Healing from Depression

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Healing from Depression
Topic Started: Oct 16 2006, 02:29 AM (37 Views)
pud44	Oct 16 2006, 02:29 AM Post #1
Member Posts: 14 Group: Members Member #62 Joined: October 16, 2006	It has taken me a great deal of time to allow God to destroy the shackles within my mind, for me to come to a place where I am beginning to truely believe He can heal me. I have been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for 15 years and during that time have come closer to God, I am doing this on my own though as I do not attend church, for lots of reasons, paranoia being one of them, and not good enough to be a Christian. I need prayer to encourage me to keep going to chase away doubt and fear, and to have faith in myself and God. Will you pray for me?
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may	Nov 7 2006, 10:30 AM Post #2
Unregistered	Dear pud44, My heart goes out to you. For 19 years, I suffered with bipolar and suicidal depression, and it makes me really mad at the devil for causing people these kinds of problems. I would like to encourage you that God can and will heal you. It is your faith in Him that heals as you stand on His promises and let your mind be renewed through the Word, prayer, and fellowship with other Christians (it’s like a three-legged stool- doesn’t work too well on only 2 legs). The devil tries to get us to believe his lies, and we must know what the truth is so we can distinguish the lies. Rom 12:2 Don't become like the people of this world. Instead, change the way you think. Then you will always be able to determine what God really wants-what is good, pleasing, and perfect. When I was 13, and first started dealing with depression, I figured I had better read the Bible all the way through, because it was the most important book I could read. But all I had was a King James Version, which was hard for me to understand. I had no help to understand it and no guidance, as my mom never took us to church even though she was a professed Christian. Shortly thereafter, the devil came with the suicide thing, and I suffered for 19 years. After years of depression and intermittent psychotic insanity (along with sexual sin) I finally got put on SSDI. Then I had all this time on my hands, and felt really ashamed that I had this ‘label’ of ‘bipolar’ and ‘mental illness’. But then I started seeking God and got saved. It took a congregation of 3,000 to lift the veil off my mind that was there. And I remember it so clearly. All of a sudden I could hear and see the devils lies everywhere and how it was mixed with truth so that people would swallow it. For 2 years before I got saved I could hear this little voice saying, “May, you need to find a church. May, you need to find a church.” But I didn’t know where to go. I was afraid I would choose a cult or something. But the Lord finally introduced me to someone who led me to the service where I got saved, and then He directed me to the place I go now. Our site is www.setfreecolorado.com and we love Jesus and hate the devil. So since this place was open 24 hours per day, and I wanted to go somewhere I could serve the Lord and where what little I could do would make an impact, He sent me there and told me to go there everyday. So I dove in and got involved with everything I could. And since I had all this time on my hands, I decided to make reading the Bible my full-time job. I did not read any other books or want to watch any movies until I had read the Bible all the way through. And this church was cool. I could go there and read, and there were always people there, so if I had a question, there was someone there I could talk to. I started praying all the time and making friends in the body of Christ. I had a lot to learn, though and got hurt a couple of times. But I did not let that deter me from sticking with Jesus, although one time the devil tried to convince me to after I got hurt really bad by someone I thought was a Christian (and he might have been. Christians hurt each other and make mistakes, too). And so I continue to walk with Him. What I am afraid of is ever being away from Him or quenching the Holy Spirit. I already know what that is like, and it was 19 years of insanity and crippling depression. No, thanks! No more!! I come against the enemy with the power and authority given to me through the mighty Blood of Jesus!! Now, my dear, this is a very important thing for you to know. The devil wants you to believe that you are not good enough to be a Christian. But Good looks to seek and save that which was lost. He looks for the hurting, the dying. He looks for the sinner and takes them into his arms as they repent and He wants to have a relationship with you and be your loving, forgiving Father. Jesus dies for you and paid for your sins with His blood so that you can be with him. There is no ‘good enough to be’ because the gift of being a Christian (of having a relationship with Him through Jesus) is just that. It is a gift freely given out of His love for us, not by anything we did, do or deserve, so that all glory and credit goes to Him. EPHESIANS 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. He loves you so much, He will meet you where you are at, and He also loves you too much to leave you there. So as you spend time with Him, you will become more like Him, and as you spend time with fellow believers, that helps you also. Plus He commands us not to forsake the gathering of ourselves together. Hebrews10:25 We should not stop gathering together with other believers, as some of you are doing. Instead, we must continue to encourage each other even more as we see the day of the Lord coming. The devil wants to isolate you (looks for the lone rangers and the sheep all alone on the outskirts. He looks for whom he may devour. 1Pe 5:8 Be on your guard and stay awake. Your enemy, the devil, is like a roaring lion, sneaking around to find someone to attack. I want to encourage you to fellowship with us here online, and let us build you up, and speak life to you and soon you will be ready to fellowship in person at a local Bible-believing church near where you live. I would love to chat with you more. Please feel free to contact me at any time. You can email me through the movemegod website. Jesus loves you, and so do I. May
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