DEFEATING DEPRESSION (PASTOR TONY CLARK) 7PM

amen first samuel chapter 27 as we continue to make our way through the old testament um and making our way through first samuel almost at the end and we're going to move right into second samuel right after that and the title of this message is defeating depression defeating depression now we all know that there are various forms of depression the general definition is a constant feeling of sadness and loss of interest which stops you from doing your normal activities i'm just going to say again a constant feeling of sadness and loss of interest which stops you from doing your normal activities this is what we're going to see in the life of david we have constantly seen david who was called a man after god's own heart seek the lord he prayed before he did anything he had a sensitivity to god's voice and god's spirit that we all could learn from but david like all of us was human sometimes i think we forget that that these folks in the bible were human beings somehow we think that they were some subhuman or superhuman or something of that nature no they were human beings just like us and he experienced times of depression so we will talk about depression in the life of a believer a child of god because no matter what even children of god we go through times of depression now look what it says there in verse 1 and david said in his heart now i shall perish someday by the hand of saul there is nothing better for me than that i should speedily escape to the land of the philistines and saul will despair of me to seek me anymore in any part of israel so i shall escape out of his hand i want to join your attention to the first part where david said and david said in his heart now i shall perish someday by the hand of saul as i've said earlier david was a man after god's own heart he was constantly praying and writing very beautifully about god in the book of psalms in this situation we don't read about david talking to god but we see him talking to his heart which literally means in the hebrew that he was talking to himself and he came to wrong conclusions and answers and he fell into depression the first sign for you notetakers that you as a believer are depressed is number one prayerlessness prayerlessness you stop talking to god and you start talking to your heart now why is this so bad because jeremiah 17 9 says the heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked who can know it jesus said in matthew 15 and verse 19 for out of the heart perceives evil thoughts and murders and adulteries and fornication than thefts and false witness and blasphemies do you see why we must not talk to our hearts they are deceitful above all things and desperately wicked i was just thinking about this this is why jesus must come into our hearts uh ephesians 3 17 says that christ may dwell in our hearts through faith because those things that that thing in us is wicked if jesus said out of the heart perceive these things so according to jesus it is out of our heart wicked things come from when we are depressed and we talk to our hearts our hearts will encourage us to do evil things when we are depressed our hearts will come up with ways to murder someone either physically or on social media when we are depressed our hearts will encourage us to commit adultery and fornication when we are depressed our hearts will think of ways to steal or to become a thief because our hearts told us that they're stealing or getting over on you and when we're depressed our hearts will tell us to bear false witness or lie against a person because you don't like them for some reason finally when we are depressed our hearts will cause us to blaspheme people you know the greek word blasphemy is blasphemia and it means to speak against or tarnish someone's reputation this is going on far too much in the church today on social media it's been going on but social media has enlarged it well folks christians just blaspheming other folks speaking evil of other people with no shame in their gang that is not right the bible says in titus 3 2 speak evil of no one but though we go on social media and do it we speak evil all kind of folks people in office people out of office people in charge people not in charge people in authority those not in authority and we just let that tongue just wag away and we and let that tongue just flow to our fingertips and we just typing away blaspheming folks ruining peoples or trying to ruin people's reputation tarnish their good name why because you're jealous or envious of them for some reason and this is why it is not wise to talk to your heart because it will lead you to depression and cause us to do some heinous things according to the words of jesus david said notice to his heart now i shall perish someday by the hand of saul which wasn't true but his heart watch this spoke lies to him the second part of verse 1 says there is nothing better for me than that i shall speedily escape to the land of the philistines depression in david's heart gave him number two false counsel and advice david lived a year and a half almost in enemy territory why because he talked to his heart instead of talking to god i have done this so many times i have convinced myself of doing all kinds of things that were not right i hear a lot of things from staff or on social media and i think to myself i said self what do you think about what you just heard and instead of talking to the lord through prayer i talk to my heart and end up saying and doing something that made matters worse we need to be very careful how we talk to ourselves or to our hearts because we can end up watch this speedily going to the land of the philistines the enemy camp for a year and a half like david did the hebrew verb for speedily is malat m-a-l-a-t and it means to slip away quickly proverbs 19 and verse 2 says he sins who hastens with his feet proverbs 21 and verse 5 says but everyone who is hasty surely comes to poverty and throughout the bible it warns us about doing things hastily now the only time the bible encourages us to do things in haste is when it comes to the things of god like repenting uh making uh making a wrong right with someone but when we are depressed and we talk to our hearts instead of talking to god we make hasty decisions we follow the bad counsel or advice of our hearts and we go off speedily doing crazy things like we're gonna see david do in this chapter look at the third part of verse one it says in saul he says and saul will despair of me to seek me any more in any part of israel he says so i shall escape out of his hand here is david justifying his bad decision see when we talk to our hearts instead of talking to god it gives us justification for our bad decisions your heart will persuade you to follow your heart like the world is constantly trying to get us to do in every tear-jerking movie they always have the line somewhere near saying oh just follow your heart no follow the word not your heart your heart is desperately wicked your heart would it's deceitful above all things so that means that our hearts will even try to deceive us if we listen to it what is the solution to this dilemma talking to god in prayer and not talking to your heart it's very simple this thing called the christian life it's very simple we make it complicated because we're always trying to either justify a sinning in some kind of way it's really i i tell people especially new christians that's it if you really want to grow if you really really want to grow in your walk with the lord all you have to do is read the word and seek to obey what you're reading but see we're always trying to justify why we need to do contrary to the word and that's us listening to our hearts our hearts wants to deceive us i i get in the most trouble when i'm trying to justify my behavior over the obedience of god's word and that's when we get in trouble this this thing called the christian life is not that difficult we make it difficult not only is it not that difficult god has given us the power of his holy spirit to enable us to do it so we don't have to do it in our own strength i can see if christianity we have to live it out in our own strength then i will say hey you know this thing called christianity it's hard no i will say it's impossible because we can't do it without the spirit so he's given us his spirit to empower us to do what we can't do on our own it this thing is this the christian life is is simple but my yoke is easy and my burden is light that's us thinking that christianity is like carrying a you know dragging a a ball and chain that's us doing that he said my yoke is easy my burden is light we're the one making it hard he said take my yoke upon me and learn from me oh you all know that that wooden yolk they will always take an ox and a more experienced oxen and and and yolk it up with an inexperienced one the older one knew the pace of the master knew the pace of the farmer young buck just wanted to just run off somewhere no no yoke him up with an experienced one so so you can know the pace and so jesus said take my yoke upon me and learn from me learn the pace of the father learn it from me yoke yourself up with me slow down young buck you know and yoke yourself over me my yoke is even my burden is light we make christianity difficult that's us because we want to sin you know we just want to sing that's all and so because we we want to sing this thing it's going to be tough because he gave us his spirit to convict us when we sin and now we buck him we upset because we're feeling bad before warning the sin and then sinning we feel really bad then so this thing is simple the solution to this dilemma talking to god in prayer and not talking to your hearts philippians 4 6 and 7 it tells us very familiar passage of scripture says be anxious for nothing but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to god not know not let your request be made known to your heart or let your request be made known to your best friend or your co-worker no let your request be made known to god and the peace of god which surpasses hupo echo is the greek word for surpasses and it's a great word it means to hold above it means to rise above to be superior and the peace of god meaning will rise above your anxiety it will be superior to your anxiety it was it was surpass and be superior to your under to your understanding and it will guard your heart and minds through christ jesus see the person who is praying isn't depressed and the person who is depressed isn't praying that's very simple and i'm going to repeat it because we have some technology going on and we don't make sure that you got that god that was that was profound the person who is praying isn't depressed and the person who is depressed isn't praying instead they're talking to their hearts instead of talking to god the result is a lack of peace are you experiencing god's peace in your life right now if you were to assess your life if so i guarantee you that you talk to god instead of talking to your heart which is where you get into a lot of trouble on the other hand if you lack god's peace and you constantly worry then you do more talking to your heart than you do with god i can guarantee you this is why i have a problem with humanistic psychology humanistic psychology is you know you gotta look within you know you lay on somebody's couch and they look within and and end up playing the blame game it's not your fault it's your parents and your dad was never there or somebody else is everybody else's fault but yours it's just it's just everybody's fault well it's your environment you're in if you're in a better environment things will be different and it's you're angry at this person your mother who was not there she had to work all the time because the dad left and so you kind of raised yourself and therefore you're mad at that you mad at her too and just looking within just digging within i'm telling you the quickest way if you want to know the fastest way to depression just keep looking within the quickest way i look within i'm depressed within ten seconds flat zero to ten and one second you know i'm i'm just i'm depre i'm depressed i look inside there because inside there is where my heart is and it's wicked it's a wicked thing is deceitful above all things and desperately desperately wicked so the quickest way the quickest way to be depressed is looking within and i guarantee you you do more talking to your heart than you do talking to god and you lack peace there are some of you here today that you lack peace you don't have the peace of god because it will surpass your understanding you you will be thinking how how is it that i have peace and everything is going on around me it will surpass it will be superior you remember hoople echo it would be superior above your understanding you're like how can i have such peace in the midst of everything that's going on in my life see it's because you're praying to god instead of looking and talking to your heart when we're at peace from talking to god in prayer we will be a joy to be around the person who lacks peace and talks to their heart more than they talk to god it is a bummer to be around them they always have an uh agenda an axe to grind a battle to fight a point to prove which person best describes you lately i i can always tell when i have been talking to my heart more than talking to god i'm ready to fight i'm ready to argue i'm ready to prove my point and argue my side and i'm very good at doing all of the above all of the above i'm very good at it and i'm ready to argue my point i made my point hey you i told you you know but you just said and so you're contradicting yourself and see see that's that's that's mess that's a mess and i like the peace i like god's peace when i'm in that that frame of mind i like god's peace prayer is the way we defeat depression period period i was just speaking this past weekend in colorado and i was talking about grieving the spirit in ephesians 4 30 it says grieve not the spirit of god by whom you're sealed to the day of redemption the word grieve there is lupeo it it means to cause pain to meaning that when we send the spirit of god in us it's like causes pain we pain the spirit of god so the spirit of god in us is to produce the fruit of the spirit you know galatians 5 22 and 23 the fruit singular of the spirit is love agape love god's love out of love comes joy peace long suffering goodness faithfulness and you know long suffering self control now watch this when we grieve the spirit of god and the spirit of god is in us like this then the spirit of god cannot produce joy in us and you know the result i i did this in when i spoke up in dc two weeks ago in colorado just two days ago the result of the spirit of god being grieved in us you have a whole group of christians that are depressed because of grieving the spirit of god the spirit of god cannot produce joy if it's in us like this and christians experiencing levels of depression because of grieve in the spirit and we see and because a lot of christians aren't being taught the word they don't know how to deal with it so you know what happens christians deal with it the way the world deals with with it and and and i'm not hey like like i've said it around the country that i just finished speaking i said look i am not talking about first of all i tell folks savior emails save your messages to me because i'm not going to read them and i'm not talking about some clinical depression you need medicine all that kind of take your medicine i ain't talking about that i'm talking about christians who's sinning who are grieving the spirit of god and christians who are grieving the spirit of god experiencing depression because they haven't been taught how to deal with their depression they go and get on meds when they need to repent see that that's this thing called christianity is not hard it's real simple the instructions are real simple it's just a matter whether we're going to obey them or not so the thing is i believe that there are a lot of christians on all kind of meds when they should repent just repent repent of grieving the spirit of god now like i said well i'm doctor i have a psychology i don't care save it say that i'm talking about christians grieving the spirit i'm not talking about some clinical this and i'm not talking about that save all of the comments save all of the private messages save all of the emails and even if you're old school and want to send it snail mail forget it i won't read it because that's not what i'm talking about you you get you're on some math you take your medicine and call it a day you don't come up in here without it you come up here acting weird we got some folks for the escort you right on now until you go home get your medicine you can come back afterwards i ain't talking about that talking about something totally different talk about christians christians grieving the spirit that's what i am referring to so what else did david do in his state of depression look at verses two through seven then david arose and went over with the 600 men who were with him to achis the son of mayok king of gath so david dwelt with achis at gaffs he and his men each man with his household and david with his two wives i know him the jesuralite and abigail the carmelitis uh naval's widow and it was told saul that david had fled to gas so he sought him no more and then david said to achis if i have now found favor in your eyes let them give me a place in some town in the country that i may dwell there for why should your servant dwell in your royal royal city with you so acres gave him ziglag that day therefore ziglag has uh belonged to the kings of judah to this day and now the time that david dwelt in the country of the philistines was one full year and four months now in these verses we see in verse 2 that david and his 600 men went over to the land of the philistines which was 30 rugged miles northwest from the desert of ziff where they had been hiding do you see what happens when you make decisions when you're depressed we take other people with us we usually take our families on a grueling rugged trip we take them to the land of the philistines we all know that the philistines are a picture of the flesh and we will see david do some fleshly ungodly things while in the land of the philistines the question is why would david go back to the land of the philistines when he went there back in chapter 21. yes he pretended to be a madman you remember he pretended to be crazy and he and you know he was trying to throw off the philistines because they said no is this david they said you know saul's playing his thousands david is ten thousand that was a top number one hit on the top 40 in the jewish hits so so come on now it's not david and david was like oh man they know who i am so he started acting crazy his spit come down his beard and he started scratching on the wall and they said oh man this what would you bring me this madman for until david was like acting crazy but he really was just trying to throw him off this is back in chapter 21. so why would he go back back to the philistines let me tell you why the king of gath made david feel welcomed and safe while saul had him on the run there are times when talking to our hearts can tell us that it is safer and more peaceful being around the philistines than the people of god sometimes church people can be mean nasty and hateful they can try to destroy you and chase you down like an animal so instead of talking to the lord we talk to our hearts and our hearts tell us to leave the church lead the people of god and go to the philistines where you can feel safe and be at peace these are the lies our hearts tell us and because we are experiencing these things we agree with our hearts and we leave the church and we find ourselves in the land of the philistines watch this with a false peace and false security i've seen people and it's unfortunate that there have been people who felt more who felt safer and at peace at a bar talking to a bartender then in the church talking to the people of god because so often the people of god have been like king saul chasing you down calling your names running you down throwing spears at you and you go to the land of the philistines you go back to the club you go back to the bar and you talking to folks and you feel that you feel this false sense of security and a false peace and it's sad because he talking to your heart would tell you oh you you have peace you remember when you used to come here and you that that peace has returned to you i see you talking to your heart and your heart talking back to you and it's sad that people feel that they can no longer come to the church because of the king sauls in it chasing folks down throwing spears church folks today and i say today they have always been this way but i say today because of social media church folks today are some of the nastiest people i've ever encountered church folks not now you understand all people who come to church not christians you understand that don't you but even some who are christians are nasty and mean and hateful and because of social media they they don't have to confront you they can just hide behind the screen and blast you and see and and people see that and they're like you know what deuces i'm out of here i can go back to the bar you know bartender you know you're sitting there you know rubbing the rim with the glass you know he's talking to you you know and he's shaking up stuff and he runs sliding it down and you know and you're right there and yeah and you know yeah yeah oh so you're back again yeah yeah yeah i'm back and you're rubbing the rim and you know just just and it gives that false sense of security and that false peace because you're thinking in your head why go back to a place like this where they're throwing spears at me where they're talking about me where they're chasing me down and hunting me like some animal and this is unfortunately what has happened to a lot of people so david took his 600 men with him in verse 2. in verse 3 david took his wives and each man's families as well so someone went back and told king saul that david had fled to gaff and saul sought him no more according to verse 4. david said remember in verse 1 the reason why he fled to gath so saul would despair of searching for him and sure enough david was right saul stopped searching for him so david did the right thing right no remember david made this decision while depressed and talking to his heart see we can't flee or run from our problems it's dealing with the king sauls and the goliaths that matures us and makes us more like jesus makes us a vessel of honor fit for the master we can't keep running from every job or every relationship yes david had been running from king saul for seven years but his dealings with him watch this was preparing him to be the king of israel god was using all of that running to the land of the philistines was causing him to backslide as we will see yes it looked like david was being humble in verse 5 by asking the king of gaff to give him a town to dwell in out in the country no david was being deceitful as we will see depression will cause us to be sneaky and deceitful like david is doing here the king of gath gave david the city of ziglag that eventually became a part of the land of judah verse 6 says then we saw in verse seven the length of time david stayed in gaff it was for one year and four months or almost a year and a half how long are you going to stay in the land of gath i was in my land of gas for approximately a year and a half i was depressed never experienced that before in my life never experienced anything dealing with the word depression i was depressed for about a year and a half i did a lot of talking to my heart it was bad for me during that time it was very bad for me until god had to literally rescue me from me sometimes god has to rescue you from you you talking your heart so much god said no i got some work for them to do i i you know they they keep talking that heart they're going to end up being a terrible human being so let me go and rescue them from them sometimes god has to rescue us from us now in verses 8 through 12 we see some terrible things david was involved in while living in gath david raided the gesherites the gerzigs and the amalekites nations that the israelites were supposed to have gotten rid of when they came into the promised land but they didn't and yes david attacked these people and didn't leave anyone alive why because when aches asked david where he had been david would lie and said that he was attacking the cities of judah the end of verse 10 says so he killed everyone so no one could come back and contradict david's story depression will cause us to lie and trick people so aches believed david according to verse 12 and had him thinking that the people of judah hated david so davis lie had the king of gabs believe in something that was false see when we're depressed and we pull away from church and the people of god it turns us into terrible human beings we go back to lying and being deceitful having people believe in things that are false this is why uh ephesians 4 25 says therefore put an away line let each one speak truth with his neighbor for we are members of one another see david didn't do this he didn't put away line he's went back to lying and deceiving them being sneaky and all that kind of stuff and he caused achish a non-believer to believe something that wasn't true to believe something that was totally false akin said because he heard what david said aiken said david will be my servant forever however that that wasn't true as we will see in the following verses that that wasn't true but davis lying and deceiving caused achis a non-christian or non-believer to believe that david was really down with down for the cause david wasn't they was a straight-up line where you been david oh you know just been attacking the you know the israelites oh man boy hell they really going to hate him david's going to be my dude me and him we like this david going to be my dude forever and we know that wasn't true but david's lying and deceitful ways caused this man to believe something wasn't true see what happens when we go to the land of the philistines you see what happens when we talk to our hearts and listen to our hearts we end up going out to the land of the philistines and become terrible human beings we go back to our old life we go back to lying back to deceiving back to trickery back to doing things we were doing before we were christians and see but but our hearts will deceive us because david spoke to his heart his and he said oh saul is going to despair of me uh of looking for me if i go over to the philistines and all of a sudden he gets over there saul stopped looking for him his heart i guarantee you told david dave you were right see your decision was right bro and that decision wasn't right that's his heart lying to him that wasn't true at all yes he stopped looking for him but look where he had to go we can't run from our problems we just can't keep running these problems these people these hard these king souls that god bring into our lives is for a reason god is using those folks to prepare us to be the vessels of honor he wants us to be this is why god will raise up enemies and stuff you know that you are the type of vessel god wants to use when someone is cursing you and like david later on when absalom tried to take the throne and a guy came out and started cursing they cursed him up one side down you roll you thug man that's why your son is taking over because you not right just just rake them up one side and then atmosha his boy said who is this dude to curse the king like that let me go over and just chop his head off he said dude calm down he said maybe god raised him up to curse me for such a time as this do you know that you're the type of vessel when you can say those words maybe god told him to curse me that's why he's blasted me maybe god had him do this for some reason see that's when you know that the work that god is doing in you is is a good work it's when you can when you can look at your enemies as they are crucifying you and you can say father forgive them for they know not what they do that's when you know that you're like christ because isn't that what he did even steven in acts chapter 7 when he he was being stoned he said father laid not this sin against them see that's when you know that's when you know that the work that god is doing in you is is almost complete when you can pray for your enemies pray for those who spitefully use you pray and curse not matthew 5 44. can you pray for those crucifying you can you pray for those who are cursing you can you say maybe god had them curse me see when you're plotting and seeking revenge and how you can get them back and all they mess with the wrong one and and all that kind of stuff you're not ready you you're not ready yet but when you can pray for your enemies that's when you know that's when you know that there's some maturity taking place that's when you can know that you're like christ because christ prayed for those crucifying him let me conclude with this in this message defeating depression we saw the the root of depression in the life of the believer is when we talk to our hearts instead of talking to god it will cause us to follow the evil advice of our hearts so prayer is the cure to depression when we pray god gives us a peace that will surpass all of our understanding and it will guard our hearts guard it from what guarded from worry guarding guard it from fear guard it from fretting and all these sorts of things so be diligent to spend as much time talking to god in prayer then you do talking to yourself and watch and see how god will transform you and give you a joy that will make others want to be around you you will have a peace that will pass all understanding and it will guard your heart and minds in christ jesus father thank you so much for your word thank you for this time lord i want to pray for your people here and whoever will hear this message in the time to come lord that are experiencing that depression lord as a result of grieving your spirit as a result of sin as a result of lord talking to their hearts instead of talking to you lord number one forgive us of our prayerlessness lord your servant samuel said may i s may i not sin against the lord and ceasing to pray for you he taught us that there is a sin in prayerlessness forgive us lord for talking more to ourselves than we do to you forgive us lord lord be the lifter of your people's heads o god i pray that your spirit will come upon us lord lead us and guide us into all truth empower us to live for you because you know we can't do this on our own for your yoke is easy and your burden is light and so lord draw your people to you lord if anyone is here or online that have not repented of their sins and accepted christ as their lord and savior i pray that you pray this simple prayer just say lord jesus forgive me i believe you died on the cross and was buried and rose again just for me come into my heart i make you my lord and savior help me to live for you by the power of your holy spirit in jesus name amen let's stand if you prayed that prayer online there's a link for you to click on also you can click on that same link to let us know any prayer requests that you may have that we can uh partner with you and pray for those things that are there to your heart and um if i can have a couple of the leaders up front if you here and in the room and you need some prayer hey they would love to take the time to pray with you and for you about the things that this message has revealed uh to you so at the worship team plays make your way forward god bless you if you've been spending more time talking to your own art and you know that you need to spend more time talking to jesus or hearing from jesus even [Music] this is your moment this is your time you can come forward if you're struggling with anxiety and depression in your own life in your own mind in your own hearts come forward that folks here who want to join with you in prayer this is not a time to be be ashamed even online if you're hearing this message and you've heard the word of the lord today you can put your hand up online just raise your hand and say i need some prayer i'm struggling in my mind i'm struggling in my heart i'm struggling with anxiety i'm struggling with depression i'm speaking to my heart more than i am speaking to the lord make that known online so that we can pray with you and if you're in the room come forward and let's join together in prayer and ask the lord to light the way my strength my strength oh god my strength my strength oh god [Music] we my strength my strength oh god my strength my strength oh god so far [Music] you're my god you're my god when i'm old [Music] you're my god you're my god [Music] but the lord ministers in your heart i don't speak to your heart right now he's removing depressing [Music] this [Music] [Music] [Music] my [Music] [Music] presence when i'm overwhelmed [Music] my god i need somebody just to worship in this place just worship in the room this worship is how we can get free from depression get free from our anxieties i want you to open your mouth and bless the lord [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] i don't have to rest in my strength [Music] trust in your strengths [Music] my presence [Music] [Music] [Music] my god [Music] is my god i will worship you always i will worship you always you're my god [Music] it doesn't matter what i go through i will wish it you're so worthy of my praise i will worship you [Music] i will always you i will worship you [Music] i will worship you [Music] oh [Music] say i will be [Music] is [Music] my soul and all that is within me blessed [Music] blessings say i will bless the lord o my soul all [Music] [Applause] day [Music] to make that true that no matter what it is that we're walking through when the songs are chasing us when the enemies are all around when the enemy feels like it's right in the mirror god help us even in those moments to bless you at all times let your praise ever be in our mouths let us let us follow the ethic by which we were taught today to not speak to our own hearts but turn our cares to you let let us yoke ourselves to your your yoke which is easy your burden which is light in fine light in the midst of our own darkness lord i pray for lord i pray for those who are truly in the midst of the valley of the shadow of death they're being attacked in their mind would you clad them with the helmet of salvation right now right now in this room right now for those who have tuned in right now god they're battling thoughts after thoughts they're battling wicked darts from the enemy right now even even as we are praying even as we were worshiping satan is trying to confuse them with lies but lord we repeat those lies in the name of jesus we rebuke that anxiety in the name of jesus would you set your their minds and around their hearts so that truth and reigns of praying the truth of your word which was spoken here today would reign supreme lord set your spirit upon those who are struggling set their spirit upon those who are battling depression right now [Music] center spirit on those who simply need to repent right now because they've been engaging in sin and in that they will be set free reveal those things lord right now right in this moment let freedom happen right now freedom from depression right now but we don't need to wait for a therapy appointment you've made an appointment with us right now in this moment so those who are struggling to let them find freedom right now as we bless your name as we bless you lord as our voices are lifted up to you as we're seeking you lord let freedom happen right now right over the airwaves right in this space right in this room bring freedom from depression bring freedom from anxieties bring freedom from from even of useless medications those that are needed truly we will take but lord those that are not needed and repentance is the key lord let repentance come and let commitment to your way come so god that as we leave this place we would leave out with joy not grieving the spirit but joy and a peace that surpasses all understanding let it guard our hearts and minds in christ jesus until we meet again for as in jesus name we pray amen amen go in peace go in freedom what an awesome message from senior pastor tony clark thank you so much for joining us today if you made a decision to follow jesus click the link below we have a free gift we'd like to give you as well as some information about your next steps in following jesus there's also a link if you simply need prayer or if you want to share with us some encouraging things that god is doing in your life right now lastly if you've been blessed by the ministry at calvary chapel newport news consider partnering with us financially there's a giving link that you can click below or you can text calvary nn to 77977 your financial gift helps us to reach the world with the message of jesus christ god bless you and until next time continue reaching up in around and out you

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Published: Wed Jul 28 2021