Say No to Depression

hi i'm joni eareckson tada and i struggle with depression part of it is my paralysis the never-ending routines the staying behind closed doors for months now because of covet 19. um for the last week i was in bed in order to heal a stubborn pressure sore and after the fifth day i mean i i felt i've i felt like my life did not go beyond the four bedroom walls funny how quickly you can fall into it huh depression and when you're depressed you you don't feel or or whatever you do feel isn't very motivating for you to do anything worthwhile you feel like you feel like disappearing depression is a terrible horrible no-good very bad enemy a dark opponent that tries to convince you that there's no purpose depression insists that nothing is worth doing that you may as well stay in bed because god and his promises are not to be believed but fred i cannot and i did not when i was in bed last week let those feelings hold sway and so when i wake up in the morning and i don't feel like doing anything i just don't listen to depression i guess i guess i've trained myself not to live by feelings but man that's a fight it's a fight to act on what god says rather than to feel what god says but you and i have all the resources of heaven we do every spiritual blessing is ours all the riches of christ all the all the power we need to rise out of those terrible horrible no good very bad feelings you know to paraphrase hebrews chapter 11 faith is being certain of what we do not feel i'm certain my feelings almost always steer me wrong so today i'm going to challenge you if your feelings are telling you that scripture doesn't work come on may your faith in christ say uh-uh feelings scripture always wins i'm gonna trust god you

Channel: Joni and Friends

Views: 19,125

Rating: 4.987864 out of 5

Keywords: depression, Isolation, Joni Eareckson Tada, Encouragement, Hope, Truth, depression disorder

Id: MjJxSCr8Edo

Length: 2min 23sec (143 seconds)

Published: Mon Oct 05 2020