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Redeemed22

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I've been dealing with some depression recently. Actually, off and on for a while. I'll be talking to a leader at my church about it tomorrow. Pray that God will show us the source(s) of the depression, be it lies I have believed, unrepentant sin, unhealed wounds, etc.

I want to move forward.
 

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I've been dealing with some depression recently. Actually, off and on for a while. I'll be talking to a leader at my church about it tomorrow. Pray that God will show us the source(s) of the depression, be it lies I have believed, unrepentant sin, unhealed wounds, etc.

I want to move forward.
All things work together...hope you get a breakthrough soon.
 

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Well all i can give you these scriptures from the bible concerning your depression: Matthew 6:25, Matthew 6:26, Matthew 6:27, Matthew 6:28, Matthew 6:29, Matthew 6:30, Matthew 6:31, Matthew 6:32, Matthew 6:33 and Matthew 6:34.

In the simplest answer if you stop worrying about your depression and stop fretting over it god will take care of it.

God bless and your in my prayers :)
 

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I am praying for you... May God take these scriptues which gumby gave you and heal your depression... read them each night and believe....... May God's blessings be with you and your family .....love Jane


Well all i can give you these scriptures from the bible concerning your depression: Matthew 6:25, Matthew 6:26, Matthew 6:27, Matthew 6:28, Matthew 6:29, Matthew 6:30, Matthew 6:31, Matthew 6:32, Matthew 6:33 and Matthew 6:34.

In the simplest answer if you stop worrying about your depression and stop fretting over it god will take care of it.

God bless and your in my prayers
 

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Depression healing testimonies:

Wendy - Adelaide, Australia
In the year 2000 I was suffering severe depression. I was
unemployed for over seven years. Everything seemed helpless and
hopeless. Everything that I had tried either didn't work or only worked
for a short time.
I believed in God and Jesus Christ and that I could pray to Him to
help me. I had been doing that for years, but it seemed He wasn’t
listening. I was very unhappy and felt I was slipping away and I didn't
want to lose my love for God, I would rather die than lose that.
I decided to pray once more and ask Jesus to plead my cause
before His Father and I wouldn't stop saying Abba Father until He
helped me. My tongue started speaking in a language that I never
learnt. I thought at first I had lost my mind because I didn't
understand what I was saying, but then the scripture came into my
head " The Holy Spirit makes intercession with groanings that
cannot be uttered" I was filled with a tremendous feeling of relief, joy,
light and indescribable peace.
I wanted to know more about this Holy Spirit. A week later a couple of
people showed me in the Bible that you can receive the Holy Spirit
and speak in tongues and it was a promise for today.
I was baptized, I got a job and I feel much better about myself
because I am needed and appreciated. It was like He has put a new
song in my mouth and heart, even the praise unto our God.



Debra - Port Pirie, Australia
Since childhood I had built and maintained a wall around me in a
desperate measure to cope with the injustices of the world. I felt
isolated, unloved, unappreciated and distraught. A worthless nobody,
a failure! People around me saw the mask I had carefully
constructed, but failed to realize the depth of my anguish. I resented
having my feelings invalidated, so I 'bottled-up' my anger and
frustration inside me.
In 1995 I was diagnosed with Major Depression, which threw my life
into further turmoil. I had to admit I wasn't coping within my life. I
hated being vulnerable, having to deal with unresolved hurts and
feelings. Yet, the stigma attached to mental illness can be
unrepentant and cruel. I took antidepressants for over six years and
in 2001, under psychiatric care, my dosage was doubled again. I was
told I faced a lifetime of medication. At the lowest ebb I contemplated
suicide. I didn't want to kill myself, I just needed a comfortable,
reassuring arm around me without judgement or condemnation.
Then overnight, after hearing God's Word spoken with truth directly
out of the scriptures, I had a sense of peace and tranquillity for the
first time in my life. God giving me with the holy spirit filled that empty
void I had since childhood. I was no longer the "black sheep" of the
family I belonged not in the darkness alone, but in God’s light.



Cherry - Adelaide, Australia
I suffered major depression from 1985 to 1986, my personality,
emotions, intellect and inner being felt like they had all shut down,
leaving me only with feelings of hopelessness, fear, anxiety,
negativity and despair.
Doctors and Specialists could not help me. My husband, who was
against the Revival Fellowship, finally allowed me to go to a
meeting to see if I could get healed by the power of God. I saw
people of all ages with genuine joy within themselves. I was baptized
and God convicted my heart, and assured me that he would
heal me completely. Even before I felt healed, I had faith to praise
the Lord in prayer for the healing.
Every time the dark cloud of depression was upon me I would
praise the Lord and it was as if I started going up a rung of a ladder
with each praise until my faith broke through the clouds of
depression and my inner being discovered love, joy and peace from
our great God.
Even before your eyes can see the victory, with praise to God you
already have the victory. It is not merely positive thinking; it is a
simple exercise of our faith muscles towards our loving and
powerful God. I thank and praise our awesome and faithful God
whose power has done so much for me.
Praise the Lord I'm healed and saved.
God can do anything if you praise Him - depression healed



Rosie - Adelaide, Australia
I was brought up in a Brethren church and was told that I needed to
give my heart to the Lord to be saved.
I was very depressed. I was in a relationship where my partner was
both physically and mentally abusive. I had a four year old
daughter and was afraid of where my life was heading. I went back
to the Brethren church on the advice of Health Professionals where
I gave my heart to the Lord for about the seventh time
I was on my way home in a taxi with the one thought of committing
suicide, when the taxi driver told me how he was healed by God,
my sadness then turned to joy.
I went to a meeting and was baptized by full immersion and
received the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues.
My life completely changed. I lost the desire to smoke both drugs
and cigarettes and to drink alcohol.
I have been married and have a son. Sixteen years have passed
and I’m still rejoicing in the Lord. He provides my every need. My
children and I have been healed. I have a real peace and joy that
no one can take from me.
I know if I continue to trust in the Lord I will be there when He
returns. Amen
 

Redeemed22

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Thanks everyone for your encouraging words. I feel like the storm has ebbed. It took some emergency prayer from my brothers and elders, but God is faithful.
All praise to You, God. You drew me from deep waters. The ropes of death had taken me but you heard my prayer and flew from on high. You reached down and saved me.

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