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T.O.D.A.Y.'S ENCOURAGEMENT for May 20, 2005
T.O.D.A.Y.
Ministries
14745 Merrilltown #1611 Austin TX 78728
Good
Morning!
Today,
I want to reach out to someone that is having a battle with
"depression". I realize that everyone that is
reading this "encouragement" may not be having this problem, but if
you will "hear" what The Lord is saying about this, then you will be
able to pray for someone who is! Also, it just might "prevent"
you from having to go through such a "horrible" time.
I,
personally, know about "depression".....been there, done that.
It is the "pits"! I firmly believe that the phrase
"the pits" refers to depression, because it does not come from
God....but from the very "pits of hell"! Our precious Heavenly
Father never wants His children to be "depressed"!
Let
me share with you what David said in Psalms 40 when he was
"depressed"....
"I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined unto me, and heard my
cry. He brought me up out of a horrible pit"....I encourage you to
read all of that scripture! What God did for David....He
will do for you, if you will do what David did and turn your thoughts
toward the Lord!
If
all that we have on our mind is ourselves.....that can be very
"depressing"! Think about what I am saying....if you are
continually thinking about your bad situations, and your
bad circumstances, and your "unpaid bills", and your
"unsaved children", and all of your "aches and
pains", and what someone "did to you or did not do for
you", and the list goes on! I have a tendency to get
"depressed" just typing this!
My
point is....You can be delivered from "depression"! Stop
thinking about yourself and your problems....cast those cares over on the Lord
and start thinking about the "promises" that God has given you
concerning those problems! Start thinking about what you can do to help
someone else! You will be amazed at how "quickly" you are
"lifted" up out of "the pits"! I pray that this
"message" is blessing someone!
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