Deflating Depression
Curt Dodd
I Kings 19:1-18
''Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, 'May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.' Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, while he himself went a day's journey into the desert. He came to a broom tree, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. 'I have had enough, Lord' he said. 'Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.' Then he lay down under the tree and fell asleep. All at once an angel touched him and said, 'Get up and eat.' He looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and then lay down again. The angel of the Lord came back a second time and touched him and said, 'Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.' So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God. There he went into a cave and spent the night.''
Depression according to many experts is the number one health problem in our country today. In fact, some have called it the common cold of the emotions. Did you also know that depression is in the top ten of the most common diagnosis that physicians make every year. Now honestly, we need to realize it at the start that some people are genetically predisposed to depression. Sometimes, there are individuals because of the way that the chemistry in their bodies is made up are more prone to depression and deal with long term chronic depression and medicines must be used to help balance the chemistry in their life. However sometimes depression is more than a chemical problem, either promoted by an illness or a tumor, or some physical t ...
Curt Dodd
I Kings 19:1-18
''Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, 'May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.' Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, while he himself went a day's journey into the desert. He came to a broom tree, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. 'I have had enough, Lord' he said. 'Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.' Then he lay down under the tree and fell asleep. All at once an angel touched him and said, 'Get up and eat.' He looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and then lay down again. The angel of the Lord came back a second time and touched him and said, 'Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.' So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God. There he went into a cave and spent the night.''
Depression according to many experts is the number one health problem in our country today. In fact, some have called it the common cold of the emotions. Did you also know that depression is in the top ten of the most common diagnosis that physicians make every year. Now honestly, we need to realize it at the start that some people are genetically predisposed to depression. Sometimes, there are individuals because of the way that the chemistry in their bodies is made up are more prone to depression and deal with long term chronic depression and medicines must be used to help balance the chemistry in their life. However sometimes depression is more than a chemical problem, either promoted by an illness or a tumor, or some physical t ...
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