Pastor Matt Hagee - "Heaven's Prescription for an Abundant Life"

[Music] if you brought your Bibles I invite you to turn the Book of Proverbs the 12th chapter and the 25th verse as this morning we begin a brand new sermon series entitled anti-depressants this is a topic that we hear a lot about about in the world around us but we don't speak much about in the church and what you need to be aware of is that there isn't anything going on in the world that the church doesn't have something to say about and so this morning we're going to begin by discussing Heaven's prescription for an abundant life if I told you that the secret to an Abundant Life came through a prescription how many of you would want to know how you could get one here's what you need to understand Paul told Timothy all scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable you find that verse in 2 Timothy 3:16 say it another way all of this is all God and it's all good the Lord confirms this himself not only through the pages and the chapters and the verses that we read in the Bible but also in the text testimonies that we hear in the lives of those around us of what God's word has done for them think about what God Said of himself in the book of Isaiah when he told the prophet Isaiah my word that departs from my mouth shall not return to me void but it shall accomplish say that with me it shall accomplish there's no question there God says if I said it it's going to do it it shall accomplish what I please there isn't one problem you can bring to God he can't solve and with that in mind I invite you to turn to Proverbs the 12th chapter the 25th verse as we read Heaven's prescription for an abundant life if you found Proverbs 12 say Amen am anxiety in the heart of man causes depression but a good good word makes it glad Heavenly Father we're standing in your presence this morning for every life that is looking to be turned around and receive Victory Grant it in Jesus name this we ask in faith and this we receive and all of God's children said praise the Lord praise the Lord you may be seated church I'm simple enough to believe that this book is true and what I read in the pages of this book is that all things are possible say that with me all things are possible now what you need to understand is that in order for them to be possible in your life there's a qualification and that qualification is to believe the whole verse reads all things are possible to them that believe and therefore if you do not believe then not everything is possible for you so in as much as I want all things to be possible I've decided I'm going to believe today it's not a matter of will the word of God work today the question is will I do what I need to do in order for the word of God to work in me will I hear it and do it because Jesus said blessed is he who hears and does these sayings of mine will I understand it believe it and Obey it because Jesus said if you keep my Commandments you are my disciples will I do as David said hide it in my heart because if I hide it in my heart not only will I not sin against him but if I also keep it in my mind he said he will keep me in peace whose mind is stayed on me will I speak it with my mouth as the Bible says if I decree a thing it shall be so will I live it in my life the question is not will God's word work the question is will I do what needs to be done in order for it to work in me now today we've read Proverbs 12 and 25 anxiety in the heart of a man causes depression it doesn't mean that you have an occasional moment of sadness what it's saying is when the weight of the world gets inside of your mind gets inside of your mouth gets inside of your day to where it's all you can think about it's all you can talk about you can't enjoy anything good because this is constantly weighing you down the Bible gives you a diagnosis and the diagnosis is you're depressed now don't tell me don't diagnose me I'm not I'm just delivering the diagnosis okay and it's not a clinical diagnosis it's a scriptural diagnosis it says when you hold this heaviness in your heart you are depressed now the thing that I love about the word of God is that God never gives a diagnosis without also giving the Cure doesn't matter where it came from it doesn't matter what caused it it doesn't matter how long it's been going on God has got the Cure and his cure is the word yes so what's the cost of of treatment I mean often times whenever you hear about a cure you want to know well what does it cost and then you decide whether or not you can afford it and sometimes unfortunately it's out of your reach the cost of treatment for this is simple your co- is Faith that's all you've got to do you don't owe God anything other than to have faith in God Amen but if you look in the natural world around us I was researching what the price of treatment was in our world today and here's what I came across in three separate studies these were put together by the CDC by the National Institute for mental health by the Harvard medical journal they weren't all written by the same group but all three different groups agree to these statistics they say that depression as a medical issue has increased 43% since 2020 now I wonder what happened in 2020 that made everybody upset but here's what the current statistics are 14.7 million American adults meaning above the age of 18 have received medical treatment or some measure of treatment for depression if you look at the population that's 6 61% of the adult population in the United States now if you think it's just an adult problem they also looked at adolescence and 5 million young people between 12 and 17 received treatment for depression in some way that's 20% of the Adolescent population now you want to know what does it cost in terms of medical services insurance claims loss of productivity on the job and all of the other things that are attributed to the expense of depression in the United States economy alone $326 billion how many of you think we could use that back in the economy right now the last statistic that they shared in these three studies is that while it costs 326 billion in the United States it cost over a trillion in the rest of the world that's the price of treatment for this issue of depression whenever you start to look at everything that is stacking up in our lives and yet God says have faith in me and I'll cure that in you now you say well that's just statistics from the secular sources well let's look at some church sources because this is a problem in the church just like it's a problem in the street understand this we're not immune to problems whatever is going on in the city is going on right in here the difference is we don't talk about it in here because whenever they looked at 107 million Christians and they identified Christians as those who go to church twice a month they didn't look at denomination they didn't look at tradition they didn't look at anything other than the fact how many times do you go to church in a month if you went two or more times you were listed in this study as a Christian out of 107 million Christians 7% said that they were in treatment for depression that's 7.5 million now look at the next statistic 12 12% said I'm being treated but I don't want to talk about it because if I talk about it in church they're going to view me differently they were afraid to tell somebody they had a problem because there's a stigma in church that if you've got that problem while I might say it's a prayer request I'm going to use it to talk about you shame on us for becoming a place where people are afraid to tell us how we can help put 12 and seven together that's 19.5 million Christians say it's the problem 50% of the pastors who were involved in the study said that they refus to talk about depression in their messages because it's an unpopular and a sensitive topic and yet of those 50% that refused to talk about it 25% of them said they deal with it here's the point the struggle is real the issue is not some Mirage out on the horizon it's having an impact in our lives it's affecting families it's affecting businesses it's tearing apart churches it's a weight over your children it's destroying the hopes of your grandchildren we can't deny the problem and just hope it goes away we can't ignore the reality of it and hope that someone else will solve it because the Bible says when the enemy comes in like a flood that the Lord is going to raise up a standard against it Church we are that standard we are who God is using to push back the gates of hell so if the enemy wants to declare war in the hearts and the minds and the lives of our children in our families in our homes we are not going to give one inch but we will take a stand in the mighty name of Jesus because the Gates of Hell cannot Prevail against us hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah thank you Jesus so when people want to know what do it cost they also want to know what's its cause how did it get here and in looking at all of the different types and forms and reasons and diagnosis for depression here's the one thing that I could find as a commonality amongst them all this would be the one thing that all of them shared and it boils down to one word the cause of depression is lack and I'll explain that whenever you're lacking something you're deficient and whenever you have a deficiency everything gets lower in Proverbs this word depression literally means to be stooped over because the weight is more than you can carry I knew it was time to quit putting my children on my shoulders at theme parks whenever I would do so and have to walk like this so let's consider this thought about the cause of depression being lack you can spend hours if you want to getting down into the weeds and the details of your story you can do all that you want to sit down and share it over and over and over with others and in many cases all you're going to do is keep hacking at the branches and the symptoms that cause depression but when you get down to the root of it anywhere that you are emotionally lacking that's where you find depression that's why I love what Jesus said in John 10 10 he said I have come that you might have life and how would you have it more abundantly that word abundantly doesn't mean that he comes into your life and he just puts a little back where somebody took it out when he says abundantly he says I'm going to come into your life and anywhere that you're lacking I'm going to not only fill it up but I'm going to overflow it if you're lacking in Joy I'm going to overflow that area in your life if you're lacking in peace I'm going going to overflow that area in your life if you're burdened with fear I'm going to overflow the love if you're burdened with rejection I'm going to overflow the acceptance whatever you're lacking not only do I know what it is but I know how to solve it and when I fill it up you're not going to be able to contain it because I am more than enough pressed down shaken together and running over exceedingly abundantly that's the kind of God that we serve Hallelujah yes we do [Music] who defines your family are you allowing the world and our modern society to dictate your actions and beliefs to benefit from God's promises towards you or your loved ones you need to seek the Lord first in all things this month for your gift of any amount we will send you Pastor Matt's brand new album faith family and friends for your generous gift of $150 or more we will also send you the faith family and friends custom mug adorned with a guitar handle and a matching throw we will also include Pastor Matt's book responseable Pastor John's proclamations releasing the power of God's word and a cross bookmark filled with scripture promises I pray that you are encouraged to keep Jesus first continue to tend to the needs of your family and pursue God with all of your heart to receive these special gifts today please visit jhm.org sfamily [Music] so how does this work in order for you to receive this life more abundantly you have got to get God's word in you anxiety in the heart of a man causes depression but a good word what kind of a word a good word what are we doing here this morning we're giv a good word but until that good word Gets In Your Heart it's not going to cure you it's like having the prescription at home sitting on the counter but you refuse to take the pill it won't help you until you take it that's right here's what you need to know about the good word of God one you can't do it without Jesus that's right John 15 and5 it says without me you can do nothing that's right and here here's what you see when you look at our relationship with the Lord there are certain things that God requires and when we find a requirement you can rest assured that he is going to make us give an account for what he requires and one of the requirements that is given to us in scripture is growth production in John chapter 15 where you read without me you can do nothing this entire chapter is speaking about growing fruit and the fruit that God expects us to produce in our lives for his glory let's just look at a few verses in John 15 John 15 and 16 you didn't choose me I chose you this is Jesus speaking and I appointed you that you should go and do what bear fruit and that your fruit should remain this tree behind me talks about the fruit that we are supposed to grow and the reason I say fruit is if you go read Galatians chapter 5 it doesn't say the fruit of the spirit it says the what fruit why is there one fruit because you are only one life and you and I are expected to produce fruit we have what's listed as the fruit of the spirit love joy peace longsuffering kindness goodness faithfulness gentleness self-control the one thing I want you to walk out of here understanding is that this fruit is not suggested this fruit is not requested this fruit is required God's not asking you if you'd like to try he's saying when I see you face to face we're going to look at what you grew that's what Jesus said I chose you that you should bear fruit John 158 by this my father is glorified how that you bear much fruit fruit is not only what Jesus chose you for but fruit is how you glorify God and fruit is how you identify yourself as one of his disciples don't say you're a follower of Jesus if you're not bearing fruit a productive life is what God expects now here's the thing that comes out of the fruit that you grow and produce it brings Joy it brings love and it brings companionship people are depressed because they don't have any joy in their life they don't have any love in their life they don't have any companionship in their life and Jesus is saying if you will do what my word says to do you'll have love you'll have joy you'll have companionship amen amen look at John 15:11 Jesus says these things I have spoken to you that my joy May remain in you and your joy may be full now I want you to take a close look at that verse and notice these things one these things I have spoken to you the disciples received the word of God the word made flesh Jesus was was standing in front of them and he was speaking to them and so the way that they were able to receive this Joy is because they were with and in his word and then he says these things that I have spoken to you so that my joy May remain in you and then he says and that whose Joy your joy his Joy comes into me when I get in his word and his Joy becomes my joy when I'm with him now how does this work did you ever have that little irritating kid in class when you asked him for a pencil hey you got a pencil he go remember where you got it I mean he was willing to share he just wanted you to remember where you got your pencil right the thing that I love about this verse is that Jesus doesn't loan you his joy and say when I send you my joy you remember where you got it because I'm going to make you give it back Jesus says here's what you do you take the prescription you get in my word you abide in my word and my word will abide in you because these things I have spoken to you that my joy might remain in you so when his Joy comes into your life the thing about your life is you're not big enough to contain all of his Joy so when his Joy comes into your life his Joy fills up your life and suddenly you are living in such an abundant power and presence of joy that you not only have enough joy for you to live a joyful life but you have enough joy for your husband for your wife for your kids for your friends for your co-workers for your neighbors for everybody all around you to be like I don't know what that person's doing but they've got something I want and you know what it is it's called the joy of the Lord that gives you strength Jesus said to the disciples if you keep my Commandments verse 10 in John 15 if you keep my Commandments say that with me if you keep my Commandments remember this the word of God will work the question is will we do what needs to be done for it to work that's right that's right Jesus said it right here if you keep my Commandments you will abide where in my love as I have kept his Commandments and I abide in his love this is that trickle down effect Jesus obeyed God God gave Jesus love it was more love than Jesus could contain we obey Jesus Jesus gives us the love that God gave him we give the love that Jesus gave us everywhere else amen amen so just in case you're wondering and you want to know what is the Commandment read verse 12 and this is my commandment that you love one another as I have loved [Applause] you what's Heaven's prescription for an abundant life love one another love one another love one another they need to know something it's easy to say but it's hard to do that's why Jesus said without me you can do nothing that's right because I mean if it was up to me if it was in my strength and Jesus said love one another I say okay that's everybody right here that's where my family sits you know there's a few of y'all out there I like a lot but but I can't love everybody in my strength in my strength there's only so much that can be poured out before I'm all dried up but if I'm doing it in his strength and his Joy is my joy and his power is my power and his word abides in me not only can I love those that I want to love but I have the opportunity to see God help me love those that are hard to [Music] love now here's the thing about those who are hard to love you know who they are right now you've got their name on a list just like you know those who are easy to love that guy that offended you and didn't even act like he was sorry that person who rejected you and doesn't act like they care that individual that conspired against you and took from you and stole from you and slandered you and mocked you and lied about you and did everything that they could to verbally assassinate you yeah those people how many of you know who I'm talking about don't raise your hand just nod when Jesus said love one another he meant them too more them than anyone else you say how do you know that go look at the verse love one another as Jesus loved you the Bible says that while we were yet sinners Christ demonstrated his own love towards us that he gave gave his life yes he did he loved you when you weren't worth loving he loved you when you betrayed him he loved you when you walked away from him he loved you when you ignored him he loved you when you took but you didn't give back he loved you when you made the promise but you didn't keep the promise he loved you when you failed time and time and time again his perfect love never gave up on you you and what Jesus is saying is if I can love you like that then you love them just the same church Give the Lord a mighty shout of praise and a hand clap in this house today we want to thank you for joining us for this very special service I pray that you are encouraged by the word of God join us for Sunday live 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Length: 28min 30sec (1710 seconds)

Published: Sun May 05 2024