Thanksgiving vs Despression
Cody intro
Shout Out(s)
“Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, And into his courts with praise: Be thankful unto him, and bless his name.”-Psalm 100:4
Parents-Cheryl
Children
Core Topic: Thanksgiving
Cody Reminder:
Worship
A: Genesis: Let there be Light. Separation. It is good. Spiritual. Matthew 6:24 “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.” Law within us that there is only room for one type of servitude. Rule is where joy is depression cannot be. Depressed or joyful. Not both. Attitude is joy. How to be joyful…
Thanksgiving! Gratitude is the antidote.
“The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; to proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.” Isaiah 61:1-3 KJV
B:. -Laws: sowing, reaping, etc
Hosea 10:12 “Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.”
“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”
Galatians 6:7-9
C: Practical Advice:
Leap for Joy Luke 6:23.“Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.”
The quickening. The movement. The obedience. Faith. Paradigm shift.
Mind shift. Perspective.
Routine. Cold bath.
“I don’t feel it.” - Thanksgiving, Worship/Praise, Marriage, Work … if you’ll be intentional and take one day at a time … the “feeling” part will come.
Material happiness. Things. Reality: happiness and joy. Not from stuff
D: secular vs. Christian
Clinical - secular psychology only works in the physical. Can only do so much for you.
Prescriptions.
Physical vs Spiritual
Jude 20: “But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,”
Jude 1:20 KJV
Extra:
Book Recommendations:
One thousand gifts by Ann Voskamp
Lord, Why Am I Crying by LYNDA ALLISON DOTY,
Every impossible that you have ever presently faced became the possibles of your past. ??
Remembering, giving thanks… God call the Israel to remember the exodus etc…always the negative season of life they were told to
Overcomer Word & testimony when a spirit of Thanksgiving is maintained. Rev 12:11