SERIES: What ARE you Thinking
MESSAGE: DEFEATING DEPRESSION!
1 Cor 2:16 NLT
For, “Who can know the LORD’s thoughts? Who knows enough to teach him?”
…But we understand these things, for we have the mind of Christ.
1. We have to
what we HAVE!
1 Cor 2:14 NKJV
14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
MY BATTLE is not Bigger than MY GOD
2. God does the POWERFUL, but I have to do the
Practical Things CAUSING a CAVE Mentality
ISOLATION
PAIN SUPPRESSION
John 16:33 ESV
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
2 Cor 1:4 NLT
He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us.
COMPARISON
Galatians 6:4-5 NLT
4Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won’t need to compare yourself to anyone else. 5 For we are each responsible for our own conduct.
OPPRESSION
SLOW DOWN!
3. God has GIVEN us
, but We have to USE it!
1 Peter 5:8-9 ESV 8Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 9 Resist him, firm in your faith,