{"id":268,"date":"2021-06-13T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-13T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/145-david-hill-exhortation-myths-and-facts-about-depression\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:44:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:44:01","slug":"145-david-hill-exhortation-myths-and-facts-about-depression","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/145-david-hill-exhortation-myths-and-facts-about-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"145: David Hill – Exhortation: Myths and Facts about Depression"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening to an exhortation presented at the Mount Barker Ecclesia in Adelaide, Australia by Brother David Hill. This exhort was given on February 28th, 2021.<\/p>\n

Thank you for listening, God bless, and talk to you next week.<\/p>\n

Send talk suggestions or comments to: GoodChristadelphianTalks@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to good for selfie and
\ntalks. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Levi and I’m Chris and I’m
\nBrian, thank you for joining us <\/p>\n

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\nthis week.
\nOn this podcast, we select one <\/p>\n

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\ntaco week to help us get the
\nBible in our daily news feed. <\/p>\n

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\nWe post a new episode of the
\nstart of each week with a short <\/p>\n

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\nintro.
\nHand to kind of set the stage <\/p>\n

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\nfor the talk.
\nYou’re about to listen to and <\/p>\n

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\nnow let’s talk more about this
\nweek’s talk. <\/p>\n

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\nThis was class is by Brother
\nDavid Hill on the topic of <\/p>\n

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\ndepression.
\nHe gave this as an excitation at<\/p>\n

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\nthe Mount Barker meeting on
\nFebruary 28th of this year. <\/p>\n

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\nThis class was absolutely
\nexcellent. <\/p>\n

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\nThis at this education.
\nExcuse me. <\/p>\n

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\nI really really, really enjoyed
\nit. <\/p>\n

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\nI think it actually spoke
\ndirectly to me specifically at <\/p>\n

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\nthe beginning when he talked
\nabout common criticisms that we <\/p>\n

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\nmake of brothers and sisters,
\nwho deal with mental health <\/p>\n

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\nissues.
\nAnd he does it in a really <\/p>\n

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\ntactful and Powerful way.
\nI’m kind of being very clear on <\/p>\n

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\njust some of the mistakes that
\nwe can make in working with our <\/p>\n

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\nbrothers and sisters, who might
\nhave mental, health struggle, <\/p>\n

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\nI’m excited, too, excited to
\nshare this education. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was definitely beneficial to
\nme. <\/p>\n

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\nThis was given to us as a
\nsuggestion, right? <\/p>\n

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\nAfter we posted episode 125,
\nwhich was an education. <\/p>\n

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\nAlso fi, Brother David.
\nAnd I also wanted to mention <\/p>\n

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\nstill one of my favorite class.
\nWe Said, which is that the same <\/p>\n

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\ntopic by Brother Philip
\nDavidson, which, is episode 37. <\/p>\n

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\nSo, if you want kind of more of
\nbrother, he’ll episode 125, and <\/p>\n

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\nif you want to hear more about
\ndepression episode, episode, 37 <\/p>\n

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\nis absolutely excellent.
\nThanks again to the brother that<\/p>\n

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\nsubmitted this one and here is
\nwhere the David Hills excitation<\/p>\n

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\nfrom February 28th.
\nAnxiety in the heart causes <\/p>\n

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\ndepression.
\nDid you know that those words <\/p>\n

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\ncome from the Bible?
\nThat’s How most modern <\/p>\n

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\ntranslations render.
\nProverbs 12 verse 25. <\/p>\n

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\nYou see, anxiety, and depression
\naren’t foreign to the Bible. <\/p>\n

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\nHave you come here this morning
\nbrother or sister? <\/p>\n

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\nWeighed down with a feeling of
\ndepression, or with anxious <\/p>\n

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\nthoughts.
\nDo you often feel that you <\/p>\n

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\nsuffer alone unwilling or unable
\nto share with others that you <\/p>\n

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\nare depressed or the you are
\nsuffering from anxiety this <\/p>\n

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\nmorning brother and sisters in a
\ncareful and respectful way to <\/p>\n

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\nthose who suffer terribly in
\nthis way. <\/p>\n

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\nWe want to look at what the
\nBible has to say on this topic <\/p>\n

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\nbecause it actually has a lot to
\nsay. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it can provide all of us
\nwith a lot of comfort and a <\/p>\n

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\nsource of Hope in these
\ndifficult times. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it could also lead us Riders
\nwill see to the feet of our <\/p>\n

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\nLord, Jesus who suffered in all
\nthings like as we do. <\/p>\n

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\nObviously, without sin.
\nBut before we do that, we really<\/p>\n

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\nhave to begin by debunking or
\nbusting a few myths, that sadly <\/p>\n

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\nstill remain in our community.
\nThey’re not things that we would<\/p>\n

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\never say out loud.
\nBut there’s sadly things that <\/p>\n

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\nmany of us still feel deep down
\ninside ingrained in our psyche, <\/p>\n

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\nperhaps the way we were brought
\nup perhaps the way we think <\/p>\n

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\nabout mental illness.
\nThere’s seven myths, will <\/p>\n

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\nendeavor to bust as it were in
\nthe first is that depression <\/p>\n

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\nitself isn’t real.
\nYeah, it’s oppression can be <\/p>\n

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\nparticularly challenging to
\nsuffer from in our community. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause sadly, as I said many
\nmisconceptions and stigmas still<\/p>\n

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\nremain around this most
\ndifficult of topics. <\/p>\n

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\nOne is a deep centered
\nskepticism. <\/p>\n

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\nThat it’s actually even real.
\nThe perhaps depression is just <\/p>\n

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\nhypochondria dressed up as
\nanother name. <\/p>\n

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\nPerhaps it’s simply the
\nconsequence of an increasingly <\/p>\n

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\nsoft and self-absorbed society.
\nThat all these people who are <\/p>\n

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\nsofter than perhaps generations
\nof the past self absorbed with <\/p>\n

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\nthe sort of ubiquitous selfie
\nand that, that is why Depression<\/p>\n

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\nis talked about so much more
\ntoday that it’s not really real.<\/p>\n

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\nIt’s just the symptom of that
\nkind of society that reality <\/p>\n

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\nthat we all know is that
\ndepression is very real. <\/p>\n

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\nIt affects the ability of our
\nbrains to function properly. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s not something.
\nThat we should be ashamed of. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it’s certainly something
\nthat’s not shameful at all. <\/p>\n

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\nAfter all, as we saw in our
\nopening remarks, even the Bible <\/p>\n

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\nrecognizes it as an illness.
\nWhich is exactly what it is. <\/p>\n

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\nThe second myth depression is
\npurely circumstantial. <\/p>\n

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\nYes, there is clinical
\ndepression but any other form is<\/p>\n

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\njust a circumstance.
\nAnd yes, it is very true. <\/p>\n

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\nThat depression can often be
\ntriggered by a very unfortunate <\/p>\n

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\ncircumstance, a tragedy or an
\naffliction. <\/p>\n

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\nBut does that make it any less
\nreal? <\/p>\n

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\nMain take stress, for example.
\nHeart disease can be triggered <\/p>\n

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\nby stress.
\nDoes that mean that? <\/p>\n

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\nJust because it’s triggered by a
\ncircumstance, a stress in our <\/p>\n

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\nlife that heart disease is any
\nless real Of course, it doesn’t.<\/p>\n

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\nWhy then do we sometimes Harbor?
\nAs I said we don’t come out and <\/p>\n

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\nsay it out loud.
\nBut why do we sometimes Harbor <\/p>\n

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\nthis cynicism or skepticism?
\nAbout depression or anxiety or <\/p>\n

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\nother forms of mental illness.
\nThird depression is just <\/p>\n

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\nlaziness dressed up as an
\nillness. <\/p>\n

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\nAgain we would never come out
\nand say this, you’d never say <\/p>\n

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\nthat to a brother or sister.
\nYou’re not depressed. <\/p>\n

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\nYou just lazy.
\nBut again, sadly in our <\/p>\n

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\ncommunity views like this.
\nCan be deeply-held. in our <\/p>\n

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\nminds, in our psyche, in our
\nattitude to people, Someone <\/p>\n

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\nwho’s suffering from depression?
\nIs already suffering enough. <\/p>\n

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\nTo have someone imply that
\nthey’re not doing enough. <\/p>\n

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\nYou think about it brother and
\nsisters when someone in our <\/p>\n

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\nclosure suffers from a physical
\nillness? <\/p>\n

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\nA disease or an illness, we
\nmight be more familiar or <\/p>\n

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\ncomfortable with we rush around
\nto their home with meals and <\/p>\n

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\nsupport.
\nThe care is very evident. <\/p>\n

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\nIs it the same?
\nWhen one of our numbers suffers <\/p>\n

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\nfrom depression from anxiety or
\nmental illness, do we have the <\/p>\n

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\nsame care?
\nDo we show the Same Love. <\/p>\n

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\nOr do we sometimes meet their
\nsuffering? <\/p>\n

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\nWith a bit of a dose of
\nskepticism or cynicism. <\/p>\n

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\nThe next two are a little more
\nSinister, but again. <\/p>\n

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\nWould never be openly perhaps
\ndiscussed or people wouldn’t <\/p>\n

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\nopenly necessarily come out and
\nsay them perhaps outside of a <\/p>\n

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\nfamily home.
\nBut the fourth myth is that <\/p>\n

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\ndepression is a sin.
\nWe’d never say it. <\/p>\n

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\nBut do we imply that you see,
\nthere’s many who heart privately<\/p>\n

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\nHarbor that view, what, where,
\nwhere would you ever get such a <\/p>\n

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\nnotion that an illness?
\nDepression can be a sin. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, the narrative essentially
\ngoes like this, why ever would a<\/p>\n

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\nman or woman of Faith, who
\ntrusts in God? <\/p>\n

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\nWhy would they ever be
\ndistressed or depressed? <\/p>\n

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\nWe know that Paul in Romans 14
\nverse 23, says that whatsoever <\/p>\n

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\nis not of faith is sin.
\nAnd so the narrative goes that <\/p>\n

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\nclearly to be depressed, implies
\na lack of faith. <\/p>\n

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\nIf we had that trust and faith,
\nwe wouldn’t feel that way. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so therefore it must be sin
\nwill not only would that be a <\/p>\n

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\ngross misinterpretation of what
\nPaul was talking about. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s incredibly unfair.
\nDepression is an illness. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s not a sin.
\nWould we ever go up to somebody <\/p>\n

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\nwho was suffering from cancer?
\nand say, well, if you had just <\/p>\n

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\nbeen a little more faithful, You
\nwouldn’t be suffering this. <\/p>\n

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\nYou wouldn’t be feeling the
\neffects of cancer. but do we <\/p>\n

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\nsometimes project the impression
\nor make others feel that if <\/p>\n

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\nthey’re suffering from a mental
\nillness, from depression, or <\/p>\n

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\nanxiety, that perhaps it’s a
\nfunction of a lack of faith It <\/p>\n

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\nought not to be.
\nThe 5th myth. <\/p>\n

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\nDepression is a consequence.
\nOf sin. <\/p>\n

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\nAgain we wouldn’t come out and
\nsay this, but sadly, still to <\/p>\n

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\nthis day when people suffer
\nphysically, but also mentally we<\/p>\n

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\nsomehow imply, that will clearly
\nthey’re depressed. <\/p>\n

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\nLook at their life, look at
\ntheir life choices. <\/p>\n

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\nLook at the sin of committed.
\nI mean, of course they ought to <\/p>\n

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\nbe depressed.
\nOf course, that’s why they feel <\/p>\n

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\ndown.
\nPerhaps we imply that in words <\/p>\n

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\nto that effect, that depression
\nis a consequence of sin. <\/p>\n

145
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\nBrothers, sisters depression is
\nnot the fault. <\/p>\n

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\nOf someone.
\nAnd it’s certainly not a <\/p>\n

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\npunishment from God for sin.
\nJesus was really clear on that, <\/p>\n

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\nwasn’t he?
\nWhen he spoke about the blind, <\/p>\n

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\nman, he said, look, it’s not a
\nconsequence of his or his <\/p>\n

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\nparents sinned, but he was born
\nblind. so the consequence of any<\/p>\n

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\nsin or any sin of anybody else
\nthat we might suffer, The <\/p>\n

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\nillness, the tragic illness of
\nfeeling or being chemically <\/p>\n

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\ndepressed.
\nAnxious suffering, deep anxiety,<\/p>\n

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\nand other forms of mental
\nillness. and then the sixth that<\/p>\n

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\nsometimes sort of pleasantly
\nendeavored to be conveyed, in <\/p>\n

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\ncards or sentiments The
\ndepression will just go away. <\/p>\n

157
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\nIf we just prayed loads, you
\nknow, We’re praying for you, <\/p>\n

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\nwhich is a lovely thing to say,
\nof course. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we should but do we give the
\nimpression that if somebody just<\/p>\n

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\nprayed, more read, more
\nmeditated, more praised more, <\/p>\n

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\nwas that the meetings more than
\nwolf, Depression would just fly <\/p>\n

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\naway.
\nOn the wings of dawn. <\/p>\n

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\nOr would be fine.
\nI think about a brother and <\/p>\n

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\nsisters, do we say that to
\nsomeone with a brain tumor? <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, like double down on
\nprayer and it’ll just go away. <\/p>\n

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\nWe would never say that.
\nWould we rather and sisters <\/p>\n

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\nwould never say such a thing to
\nsomeone suffering depression? <\/p>\n

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\nSomeone deeply anxious.
\nBut do we imply it sometimes is <\/p>\n

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\nit is it sort of somewhere deep
\nhere in the back of our minds? <\/p>\n

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\nYes, God can cure mental illness
\njust as he can physical, but the<\/p>\n

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\nway often does that, is through
\nthe medium of skilled <\/p>\n

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\nprofessionals able to help us.
\nNow thought long and hard and <\/p>\n

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\nebbed and flowed as to whether
\nto say the next the next myth <\/p>\n

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\nand I pray that you’ll forgive
\nme if this is hurtful to anyone <\/p>\n

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\nthat’s suffered in this way.
\nBut the seventh. <\/p>\n

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\nMyth, is that suicide?
\nIs the unforgivable sin? <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s not.
\nBlasphemy against the Holy <\/p>\n

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\nSpirit.
\nIs the unforgivable sin? <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, when one succumbs to a
\nphysical illness, we often say <\/p>\n

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\nthat they died of natural
\ncauses. <\/p>\n

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\nWhy do we make it different?
\nif someone so tragically <\/p>\n

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\nsuccumbs to their mental
\nillness, why do we distinguish <\/p>\n

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\nSome people die of a broken
\nheart. <\/p>\n

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\nSome people heartbreakingly die
\nof broken Minds. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s not the unforgivable sin.
\nSo there are some of the <\/p>\n

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\nmisconceptions that as I said we
\nwould never talk about often out<\/p>\n

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\nloud but perhaps we hold them.
\nAnd they’re not true. but <\/p>\n

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\nthey’re certainly not helpful to
\nus when we suffer Or when <\/p>\n

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\nsomeone else suffers deep pain
\noften all alone. <\/p>\n

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\nSo, We come sometimes, don’t we
\nto a memorial meeting? <\/p>\n

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\nWe say, does anyone feel like
\nme? <\/p>\n

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\nJust God know how I feel.
\nDoes Jesus know how I feel to my<\/p>\n

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\nbrother and sisters know how I
\nfeel do the do the Great’s, the <\/p>\n

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\nicons of the Bible, know how I
\nfeel. <\/p>\n

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\nWell yes, they most certainly
\ndo. <\/p>\n

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\nLet’s have a look at some of the
\nextraordinary characters of The <\/p>\n

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\nBible, icons greats of Faith,
\nmen and women Brethren and <\/p>\n

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\nsisters, who will absolutely be
\nin the Kingdom. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd let’s look at the anguish,
\nthe anxiety, the depression, the<\/p>\n

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\nDeep feeling of depression, that
\nmany of them faced. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m going to run through these.
\nWe won’t be able to turn them <\/p>\n

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\nall up, but let’s start with
\nMoses. <\/p>\n

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\nMoses the friend of God, the
\nservant of God, an extraordinary<\/p>\n

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\nfigure in the Bible.
\nBut the weight of leadership of <\/p>\n

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\nthe people got to him,
\nphysically mentally, emotionally<\/p>\n

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\nspiritually.
\nSo, the point where he plunged <\/p>\n

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\ninto deep depression, listen to
\nthese words, numbers 11 verse <\/p>\n

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\n10, God, why have you brought
\nthis trouble on your servant? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat have I done to displease
\nyou, that you put the burden of <\/p>\n

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\nall these people on me.
\nThey keep wailing to me give us <\/p>\n

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\nmeat sweet.
\nI cannot carry all these. <\/p>\n

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\nPeople by myself.
\nThe burden is too heavy for me <\/p>\n

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\nnow.
\nNone of the versus I’ll quote <\/p>\n

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\nfrom our all my paraphrasing.
\nThese are all straight from the <\/p>\n

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\nNIV.
\nThis is what Moses says. <\/p>\n

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\nIf this is how you are going to
\ntreat me, please go ahead and <\/p>\n

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\nkill me.
\nKill me. that’s Moses brother <\/p>\n

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\nand sisters the friend of God,
\nasking God if this is how it’s <\/p>\n

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\ngoing to be I’m out.
\nTake my life. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s Moses.
\nWhat about David? <\/p>\n

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\nThe beautiful thing with God is
\nhe looks past Our anxiety, our <\/p>\n

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\ndepression to the essence of who
\nwe are, and he loves that. <\/p>\n

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\nDavid was a man after God’s Own
\nHeart, but he suffered <\/p>\n

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\nextraordinary, despondency
\ndespair, deep depression, some <\/p>\n

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\nafter Psalm that either he wrote
\nor that, I believe was written <\/p>\n

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\nabout him.
\nLet me read you. <\/p>\n

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\nThese Psalm 31 verse 7, you
\nknow, the anguish of my soul, I <\/p>\n

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\nam in distress.
\nMy eyes grow weak, my life is <\/p>\n

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\nconsumed by anguish and my years
\nboth groaning I’ve become like <\/p>\n

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\nbroken pottery.
\nPsalm 38 46, I’m bowed down and <\/p>\n

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\nbrought very low.
\nI am utterly crushed. <\/p>\n

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\nLike grown in anguish of Heart.
\nLord, my sign is not hid from <\/p>\n

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\nyou, my heart pounds, my
\nstrength fails me, even the <\/p>\n

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\nlight is gone from my eyes.
\nMy pain is ever with me. <\/p>\n

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\nPsalm 42 verse 3, my tears have
\nbeen my food day and night these<\/p>\n

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\nthings.
\nI remember, as I pour out, my <\/p>\n

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\nsoul, how are used to go to the
\nhouse of God? <\/p>\n

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\nWhy am I so love you downcast?
\nWhy so, Disturbed Within Me, <\/p>\n

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\nPsalm 77 verse 2 at night, I
\nstretched out untiring hands and<\/p>\n

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\nI would not be comforted.
\nI groaned and my spirit grew <\/p>\n

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\nfaint.
\nYou kept my eyes from closing. <\/p>\n

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\nI was too troubled to speak.
\nWe ever felt like this. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is David.
\nYeah. <\/p>\n

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\nBrother and sisters.
\nThe honesty of David is immense <\/p>\n

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\nComfort to Brethren and sisters
\ntoday who try their best. <\/p>\n

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\nIt grinds against the
\nextraordinary, adversities in <\/p>\n

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\nlife.
\nIn the organ of their brain. <\/p>\n

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\nThat doesn’t function like other
\npeople’s, and they resonate with<\/p>\n

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\nDavid.
\nThank God. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is here.
\nPsalm 102 our reading for today,<\/p>\n

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\nare reading this week, my days,
\nvanish like smoke. <\/p>\n

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\nMy heart is sick.
\nThe New Living Translation says,<\/p>\n

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\nI forget to eat my food.
\nI have no interest in food. <\/p>\n

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\nIn my distress, I groaned aloud,
\nI lie awake, I eat ashes as my <\/p>\n

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\nfood and mingle my drink with
\ntears. <\/p>\n

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\nFor you of taking me up and
\nthrowing me aside. <\/p>\n

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\nPsalm 134 verse for my spirit,
\ngrows faint within me. <\/p>\n

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\nMy heart within me is dismayed
\nmy spirit fails. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s the man.
\nAfter God’s Own Heart, brother, <\/p>\n

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\nand sisters.
\nThere is hope. <\/p>\n

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\nThere is love for every single
\none of us, no matter how our <\/p>\n

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\nbrains make us think about
\nourselves at times. <\/p>\n

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\nThink of Elijah.
\nElijah will Herald the return of<\/p>\n

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\nthe Lord Jesus Christ.
\nBut this was a man who suffered <\/p>\n

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\ngreat loneliness, a feeling of
\nabsolute self-defeat and <\/p>\n

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\ncomplete despondency 1 Kings, 19
\nverse 4. <\/p>\n

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\nHe came to a broom Bush said
\nunder it and prayed that he <\/p>\n

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\nmight die.
\nStraight from the NIV. <\/p>\n

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\nI have had enough, Lord.
\nI’ve had enough. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m done.
\nI don’t even want to live <\/p>\n

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\nanymore. he said to God, take my
\nlife, This is the man who will <\/p>\n

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\nlead the return of the Lord.
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nA great man and icon.
\nMaybe some of you have felt a <\/p>\n

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\nbit like that, we never alone.
\nWe’re not alone, will see that <\/p>\n

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\nGod’s with us.
\nAnd so we stand with these icons<\/p>\n

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\nof Faith.
\nThink of Jobe. <\/p>\n

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\nThis one is extraordinarily
\nunderstandable. <\/p>\n

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\nWe get that he suffered at an
\nunprecedented level. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd clearly it, manifested it in
\nthe way he felt and he was <\/p>\n

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\nhonest with God and with others
\nabout exactly how he fell. <\/p>\n

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\nJove three verse one job,
\ncursed. <\/p>\n

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\nThe day of his birth.
\nWhy did I not perish at Birth? <\/p>\n

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\nWhy is light given to those in
\nmisery to those who long for <\/p>\n

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\ndeath?
\nWhy are you keeping me alive? <\/p>\n

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\nGod, he saying, Who longed for
\ndeath that doesn’t come sighing <\/p>\n

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\nhas become my daily food, my
\ngroans pour out like water, I <\/p>\n

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\nhave no peace, no quietness, I
\nhave no rest, but only turmoil. <\/p>\n

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\nJobe 6 verse 8, I do that.
\nGod would be willing to crush me<\/p>\n

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\nto lose his hand and cut off my
\nlife, Jobe 9 verse 21. <\/p>\n

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\nI despise my own life, Jobe 10
\nverse 1. <\/p>\n

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\nI loathe my very life.
\nI wish I had died before any, I <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:53,600 –> 00:23:58,300
\nsaw me job. 17 verse 1.
\nMy spirit is broken. <\/p>\n

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\nThis from the one?
\nGod describes like, Moses as my <\/p>\n

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\nservant.
\nWhat about Jeremiah? <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s known as the weeping
\nprophet. <\/p>\n

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\nAn extraordinary, man.
\nDid amazing things for God but <\/p>\n

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\nhe felt it and he was often
\ndepressed. <\/p>\n

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\nOften Melancholy often anxious,
\nwasn’t some sort of pop up <\/p>\n

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\nlittle character in a picture
\nbook, a kids book, he was a real<\/p>\n

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\nman and he suffered immensely in
\nhis life much of it mentally. <\/p>\n

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\nJeremiah 15.
\nVerse 10. <\/p>\n

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\nAlas.
\nMy mother that you gave me <\/p>\n

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\nbirth.
\nI wish I had never lived. <\/p>\n

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\nJeremiah 20 verse 7, cursed, be
\nthe day, I was born. <\/p>\n

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\nWhy did I ever come out of the
\nwomb to see trouble and sorrow <\/p>\n

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\nand to, to end my days in shame.
\nLamentations, 3, verse 15. <\/p>\n

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\nHe has filled me with bitter
\nherbs and given me Gall to <\/p>\n

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\n00:25:04,900 –> 00:25:07,300
\ndrink.
\nHe has broken my teeth with <\/p>\n

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\n00:25:07,300 –> 00:25:10,300
\ngravel.
\nHe has trampled me into the <\/p>\n

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\ndust.
\nMy soul is downcast within me. <\/p>\n

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\nWe could go on brother and
\nsisters, I’ll finish with Jonah.<\/p>\n

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\nAlso an extraordinary profit.
\nBut we see his despondency is <\/p>\n

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\ndestroy his dejection, his
\ndepression. <\/p>\n

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\n00:25:32,700 –> 00:25:36,100
\nJonah 4, verse 3 now Lord, take
\naway my life. <\/p>\n

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\nFor, it’s better for me to die.
\nThan to live. <\/p>\n

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\nSo brother or sister.
\nThose of you we don’t know about<\/p>\n

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\nwho come here.
\nBrave face. <\/p>\n

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\nSmiles.
\nAnd suffer in silence. <\/p>\n

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\nJust about every day.
\nAnd those we do know about, <\/p>\n

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\nYou’re not alone.
\nYou stand with great people. <\/p>\n

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\nOf incredible Faith with Moses
\nwith David. <\/p>\n

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\nWith Jeremiah.
\nYou’re not alone. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, when we feel
\ndepressed. <\/p>\n

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\nWe feel anxious. feels like
\nwe’re in a big hole that we just<\/p>\n

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\ncan’t get out of Feels like
\nwe’re caught in a net that we <\/p>\n

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\njust can’t break free from.
\nSo what does the Bible say? <\/p>\n

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\nTo comfort us.
\nWhen we feel like this now don’t<\/p>\n

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\nworry those of you who are
\nsuffering that way, I’m not <\/p>\n

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\ngoing to quote those verses that
\ndo nothing for you. <\/p>\n

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\nI get that, you know, the verses
\nthat say you’re troubled but God<\/p>\n

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\n00:27:13,300 –> 00:27:16,400
\nwill wipe away all that in an
\ninstant. <\/p>\n

332
\n00:27:18,400 –> 00:27:21,000
\nBecause sometimes that doesn’t
\nresonate. <\/p>\n

333
\n00:27:21,800 –> 00:27:25,100
\nIt doesn’t help us necessarily
\nwhen we’re feeling that way. <\/p>\n

334
\n00:27:26,900 –> 00:27:31,600
\nWhat however can we cling to
\nabsolutely? <\/p>\n

335
\n00:27:33,500 –> 00:27:39,800
\nWhen we feel this way.
\nAnd there’s six points that I’d <\/p>\n

336
\n00:27:39,800 –> 00:27:41,800
\nlike to go through for all of
\nus. <\/p>\n

337
\n00:27:42,800 –> 00:27:45,500
\nWho are either suffering from
\ndepression today? <\/p>\n

338
\n00:27:47,400 –> 00:27:50,600
\nWell, mail will suffer before
\nthe return of our Lord Jesus. <\/p>\n

339
\n00:27:50,600 –> 00:27:55,800
\nWhat can we cling to?
\nThe first point, which we’ve <\/p>\n

340
\n00:27:55,800 –> 00:28:00,500
\nalready seen to some extent is
\nthat we are not cut off from <\/p>\n

341
\n00:28:00,500 –> 00:28:04,200
\nGod.
\nWe are not cut off from God. <\/p>\n

342
\n00:28:04,200 –> 00:28:10,800
\nWe are never ever alone.
\nOur God is always with us in the<\/p>\n

343
\n00:28:10,800 –> 00:28:17,700
\ndepths of our despair in the
\ngood times and the bad Psalm, 34<\/p>\n

344
\n00:28:17,700 –> 00:28:20,900
\nVerse 18.
\nThe Lord is close to the <\/p>\n

345
\n00:28:20,900 –> 00:28:26,600
\nBrokenhearted and to those who
\nare crushed Crushed in spirit. <\/p>\n

346
\n00:28:30,500 –> 00:28:32,900
\nYou know, there’s a beautiful
\nthing about the think, the <\/p>\n

347
\n00:28:32,900 –> 00:28:36,500
\nfaithfulness of God, and it’s
\nthis weather and sisters and <\/p>\n

348
\n00:28:36,500 –> 00:28:44,000
\nthis is really important.
\nWe ought to be so grateful that <\/p>\n

349
\n00:28:44,000 –> 00:28:49,700
\nthe faithfulness of God doesn’t
\ndepend on hours. <\/p>\n

350
\n00:28:52,700 –> 00:28:55,000
\nIt’s not like you says, if your
\nfaith will all be faithful, <\/p>\n

351
\n00:28:55,000 –> 00:28:58,400
\nthat’s the deal.
\nHe is faithful. <\/p>\n

352
\n00:28:58,800 –> 00:29:03,900
\nThat is why.
\nThe Apostle Paul could say, I am<\/p>\n

353
\n00:29:03,900 –> 00:29:11,100
\nconvinced that nothing will ever
\nseparate us from the love of <\/p>\n

354
\n00:29:11,100 –> 00:29:16,900
\nChrist, and the love of our God.
\nAs I said before, with people <\/p>\n

355
\n00:29:16,900 –> 00:29:22,000
\nlike David God and Jesus see
\nthrough to the heart, to the <\/p>\n

356
\n00:29:22,000 –> 00:29:24,500
\nessence of us and they love
\nthat. <\/p>\n

357
\n00:29:24,500 –> 00:29:27,000
\nBecause brother and sisters,
\nlet’s be honest. <\/p>\n

358
\n00:29:29,600 –> 00:29:32,400
\nOne of the challenges when we
\nare depressed and anxious <\/p>\n

359
\n00:29:32,500 –> 00:29:36,300
\nanxious is that our brain,
\ntricks us into many things. <\/p>\n

360
\n00:29:36,300 –> 00:29:42,200
\nIt doesn’t function as it
\nordinarily would Prayer <\/p>\n

361
\n00:29:42,900 –> 00:29:49,600
\nmeditation.
\nReading praise, it’s not easy. <\/p>\n

362
\n00:29:50,400 –> 00:29:54,800
\nWhen we feel depressed, you
\nknow, the the weapons of our <\/p>\n

363
\n00:29:54,800 –> 00:29:56,800
\nWarfare, the breastplate of
\nfaith. <\/p>\n

364
\n00:29:59,300 –> 00:30:04,000
\nCan sometimes lie dormant and
\nour feet when we are depressed. <\/p>\n

365
\n00:30:05,300 –> 00:30:07,400
\nIt’s not easy.
\nEven reading the Bible because <\/p>\n

366
\n00:30:07,400 –> 00:30:10,000
\nit can sometimes it words on a
\npage. <\/p>\n

367
\n00:30:10,300 –> 00:30:14,500
\nIt’s not how we’re feeling.
\nIt doesn’t resonate with us. <\/p>\n

368
\n00:30:14,500 –> 00:30:18,300
\nOur God knows all that his Love
\nChanges not. <\/p>\n

369
\n00:30:21,200 –> 00:30:25,100
\nHow good is it, that the
\nunchangeable steadfast love of <\/p>\n

370
\n00:30:25,100 –> 00:30:30,400
\nGod is not contingent upon us
\nwith our changeable and volatile<\/p>\n

371
\n00:30:31,100 –> 00:30:38,600
\nhearts and Minds.
\nAnd I want to say something else<\/p>\n

372
\n00:30:38,800 –> 00:30:44,400
\nhere that I’m sure you picked up
\nfrom the examples of Moses of <\/p>\n

373
\n00:30:44,400 –> 00:30:55,100
\nDavid of Elijah of Jeremiah of
\nJonah and of Joe. and that is, <\/p>\n

374
\n00:30:56,500 –> 00:31:02,400
\nGod seeks authentic
\nrelationships. <\/p>\n

375
\n00:31:04,800 –> 00:31:10,000
\nJust as every parent here, he
\nwants real relationships, he <\/p>\n

376
\n00:31:10,000 –> 00:31:14,300
\ndoesn’t want stiff fake
\nartificial relationships. <\/p>\n

377
\n00:31:14,600 –> 00:31:18,700
\nGod was not intimidated or
\ndeterred by the honesty of David<\/p>\n

378
\n00:31:18,700 –> 00:31:20,700
\nof Jeremiah.
\nThey would language, is <\/p>\n

379
\n00:31:20,700 –> 00:31:24,000
\nconfronting they questioned,
\nGod. <\/p>\n

380
\n00:31:24,000 –> 00:31:27,600
\nThey challenged God, they
\nimplore God, they say take my <\/p>\n

381
\n00:31:27,600 –> 00:31:37,300
\nlife.
\nWe honest and open authentic, or<\/p>\n

382
\n00:31:37,300 –> 00:31:42,100
\nwooden with God.
\nDo we pour out our hearts to <\/p>\n

383
\n00:31:42,100 –> 00:31:45,600
\nhim?
\nHe’s not intimidated by our <\/p>\n

384
\n00:31:45,600 –> 00:31:50,800
\ndoubts, our frustrations, our
\nfears, our our anxieties, he <\/p>\n

385
\n00:31:50,800 –> 00:31:56,700
\nwants to hear it, which parent
\nhere would not want to hear if <\/p>\n

386
\n00:31:56,700 –> 00:31:58,600
\ntheir child was feeling that
\nway. <\/p>\n

387
\n00:32:03,000 –> 00:32:04,200
\nHey, you going son?
\nYeah. <\/p>\n

388
\n00:32:04,200 –> 00:32:08,400
\nGood fact.
\nI’m brilliant game face on every<\/p>\n

389
\n00:32:08,400 –> 00:32:10,100
\nday.
\nYou wouldn’t want that. <\/p>\n

390
\n00:32:10,100 –> 00:32:13,900
\nWould you?
\nNeither does our God. <\/p>\n

391
\n00:32:16,300 –> 00:32:19,400
\nWhy is that brother and sisters?
\nWell, there’s so many reasons <\/p>\n

392
\n00:32:19,400 –> 00:32:21,700
\nwere one of the big ones.
\nIs the very next song. <\/p>\n

393
\n00:32:23,200 –> 00:32:25,600
\nIt’s because he gets it, he gets
\nit. <\/p>\n

394
\n00:32:26,900 –> 00:32:31,800
\nI mean, he made us.
\nHe knows how we think he knows <\/p>\n

395
\n00:32:31,800 –> 00:32:34,700
\nour brain because guess what?
\nHe made it. <\/p>\n

396
\n00:32:36,700 –> 00:32:40,200
\nPsalm 103 verse 13.
\nAs a father, has compassion on <\/p>\n

397
\n00:32:40,200 –> 00:32:43,700
\nhis children.
\nSo the Lord has compassion on us<\/p>\n

398
\n00:32:44,100 –> 00:32:46,200
\nfor.
\nHe knows how we have formed. <\/p>\n

399
\n00:32:46,400 –> 00:32:51,900
\nHe remembers that we are dust.
\nHe gets it because he made us, <\/p>\n

400
\n00:32:51,900 –> 00:32:55,700
\nwho else gets it?
\nWho else gets it? <\/p>\n

401
\n00:32:55,700 –> 00:33:00,500
\nLike really gets it because I
\ndon’t really get you because I <\/p>\n

402
\n00:33:01,500 –> 00:33:02,800
\ndon’t know.
\nYour mind. <\/p>\n

403
\n00:33:02,800 –> 00:33:07,300
\nI can’t see inside your head.
\nI have no idea. <\/p>\n

404
\n00:33:07,300 –> 00:33:12,400
\nReally, at this very moment.
\nBut Jesus who knew the heart and<\/p>\n

405
\n00:33:12,400 –> 00:33:15,300
\nmind of men, he does, he gets
\nit. <\/p>\n

406
\n00:33:17,500 –> 00:33:22,400
\nHebrews 2 verse 17.
\nHe had to be made like us human <\/p>\n

407
\n00:33:22,400 –> 00:33:27,300
\nin every way that he might
\nbecome a merciful and faithful <\/p>\n

408
\n00:33:27,300 –> 00:33:36,300
\nhigh priest because he himself
\nsuffered Hebrews 4, verse 15, we<\/p>\n

409
\n00:33:36,300 –> 00:33:42,000
\ndon’t have an high priest who is
\nunable to empathize with our <\/p>\n

410
\n00:33:42,000 –> 00:33:46,800
\nweaknesses, but we have one who
\nhas been tempted in every way. <\/p>\n

411
\n00:33:47,900 –> 00:33:54,700
\nJust as we are.
\nJesus gets it this morning. <\/p>\n

412
\n00:33:54,700 –> 00:33:58,100
\nHe’s here, he’s in our midst.
\nThere’s two and three. <\/p>\n

413
\n00:33:58,100 –> 00:33:59,400
\nThere’s much more than two or
\nthree. <\/p>\n

414
\n00:33:59,400 –> 00:34:04,200
\nHe’s here.
\nAnd he empathizes He knows our <\/p>\n

415
\n00:34:04,200 –> 00:34:09,199
\nweaknesses.
\nYou know, we often have this <\/p>\n

416
\n00:34:09,199 –> 00:34:13,000
\nconcept of Jesus, which sadly
\nisn’t the reality. <\/p>\n

417
\n00:34:15,000 –> 00:34:22,300
\nJesus wanted help.
\nJesus looked for comfort. <\/p>\n

418
\n00:34:25,100 –> 00:34:32,500
\nHe knew pain, he felt, you know,
\nsome 69 is unequivocally. <\/p>\n

419
\n00:34:32,500 –> 00:34:39,600
\nA Messianic Psalm scorn has
\nbroken my heart and left me <\/p>\n

420
\n00:34:39,600 –> 00:34:46,100
\nhelpless, I feel helpless.
\nI looked for sympathy. <\/p>\n

421
\n00:34:46,100 –> 00:34:48,800
\nThat’s Jesus.
\nHe looked for sympathy. <\/p>\n

422
\n00:34:50,500 –> 00:34:55,100
\nHe felt that knee but there was
\nnone, I looked for comforters <\/p>\n

423
\n00:34:55,699 –> 00:35:03,900
\nJesus wanted comfort.
\nIt wasn’t a walk in the park, it<\/p>\n

424
\n00:35:03,900 –> 00:35:10,200
\nwas tough.
\nYou imagine, knowing at 30, do <\/p>\n

425
\n00:35:10,200 –> 00:35:14,200
\nyour ministry, would be cut
\nshort through excruciating <\/p>\n

426
\n00:35:14,200 –> 00:35:17,900
\ndeath, and you bear that
\nmentally every day. <\/p>\n

427
\n00:35:20,500 –> 00:35:24,600
\nIsaiah 53, verse 3.
\nHe was a man of suffering and <\/p>\n

428
\n00:35:24,600 –> 00:35:31,400
\nfamiliar with pain.
\nHe took up our pain and bore our<\/p>\n

429
\n00:35:31,400 –> 00:35:34,100
\nsuffering.
\nHe was crushed for our <\/p>\n

430
\n00:35:34,100 –> 00:35:36,800
\niniquities.
\nHe wasn’t immune to our <\/p>\n

431
\n00:35:36,800 –> 00:35:41,300
\nsuffering to our anxiety to our
\ndepression. <\/p>\n

432
\n00:35:42,300 –> 00:35:45,000
\nWe come this morning to remember
\nJesus. <\/p>\n

433
\n00:35:45,000 –> 00:35:47,800
\nWell, let’s remember him in the
\ngarden. <\/p>\n

434
\n00:35:49,400 –> 00:35:54,800
\nThis is how Jesus fell.
\nYes, a warrior, a man of <\/p>\n

435
\n00:35:54,900 –> 00:36:00,400
\nabsolute faith of Steely
\nresolve, but this is Jesus to, <\/p>\n

436
\n00:36:01,200 –> 00:36:05,300
\nthis is Jesus in the garden.
\nMark 14 verse 33. <\/p>\n

437
\n00:36:05,600 –> 00:36:10,000
\nHe began to be deeply distressed
\nand troubled. <\/p>\n

438
\n00:36:10,000 –> 00:36:17,600
\nMy soul is overwhelmed.
\nDo any of you feel overwhelmed, <\/p>\n

439
\n00:36:17,600 –> 00:36:22,700
\nsometimes unable to function,
\nnot wanting to leave home. <\/p>\n

440
\n00:36:24,800 –> 00:36:28,700
\nJust just totally overwhelmed.
\nCan’t function. <\/p>\n

441
\n00:36:29,900 –> 00:36:35,200
\nI am, my soul is overwhelmed and
\nsorrow with sorrow, to the point<\/p>\n

442
\n00:36:35,200 –> 00:36:40,000
\nof death.
\nAnd we know Luke 22 verse 44 <\/p>\n

443
\n00:36:40,000 –> 00:36:44,100
\nbeing in anguish.
\nHis sweat was like drops of <\/p>\n

444
\n00:36:44,100 –> 00:36:47,800
\nblood falling to the ground.
\nSo we come to remember Jesus. <\/p>\n

445
\n00:36:50,500 –> 00:36:57,900
\nAnd he gets, he gets us.
\nLet’s talk to him. <\/p>\n

446
\n00:36:59,900 –> 00:37:04,600
\nLet’s pour out our lives and our
\nhearts and our minds to our God,<\/p>\n

447
\n00:37:04,600 –> 00:37:09,000
\nand our Lord Jesus Christ.
\nThey get it, they can empathize.<\/p>\n

448
\n00:37:10,100 –> 00:37:16,600
\nAnd that’s our third point.
\nIs that, like Jesus we too can <\/p>\n

449
\n00:37:16,600 –> 00:37:22,700
\nempathize Not sympathize, you
\nknow like I can sympathize with <\/p>\n

450
\n00:37:22,700 –> 00:37:29,100
\nsomebody at but sympathy means
\nthat I’m sad for you but I don’t<\/p>\n

451
\n00:37:29,100 –> 00:37:32,300
\nfeel your pain.
\nI’m not walking in your shoes <\/p>\n

452
\n00:37:32,300 –> 00:37:36,400
\nbecause I haven’t been there
\nbrother or sister. <\/p>\n

453
\n00:37:38,800 –> 00:37:45,500
\nHere today. if you have or you
\nsuffer from depression or <\/p>\n

454
\n00:37:45,500 –> 00:37:52,200
\nanxiety, One gift that’s not
\nobvious to us at the time. <\/p>\n

455
\n00:37:53,700 –> 00:37:57,500
\nAnd it’s often really hard to do
\nanything with it but that we <\/p>\n

456
\n00:37:57,500 –> 00:38:04,100
\nhave that’s immensely powerful.
\nis empathy because when somebody<\/p>\n

457
\n00:38:04,100 –> 00:38:07,800
\nelse is, you know, you know
\nthis, when somebody else who is <\/p>\n

458
\n00:38:07,800 –> 00:38:12,900
\nsuffering or has talks to you
\nIt’s different. <\/p>\n

459
\n00:38:14,000 –> 00:38:18,700
\nBecause they get it.
\nAnd by the way, your prayers to <\/p>\n

460
\n00:38:18,700 –> 00:38:21,100
\nGod on behalf of somebody else,
\nwho’s a fellow? <\/p>\n

461
\n00:38:21,100 –> 00:38:26,400
\nSufferer are also immensely
\npowerful because You get it. <\/p>\n

462
\n00:38:28,500 –> 00:38:31,500
\nThe Bible talks about that
\nsecond Corinthians 1 verse 3. <\/p>\n

463
\n00:38:31,500 –> 00:38:36,400
\nGod Comforts Us in all our
\ntroubles so that we can Comfort <\/p>\n

464
\n00:38:36,400 –> 00:38:39,100
\nothers with the Comfort
\nwherewith. <\/p>\n

465
\n00:38:39,100 –> 00:38:43,900
\nWe have been comforted.
\nYeah. <\/p>\n

466
\n00:38:44,000 –> 00:38:45,600
\nHave you ever thought that about
\nthat? <\/p>\n

467
\n00:38:45,600 –> 00:38:49,000
\nIt just as simple logical really
\nsort of rational level. <\/p>\n

468
\n00:38:51,000 –> 00:38:55,100
\nIs that not one of the reasons?
\nPerhaps, the fundamental reason <\/p>\n

469
\n00:38:55,400 –> 00:39:00,200
\nwhy we suffer at all.
\nWhen think about that right <\/p>\n

470
\n00:39:02,200 –> 00:39:07,200
\nsuffering helps us develop the
\ncharacteristics. <\/p>\n

471
\n00:39:07,700 –> 00:39:13,600
\nGod wants to see in US.
\nImagine if you never suffered. <\/p>\n

472
\n00:39:15,000 –> 00:39:19,400
\nAt all at anything, your life
\nwas one great Utopia. <\/p>\n

473
\n00:39:20,900 –> 00:39:24,800
\nHow would you ever develop
\nperseverance? <\/p>\n

474
\n00:39:26,600 –> 00:39:31,900
\nLong suffering.
\nPatience you never suffered. <\/p>\n

475
\n00:39:33,700 –> 00:39:40,100
\nAnd then imagine that.
\nNobody Nobody no one else <\/p>\n

476
\n00:39:40,100 –> 00:39:43,000
\nsuffers.
\nGo figure. <\/p>\n

477
\n00:39:44,800 –> 00:39:47,500
\nHow could you ever?
\nDevelop love is no more needs <\/p>\n

478
\n00:39:47,500 –> 00:39:49,500
\nit.
\nHow would you develop Mercy? <\/p>\n

479
\n00:39:49,500 –> 00:39:52,400
\nBecause no one needs it.
\nKindness, no one needs it. <\/p>\n

480
\n00:39:54,000 –> 00:39:59,000
\nSuffering helps us develop the
\ncharacteristics. <\/p>\n

481
\n00:39:59,000 –> 00:40:03,700
\nGod wants to see in us.
\nThat’s just a little sign point <\/p>\n

482
\n00:40:03,700 –> 00:40:12,800
\nfor this is really hard.
\nAs hard as it can be. <\/p>\n

483
\n00:40:14,900 –> 00:40:17,100
\nAnd it’s some pretty brave
\npeople here this morning. <\/p>\n

484
\n00:40:19,900 –> 00:40:22,200
\nWhen we are suffering, when we
\nare depressed. <\/p>\n

485
\n00:40:23,900 –> 00:40:29,500
\nWhen were anxious?
\nLet’s not cut ourselves off. <\/p>\n

486
\n00:40:32,700 –> 00:40:36,000
\nYou know those words are so easy
\nto say and it’s probably some of<\/p>\n

487
\n00:40:36,008 –> 00:40:40,500
\nyou saying.
\nYeah yeah right I mean some <\/p>\n

488
\n00:40:40,500 –> 00:40:42,900
\nprobably listening in by Zoom
\nyou don’t get it. <\/p>\n

489
\n00:40:44,600 –> 00:40:48,600
\nAnd I probably don’t compare to
\nthe depths that many of you have<\/p>\n

490
\n00:40:48,600 –> 00:40:51,100
\nbeen, but that’s tough.
\nThat’s extra tough in our <\/p>\n

491
\n00:40:51,100 –> 00:40:55,700
\ncommunity because our community
\nis seriously social And that’s a<\/p>\n

492
\n00:40:55,707 –> 00:40:57,800
\nbeautiful thing.
\nIt’s a really sociable <\/p>\n

493
\n00:40:58,500 –> 00:41:02,000
\ncommunity.
\nAnd that’s really hard for <\/p>\n

494
\n00:41:02,000 –> 00:41:05,600
\npeople suffering particularly
\nfrom depression because when <\/p>\n

495
\n00:41:05,600 –> 00:41:09,900
\nyou’re depressed, you know what?
\nThe last thing you tend to want <\/p>\n

496
\n00:41:10,100 –> 00:41:14,900
\nis to be around other people.
\nJust don’t feel like it. <\/p>\n

497
\n00:41:17,800 –> 00:41:22,000
\nBut the problem.
\nBefore on us, when we feel that <\/p>\n

498
\n00:41:22,000 –> 00:41:27,200
\nway is that being alone.
\nCan sometimes be one of the most<\/p>\n

499
\n00:41:27,200 –> 00:41:30,300
\ndangerous things when we’re
\ndepressed or anxious. <\/p>\n

500
\n00:41:32,300 –> 00:41:35,600
\nBecause we know don’t we that
\nour mind as we said plays tricks<\/p>\n

501
\n00:41:35,600 –> 00:41:39,700
\non us.
\nOur thoughts can often spiral <\/p>\n

502
\n00:41:39,700 –> 00:41:43,200
\ndownward and depression is such
\nan overwhelming emotion, that it<\/p>\n

503
\n00:41:43,200 –> 00:41:46,900
\ncan just drown every other one
\nand we can trick ourselves when <\/p>\n

504
\n00:41:46,900 –> 00:41:49,000
\nwe’re all alone.
\nThat no one loves us. <\/p>\n

505
\n00:41:50,200 –> 00:41:53,500
\nAnd we’re all alone and no one
\ncares and no one knows. <\/p>\n

506
\n00:41:53,500 –> 00:41:57,100
\nAnd no one understands.
\nWhy do I feel like this? <\/p>\n

507
\n00:42:00,600 –> 00:42:03,200
\nWe might not feel like having
\nanyone around us. <\/p>\n

508
\n00:42:06,000 –> 00:42:11,100
\nAnd brother and sisters.
\nThis is why it is so crucial. <\/p>\n

509
\n00:42:12,900 –> 00:42:17,300
\nTo have friends.
\nAnd why our friends in the truth<\/p>\n

510
\n00:42:17,300 –> 00:42:20,700
\nare so vitally important because
\nyou know what they do. <\/p>\n

511
\n00:42:22,600 –> 00:42:26,300
\nIt really simple level, they can
\nsay nothing at all, but they <\/p>\n

512
\n00:42:26,300 –> 00:42:30,500
\njust serve as a physical
\nreminder that someone loves us. <\/p>\n

513
\n00:42:32,000 –> 00:42:35,000
\nYeah.
\nWe Noel wife or husband, our <\/p>\n

514
\n00:42:35,000 –> 00:42:37,300
\nkids love us but somebody else
\ndoes too. <\/p>\n

515
\n00:42:39,500 –> 00:42:42,100
\nThat’s what friends do and it’s
\nalso why. <\/p>\n

516
\n00:42:42,100 –> 00:42:45,100
\nThe Ecclesia is so massively
\nimportant. <\/p>\n

517
\n00:42:45,100 –> 00:42:51,800
\nIt’s hard to come through those
\ndoors often for the sufferer. <\/p>\n

518
\n00:42:51,800 –> 00:42:59,400
\nAnd sometimes for the carer, But
\nit’s helpful in little ways, <\/p>\n

519
\n00:42:59,500 –> 00:43:03,300
\nlittle ways.
\nSometimes just a little bit of <\/p>\n

520
\n00:43:03,300 –> 00:43:07,000
\nan ex, or somehow gets through
\nand helps us for half an hour. <\/p>\n

521
\n00:43:08,200 –> 00:43:09,900
\nThat’s good.
\nIt’s good. <\/p>\n

522
\n00:43:11,200 –> 00:43:16,300
\nPsalm 73 that extraordinary
\nPsalm of asaph, where he’s so <\/p>\n

523
\n00:43:16,300 –> 00:43:18,800
\ndepressed.
\nAt the prosperity of the wicked,<\/p>\n

524
\n00:43:18,800 –> 00:43:22,400
\nit really messes with him gets
\nhim way down. <\/p>\n

525
\n00:43:22,400 –> 00:43:28,100
\nAnd he says, I felt like that
\nuntil I went into the sanctuary <\/p>\n

526
\n00:43:28,100 –> 00:43:32,200
\nand it helped me put things into
\nperspective, and that’s true for<\/p>\n

527
\n00:43:32,200 –> 00:43:37,700
\nus to, but To the men in the
\nroom and to the women in the <\/p>\n

528
\n00:43:37,700 –> 00:43:41,600
\nroom to all of us.
\nFriendship. <\/p>\n

529
\n00:43:42,800 –> 00:43:44,800
\nFriendship, brother, and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n

530
\n00:43:44,800 –> 00:43:51,700
\nIf I can leave you with one
\nthought, be an awesome friend. <\/p>\n

531
\n00:43:53,300 –> 00:44:00,500
\nBe an awesome friend.
\nYou are so powerful as a friend,<\/p>\n

532
\n00:44:00,500 –> 00:44:04,000
\nso effective, even when you
\ndon’t say anything because you <\/p>\n

533
\n00:44:04,000 –> 00:44:10,500
\nfeel, you care, you know.
\nIn the Bible speaks about this <\/p>\n

534
\n00:44:10,500 –> 00:44:16,500
\nproverb, 17 verse 17.
\nA friend loves at all times, the<\/p>\n

535
\n00:44:16,500 –> 00:44:20,800
\ngood and the bad.
\nProverbs 27 verse 9. <\/p>\n

536
\n00:44:20,800 –> 00:44:24,600
\nThis is from the New Living
\nTranslation, the heartfelt <\/p>\n

537
\n00:44:24,600 –> 00:44:30,100
\ncounsel of a friend is as sweet
\nas perfume and incense. <\/p>\n

538
\n00:44:30,700 –> 00:44:32,300
\nAnd this is, this isn’t my
\nwords. <\/p>\n

539
\n00:44:32,300 –> 00:44:38,700
\nThis is still the same quote,
\nnever abandon a friend, <\/p>\n

540
\n00:44:41,000 –> 00:44:48,100
\nSometimes it’s all they’ve gone.
\nSo let’s always invest and <\/p>\n

541
\n00:44:48,100 –> 00:44:51,300
\ntreasure our friendship.
\nSo let’s invest in them. <\/p>\n

542
\n00:44:51,700 –> 00:44:55,700
\nDon’t, let’s never take our
\nfriendships for granted because <\/p>\n

543
\n00:44:55,700 –> 00:45:00,400
\nwhen things go pear-shaped, when
\nour minds are functioning as <\/p>\n

544
\n00:45:00,400 –> 00:45:03,000
\nthey ordinarily, were, we’re
\ndeeply depressed. <\/p>\n

545
\n00:45:03,200 –> 00:45:11,000
\nThey often carry us through
\nalong with our loved ones point <\/p>\n

546
\n00:45:11,000 –> 00:45:13,700
\nfive.
\nIs also. <\/p>\n

547
\n00:45:15,000 –> 00:45:18,900
\nPretty hard to share.
\nAnd I pray that this is done as <\/p>\n

548
\n00:45:18,900 –> 00:45:22,000
\nwell, respectfully and
\ncarefully. <\/p>\n

549
\n00:45:24,700 –> 00:45:29,700
\nAs we’ve said, sadly depression
\nstill carries a stigma in our <\/p>\n

550
\n00:45:29,700 –> 00:45:38,100
\ncommunity. and there are many,
\nas a consequence who suffer An <\/p>\n

551
\n00:45:38,100 –> 00:45:41,000
\nillness.
\nIn silence. <\/p>\n

552
\n00:45:42,300 –> 00:45:48,600
\nOr relative silence.
\nFor some of us, it can be our <\/p>\n

553
\n00:45:48,600 –> 00:45:53,500
\npride.
\nWe wish to project to others <\/p>\n

554
\n00:45:53,500 –> 00:45:57,900
\nthat we’re strong.
\nSpiritually emotionally, <\/p>\n

555
\n00:45:58,100 –> 00:46:01,500
\nphysically.
\nMentally That we’re strong. <\/p>\n

556
\n00:46:05,000 –> 00:46:07,900
\nYou don’t want to hear the
\nexpressions of surprise Ripple <\/p>\n

557
\n00:46:07,900 –> 00:46:10,400
\nacross the community that
\nsomeone like us. <\/p>\n

558
\n00:46:11,200 –> 00:46:15,800
\nOh, did you hear that?
\nThat brother or sister is <\/p>\n

559
\n00:46:15,800 –> 00:46:22,600
\nsuffering from depression.
\nI mean, Then, like, I wouldn’t <\/p>\n

560
\n00:46:22,600 –> 00:46:30,900
\nhave thought it from them. as if
\nit’s some sort of a choice, I <\/p>\n

561
\n00:46:30,900 –> 00:46:35,200
\nmean.
\nWhy would we express such shock <\/p>\n

562
\n00:46:35,200 –> 00:46:40,200
\nwhen such and such a brother or
\nsister who so faithful suffers <\/p>\n

563
\n00:46:40,200 –> 00:46:42,300
\nfrom cancer.
\nI mean, it happens. <\/p>\n

564
\n00:46:46,600 –> 00:46:50,700
\nAnd so, you know what we do?
\nThere’s probably a few here <\/p>\n

565
\n00:46:50,700 –> 00:46:52,700
\ntoday.
\nThere’s Brethren sisters here. <\/p>\n

566
\n00:46:54,500 –> 00:46:58,200
\nThere’s also some oscar-worthy
\nactors here. <\/p>\n

567
\n00:47:01,500 –> 00:47:07,400
\nYeah, we get really good at it.
\nThose of us who suffer from <\/p>\n

568
\n00:47:07,400 –> 00:47:09,900
\ndepression and anxiety, many of
\nus in our community. <\/p>\n

569
\n00:47:09,900 –> 00:47:11,700
\nYou know what?
\nWe’re brilliant actors. <\/p>\n

570
\n00:47:14,800 –> 00:47:19,800
\nWe come without dying face.
\nSay the right things, sing the <\/p>\n

571
\n00:47:19,800 –> 00:47:24,200
\nright songs.
\nPray the right words, shake <\/p>\n

572
\n00:47:24,200 –> 00:47:27,000
\nshake how you’re going.
\nGood, thanks, yep. <\/p>\n

573
\n00:47:30,000 –> 00:47:33,000
\nAnd sometimes we go to say a
\nbigger function and guess how it<\/p>\n

574
\n00:47:33,000 –> 00:47:37,600
\nfeels afterwards.
\nYou’re smashed. <\/p>\n

575
\n00:47:39,700 –> 00:47:44,000
\nYou’re exhausted.
\nBecause you’re being full-time, <\/p>\n

576
\n00:47:44,000 –> 00:47:49,400
\nacting the whole time.
\nSo charade. <\/p>\n

577
\n00:47:49,500 –> 00:47:51,500
\nYou know, the reasons why you do
\nthat. <\/p>\n

578
\n00:47:53,400 –> 00:47:58,800
\nBut brother and sisters.
\nIt’s not weak to seek help. <\/p>\n

579
\n00:48:01,000 –> 00:48:06,100
\nIt’s the beginning of greatness.
\nIn the kingdom of God, to seek <\/p>\n

580
\n00:48:06,100 –> 00:48:11,900
\nthat help, the Bible understood
\nthat Jesus said that those who <\/p>\n

581
\n00:48:11,900 –> 00:48:15,900
\nare sick need a doctor.
\nHe said that Those are sick, <\/p>\n

582
\n00:48:15,900 –> 00:48:19,500
\nshould see a doctor.
\nHe said it Paul even prescribe <\/p>\n

583
\n00:48:19,500 –> 00:48:22,800
\nprobably in that sense of
\nLegally, but he even prescribed <\/p>\n

584
\n00:48:22,800 –> 00:48:26,700
\na little wine for Timothy’s.
\nStomach’s sake and his often <\/p>\n

585
\n00:48:26,700 –> 00:48:29,200
\nillnesses.
\nThe Bible gets that we need <\/p>\n

586
\n00:48:29,200 –> 00:48:32,500
\nhelp.
\nSo, brother, or sister, if you <\/p>\n

587
\n00:48:32,500 –> 00:48:37,900
\nfeel that you need to suffer In
\nsilence, and we all ought to <\/p>\n

588
\n00:48:37,900 –> 00:48:44,000
\nrespect that.
\nLet’s at least be sure to <\/p>\n

589
\n00:48:44,000 –> 00:48:49,100
\nprivately get the help.
\nWe desperately need. <\/p>\n

590
\n00:48:51,400 –> 00:48:56,000
\nThe professional help our final
\nof the six. <\/p>\n

591
\n00:48:57,400 –> 00:48:59,800
\nAs hard as it again can be at
\ntimes. <\/p>\n

592
\n00:48:59,800 –> 00:49:06,000
\nLet’s share our depression, our
\nanxiety with our God. <\/p>\n

593
\n00:49:06,400 –> 00:49:12,100
\nAnd with our lord Jesus, we’ve
\nseen that they already get it 1.<\/p>\n

594
\n00:49:12,100 –> 00:49:18,300
\nPeter 5:7 cast, all your care.
\nUpon God for he cares for you. <\/p>\n

595
\n00:49:19,900 –> 00:49:23,500
\nSolutions, won’t be immediate
\nMiracles, may not happen <\/p>\n

596
\n00:49:23,500 –> 00:49:27,700
\ninstantaneously, but it doesn’t
\nmean God has left us. <\/p>\n

597
\n00:49:29,000 –> 00:49:32,400
\nAnd it doesn’t mean he doesn’t
\ncare, he will never, leave us <\/p>\n

598
\n00:49:33,200 –> 00:49:36,200
\nnor forsake us even in the
\ndarkest. <\/p>\n

599
\n00:49:36,200 –> 00:49:39,700
\nValleys.
\nWhat about Jesus? <\/p>\n

600
\n00:49:40,900 –> 00:49:45,000
\nCome unto me.
\nAll you who labor and are heavy <\/p>\n

601
\n00:49:45,000 –> 00:49:48,500
\nladen.
\nThey know we’re depressed. <\/p>\n

602
\n00:49:49,000 –> 00:49:55,100
\nThey know we’re anxious and they
\ninvite us to unload on them, to <\/p>\n

603
\n00:49:55,100 –> 00:49:58,600
\ntake a load and put it on their
\nshoulders. <\/p>\n

604
\n00:49:58,600 –> 00:50:01,900
\nThey want it.
\nThey don’t want us to cry alone.<\/p>\n

605
\n00:50:05,100 –> 00:50:08,900
\nPsalm 102 Pete, Reddit you could
\nyou could tell from the way <\/p>\n

606
\n00:50:08,900 –> 00:50:12,600
\nPete, read at that first bit,
\nit’s a depressing first arm and <\/p>\n

607
\n00:50:12,600 –> 00:50:15,600
\nthen the second bit was more,
\nyou know, vibrant. <\/p>\n

608
\n00:50:15,600 –> 00:50:20,800
\nBut the first bit stuff.
\nThe psalmist cried, and we can <\/p>\n

609
\n00:50:20,800 –> 00:50:22,400
\ncry.
\nWe don’t know what’s happening <\/p>\n

610
\n00:50:22,400 –> 00:50:24,300
\nto us.
\nWhy am I feeling this way? <\/p>\n

611
\n00:50:26,200 –> 00:50:30,700
\nI’m very dark thoughts.
\nEnter our minds but the point is<\/p>\n

612
\n00:50:30,700 –> 00:50:36,400
\nlet’s not cry alone.
\nLet’s cry to god let’s at least <\/p>\n

613
\n00:50:36,400 –> 00:50:39,300
\nput it on him.
\nIf you’re out there, God if you <\/p>\n

614
\n00:50:39,300 –> 00:50:42,700
\ncan hear me, please, this is how
\nI’m feeling. <\/p>\n

615
\n00:50:44,200 –> 00:50:49,400
\nPsalm 56 verse 8.
\nYou have seen me tossing and <\/p>\n

616
\n00:50:49,400 –> 00:50:53,700
\nturning through the night, you
\nhave collected, all my tears and<\/p>\n

617
\n00:50:53,700 –> 00:51:02,000
\npreserved them in your bottle.
\nYou’ve preserved my tears in <\/p>\n

618
\n00:51:02,000 –> 00:51:04,000
\nyour bottle.
\nHow is that brother and sisters?<\/p>\n

619
\n00:51:04,300 –> 00:51:06,800
\nWhat a beautiful verse.
\nHave you seen that one before? <\/p>\n

620
\n00:51:07,900 –> 00:51:09,800
\nOur Tears?
\nDon’t Hit the Floor. <\/p>\n

621
\n00:51:09,900 –> 00:51:12,000
\nEspero doesn’t fall to the
\nground. <\/p>\n

622
\n00:51:12,100 –> 00:51:15,100
\nWe are worth more than a sparrow
\nout, tears. <\/p>\n

623
\n00:51:15,600 –> 00:51:20,700
\nDon’t even touch the ground
\nwithout God catching them in his<\/p>\n

624
\n00:51:21,200 –> 00:51:25,800
\nbottom cry to God, cry to Jesus,
\nthey hear us. <\/p>\n

625
\n00:51:29,200 –> 00:51:33,500
\nBecause as I said, it’s it may
\nbe that until the kingdom weed <\/p>\n

626
\n00:51:33,500 –> 00:51:34,700
\nbear.
\nThis cross. <\/p>\n

627
\n00:51:37,500 –> 00:51:41,700
\nThere are many who suffer a
\nchemical depression and <\/p>\n

628
\n00:51:41,700 –> 00:51:45,000
\nimbalance and will bear that
\ntill the Lord’s return. <\/p>\n

629
\n00:51:47,500 –> 00:51:50,000
\nIt’s like the Apostle Paul who
\nprayed that the thorn of the <\/p>\n

630
\n00:51:50,000 –> 00:51:52,100
\nflesh would be removed but it
\nwasn’t. <\/p>\n

631
\n00:51:53,100 –> 00:51:56,300
\nSo that the grace of Jesus would
\nrest on him, so that would be <\/p>\n

632
\n00:51:56,300 –> 00:52:00,000
\ngreat in weakness.
\nAnd that’s the point, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

633
\n00:52:00,000 –> 00:52:05,400
\nBrother and sisters as hard as
\nthat is to grasp in all things. <\/p>\n

634
\n00:52:06,600 –> 00:52:10,500
\nSomehow, it’s not obvious to us.
\nGod is working together. <\/p>\n

635
\n00:52:11,700 –> 00:52:15,700
\nFor our ultimate good.
\nBecause he loves us. <\/p>\n

636
\n00:52:18,200 –> 00:52:22,200
\nSo our thing this morning was
\nwalking through dark valleys. <\/p>\n

637
\n00:52:24,400 –> 00:52:30,600
\nPsalm 23 though, I walk through
\nthe darkest valleys, you are <\/p>\n

638
\n00:52:30,600 –> 00:52:36,000
\nwith me there.
\nIt’s real. <\/p>\n

639
\n00:52:38,500 –> 00:52:43,200
\nIt’s hard.
\nIt doesn’t just go away. <\/p>\n

640
\n00:52:44,800 –> 00:52:50,400
\nBut God is still there, even at
\ntimes when we can’t feel him <\/p>\n

641
\n00:52:50,400 –> 00:52:57,000
\nthere.
\nLet’s also look forward to the <\/p>\n

642
\n00:52:57,000 –> 00:53:00,000
\ntime when we will finally shrug
\nit. <\/p>\n

643
\n00:53:01,400 –> 00:53:05,500
\nIt will all be gone.
\nOur brains like it there like <\/p>\n

644
\n00:53:05,500 –> 00:53:08,000
\nany other organ in our body,
\nthey get sick. <\/p>\n

645
\n00:53:08,900 –> 00:53:14,500
\nThey will be healed when we will
\nsoar with wings as Eagles when <\/p>\n

646
\n00:53:14,500 –> 00:53:19,500
\nwe will run and not faint.
\nThose beautiful words of Isaiah <\/p>\n

647
\n00:53:19,500 –> 00:53:22,100
\n40.
\nWe’ll be true. <\/p>\n

648
\n00:53:23,400 –> 00:53:29,200
\nWe feel down sometimes way down.
\nWe will saw mentally, physically<\/p>\n

649
\n00:53:29,200 –> 00:53:34,500
\nspiritually emotionally, what a
\njoy that will be and how awesome<\/p>\n

650
\n00:53:34,500 –> 00:53:38,400
\nwill see.
\nBeta say, I Brethren sisters who<\/p>\n

651
\n00:53:38,400 –> 00:53:44,500
\nsuffer today leaping?
\nLike little calves set free from<\/p>\n

652
\n00:53:44,500 –> 00:53:49,100
\nthe stools.
\nAnd our brother Andy alluded to <\/p>\n

653
\n00:53:49,100 –> 00:53:50,900
\nit.
\nOne of my favorite verses in all<\/p>\n

654
\n00:53:50,900 –> 00:53:53,400
\nof the Bible in Revelation 21
\nsoon. <\/p>\n

655
\n00:53:53,400 –> 00:53:58,500
\nBrother soon sister.
\nOur God and our lord, Jesus are <\/p>\n

656
\n00:53:58,500 –> 00:54:02,100
\ngoing to reach down.
\nAnd they’re going to wipe away <\/p>\n

657
\n00:54:02,100 –> 00:54:07,500
\nevery tear from our eyes.
\nWhen finally, they’ll be no more<\/p>\n

658
\n00:54:07,500 –> 00:54:10,300
\npain.
\nNo more suffering. <\/p>\n

659
\n00:54:11,900 –> 00:54:16,700
\nNo More Physical.
\nNo more emotional, no more <\/p>\n

660
\n00:54:16,700 –> 00:54:20,500
\nmental, and no more spiritual
\nsuffering. <\/p>\n

661
\n00:54:21,800 –> 00:54:26,000
\nFor it will be a New Jerusalem.
\nAnd the former things will have <\/p>\n

662
\n00:54:26,000 –> 00:54:43,200
\npassed away.
\nThank you for listening to the <\/p>\n

663
\n00:54:43,207 –> 00:54:45,100
\ngood christadelphians talks
\npodcast. <\/p>\n

664
\n00:54:45,800 –> 00:54:47,800
\nWe hope this talk helped you in
\nyour walk. <\/p>\n

665
\n00:54:48,200 –> 00:54:50,600
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\n00:54:50,600 –> 00:54:53,400
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\n00:54:53,400 –> 00:54:56,100
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668
\n00:54:56,100 –> 00:54:58,800
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