERY THOUGHT CAPTIVE TO THE OBEDIENCE.
PHIL 4:8 - THINK ON THESE THINGS.
ROM 12:2 - BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND.
1 COR 2:16 - YOU HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST.
PROV. 23:7 - SO YOU THINK IT IN YOUR HEART, SO ARE YOU.
WORDS, MOUTH, AND THE TONGUE
WE ARE SNARED BY THE WORDS OF OUR MOUTH
- PROV. 6:2
NO UNWHOLESOME COMMUNICATIONS COME FROM YOUR MOUTH - GRIEVE NOT THE SPIRIT
- EPH. 4:29
PRAY THAT WHENEVER I OPEN MY MOUTH I WILL SPEAK BOLDLY
- EPH. 6:19
THE WORD IS NEAR YOU; IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART
- ROM. 10:8
THE TONGUE HAS THE POWER OF LIFE & DEATH
- PROV. 18:21
WE OVERCOME BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB & THE WORD OF OUR TESTIMONY
- REV. 12:11
PRINCIPLES OF PRAYER
"THE FEVERENT EFFECTUAL PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN AVAILS" MUCH......
- PRAYER AVAILS ONLY AS IT IS MADE IN FAITH - HEB 11:6, MATT 17:20; MARK 11:23,23; JAMES 1:6.
- PRAYER AVAILS ONLY AS IT IS MADE IN THE NAME OF JESUS - JOHN 14:13; 15:16.
- PRAYER AVAILS ONLY AS IT IS MADE IN KEEPING WITH THE WILL OF GOD - 1 JOHN 5:14-15.
- PRAYER AVAILS ONLY AS IT IS MADE UNDER THE DIRECTION & DYNAMIC OF THE HOLY SPIRIT-JUDE 20; MATT 20:22; JOHN 4:10, ROM 8:22-27
- PRAYER AVAILS ONLY AS IT IS MADE BY A PERSON WHO HAS CONFESSED AND RENOUNCED SIN - PSALMS 66:18; PROV 28:9; ISA 59:1-1
- PRAYER AVAILS ONLY AS IT IS MADE BY A FORGIVING HEART - MATT 6:12-15; 18:21-35; MARK 11-25-26; JAMES 5:14-16.
- PRAYER AVAILS ONLY AS IT IS MADE IN A CONTEXT OF HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIPS ON THE HUMAN LEVEL - MATT 5:23-24; 18:19; 1 PET 3:1-7
- PRAYER AVAILS ONLY AS IT IS MADE WITH PERSISTENCE - LUKE 11:5-8; 18:1-8
- PRAYER AVAILS ONLY WHEN MADE WITH CONCENTRATION INTENSITY - JAMES 5:16
FOR GROWTH & MATURITY
TRIALS: A TESTING OF QUALIFICATIONS; A HARDSHIP; PAIN; BEING TRIED BY SUFFERING - JOHN 16:33
TRIBULATIONS: AN AFFLICTION; A GREAT MISERY - ROMANS 8:35; 12:12
TESTING: A FORM OF EXAMINATION FOR EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF - I COR 3:13; 2 THESS 2:4; JAMES 1:12
TEMPTATIONS: ENTICEMENT OR ALLUREMENT OFTEN REGARDED AS UNWISE OR WRONG - JAMES 1:13; 1 COR 10:13
DISOBEDIENT FACTORS FOR DEPRESSION
(WE DO NOT FOLLOW DIRECTIONS)
......STUDY TO SHOW YOURSELVES APPROVED
......ACKNOWLEDGE THE LORD IN ALL YOUR WAYS
......BE ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING
......WAIT ON THE LORD
.......REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS, & AGAIN I SAY REJOICE
.......SUBMIT YOURSELVES TO GOD, RESIST THE DEVIL, AND HE WILL FLEE
.......HE IS KEPT IN PERFECT PEACE WHOSE MIND IS STAYED ON HIM
.......PULL DOWN STRONGHOLDS, CAST DOWN IMAGINATIONS
.......WHEN YOU FAST
.......PRAY WITHOUT CEASING
INSTRUCTIONS ON DELIVERANCE
PHIL 3:9 - PRESS TOWARD THE MARK OF THE PRIZE
EPH 1: 17 - ASKING FOR WISDOM AND REVELATION
COL 3:2 - SETTING MIND ON THINGS ABOVE
COL 3:15 - LET THE PEACE OF GOD DWELL IN YOUR HEARTS...... YOU WERE CALLED TO PEACE
ISA 61:3 - PUT ON THE GARMENT OF PRAISE
RUNNING THE RACE
PSALM : 19:5 - AS A STRONG MAN TO RUN A RACE
ECC 9:11 - THE RACE IS NOT TO THE SWIFT
1 COR 9:24 - RUN IN SUCH A WAY TO GET THE PRIZE
HEB 12:1 - RUN WITH PATIENCE THE RACE SET BEFORE US
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RACE TAKES PREPARATION
RACE TAKES STRENGTH
RACE TAKES CONSISTENCY
RACE TAKES DETERMINATION
RACE TAKES OPPORTUNITY
RACE TAKES HAVING A GOAL OR VISION
RACE TAKES HARD WORK
RACE TAKES COMPLETION
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