You Asked for It

YOU ASKED FOR IT

Depression

 

WOUNDS LEFT UNADDRESSED WILL BECOME INFECTED.

• ✓EMOTIONAL PAIN
• ✓FINANCIAL PAIN
• ✓PHYSICAL PAIN
• ✓RELATIONAL PAIN
• ✓SPIRITUAL PAIN

The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Exodus 33:11

 

“I can’t carry all these people by myself! The load is far too heavy! If this is how you intend to treat me, just go ahead and kill me. Do me a favor and spare me this misery!” Numbers 11:14-15

 

“Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors who have already died” 1 Kings 19:4

 

“We think you ought to know, dear brothers and sisters, about the trouble we went through in the province of Asia. We were crushed and overwhelmed beyond our ability to endure, and we thought we would never live through it.” 2 Corinthians 1:8

 

MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES DEAL WITH YOUR MIND, BODY, & SOUL.

 

"We were never designed for the sedentary, indoor, socially isolated, fast-food-laden, sleep-deprived, screen-addicted, frenzied pace of 21st-century life. And the result is an epidemic of clinical depression." Dr. Steve Llardi

 

And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne. Hebrews 12:1-2

 

1. UNREALISTIC PACE.

THE BIBLE CALLS THOSE WHO WILL NOT WORK LAZY, BUT IT CALLS THOSE WHO WILL NOT REST DISOBEDIENT!

On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested from all his work. And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation. Genesis 2:2-3

 

It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, anxiously working for food to eat; for God gives rest to his loved ones. Psalms 127:2

 

1. UNREALISTIC EXPECTATION OF OTHERS.

IT IS EASIER TO BELIEVE IT IS SOMEONE ELSE’S FAULT THAN TO ACCEPT THAT THERE IS A DEEPER PROBLEM.

People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and then are angry at the Lord. Proverbs 19:3

1. UNREALISTIC EXPECTATION OF OURSELVES.

And they have defeated him (Satan) by the blood of the Lamb and by their testimony. Revelation 12:11

Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results. James 5:16

1. UNREALISTIC VIEW OF LIFE.

A person without self-control is like a city with broken-down walls. Proverbs 25:28

WE WILL NEVER OVERCOME OUR TRIALS UNTIL WE ALLOW THE FACTS OF WHO GOD IS,  NOT OUR EMOTIONS, TO SHAPE OUR MINDS.

 “Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child? Can she feel no love for the child she has borne? But even if that were possible, I would not forget you! See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands.” Isaiah 49:15-16

How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered! I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me! Psalms 139:17-18

TAKE HOME

• BALANCE YOUR LIFE.
• MAKE A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO SPEAK VICTORY.
• DESTROY ISOLATION WITH COMMUNITY.
• LIVE FOR SOMETHING BIGGER THAN YOUR PROBLEMS.

That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits being renewed every day. For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

 

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