How to Overcome Depression
Depression is one of the worse experience that can happen to a person.
A depressed man is a tired person who is nocked out in thoughts. He is a sluggard man whose problem is bigger than his capacity. Waking up in the morning is a battle for a depressed man. When he wakes up, he sees life as a challenge, because of the occuring disappointment he has encounterd, his energy is gone. He has no enthusiasm or drive for life because he is depressed.
Don’t let your self die of depression, because depression is not of God.
When you allow depression to take hold of your life, your destiny is jeopardized, and there won’t be reason to hope in again.
Depression opens the door for oppression because Satan is at work where joy is lacking. When there is no joy, the enemy takes an advantage of the situation to strike. don’t give the enemy a room by being depressed.
18 “And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.
19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.”
1 Samuel 1:18-19).
” Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation”. Isaiah 12:3
Depression also affect reasoning, it affects the way you think, it reduces your thinking capacity. Whenever people are depressed, their reasoning pathways are blocked, and once your reasoning is blocked your capacity will be unable to find solutions to issues bothering you because you would be too depressed to think about the solution.
“Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance”.
Psalm 42:5
THE SECRET TO OVERCOME DEPRESSION
- Focus on Christ:
“Christ in you the hope of glory”. Colossians 1:27
To overcome depression, first focus on Christ Jesus, Cast your cares, depression and worries upon him. “cast your cares upon Him because He cares for you” 1 Peter 5:7.
When you see yourself upon the situation and you don’t see God, you will continue to live in depression.
God is bigger than your situation, but you may not be bigger than it.
David a small boy killed the giant because he confronted the situation with the name of the Lord.The fact is that having Jesus in you, gives you hope to confront any challenges.
- Be around Positive People: When you are around people who make you depress, you won’t be able to overcome it.
Be around people who motivate you, who encourage you.
not around people who discourage you.
there is a saying that says, Show me your friends, and I will tell you who you are. Because your company will define you.
Keep the right people and watch yourself overcome depression. - Prayer: Jesus said ” Asek and you shall be given that your JOY may be full” John 16:24. When you are depress Pray to God, and he will give you joy.
Prayer is a great key that will help you to overcome depression.
Men of prayer don’t go depress, when you are depress your prayer life will be in contention.
Be a person of prayer.