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00:38 Hello and welcome to Behold the Lamb Presents.
00:41 I'm your Chris Shelton, your host, 00:43 and I hope that you've tuned in to be blessed today 00:45 because if you're hungering 00:47 and thirsting for righteousness, 00:49 I know God will have a blessing for you. 00:52 Today, we're on program number eight out of 25. 00:56 We have a series of 25 Bible lessons 01:00 that we are doing 01:01 from this lovely Bible study booklet. 01:04 And it is entitled 01:05 "Sharing God's Love Makes You Happier, 01:08 What the Bible Says." 01:10 And that's what we're going to look at today. 01:12 And number eight deals 01:14 with gentle ways to ease depression. 01:18 Gentle ways to ease depression. 01:20 You know, in today's world, so many people are bombarded 01:24 because life is so up and down, 01:27 and many times they're so far down 01:30 that they feel hopeless and helpless. 01:32 But you know what, 01:34 as I was preparing for this lesson, 01:36 and I know as you study along with us, 01:38 and as you call in and get this study guide, 01:41 you're gonna find that God 01:42 has a prescription for depression. 01:45 You know, there's nothing more than the enemy would want 01:48 is for you to be down and feel out, 01:51 and hopeless and lost. 01:53 He wants to tear you apart from your Savior, 01:55 he wants to tear you apart from your family, 01:58 your loved ones, but God is there. 02:00 And He promises in His Word 02:03 that He will not only be there with us, 02:05 that He will never forsake us, 02:07 but He's gonna lift us up with His own hand. 02:10 And He also promises to take all of these sad situations 02:15 and turn them into something good 02:18 just for you, just for me. 02:20 So I hope that you'll stay tuned, 02:22 but first of all... 02:24 And I know you're gonna be blessed by this song, 02:25 it's entitled "Wonderful, Merciful Savior," 02:28 and it's sung by Sister Emma McDonald 02:31 from the 3ABN Worship Center. 02:33 Let's go there first and then we'll come back 02:36 and hear what Pastor Kenny 02:38 has been given to share with us. 02:55 Wonderful, merciful Savior 03:02 Precious Redeemer and Friend 03:08 Who would have thought that a Lamb 03:13 Could rescue the souls of men 03:19 Oh, You rescue the souls of men 03:30 Counselor, Comforter, Keeper 03:36 Spirit we long to embrace 03:42 You offer hope when our hearts have 03:48 Hopelessly lost our way 03:53 Oh, we've hopelessly lost our way 04:00 You are the One that we praise 04:06 You are the One we adore 04:12 You give us healing and grace 04:17 Our hearts always hunger for 04:23 Oh, our hearts always hunger for 05:04 Almighty, infinite Father 05:10 Faithfully loving Your own 05:16 Here in our weakness You find us 05:22 Falling before Your throne 05:27 Oh, we're falling before Your throne 05:35 You are the One that we praise 05:41 You are the One we adore 05:47 You give us healing and grace 05:51 Our hearts always hunger for 05:57 Oh, our hearts always hunger for 06:05 You are the One that we praise 06:11 You are the One we adore 06:17 You give us healing and grace 06:21 Our hearts always hunger for 06:28 Oh, our hearts always hunger for 06:52 Thanks for joining us here at Behold the Lamb Ministries. 06:54 We appreciate you so very much, and again, we always, always 06:58 appreciate your cards, letters, phone calls. 07:00 And, you know, people call in, they're making orders 07:02 and they're doing all kind of things 07:04 and we love that contact. 07:05 They have lot of questions, and some of you do, 07:07 and I'm pretty slow about getting back. 07:09 So don't get discouraged, 07:10 you can always write or call again, 07:12 there's lot of things that are going on 07:13 in the calls of Christ, 07:14 which I'm very grateful and thankful for. 07:16 Today, this lesson, I know 07:18 as you already heard the introduction 07:20 that Sister Chris has given is very, very important. 07:23 In fact, it holds the world captive. 07:25 So we need to look at it 07:27 from the standpoint of the way God looks at it. 07:29 We're going to look at 07:31 general ways to deal with depression, 07:33 general ways to deal or ease depression, 07:37 and that's something that affects 07:38 a whole lot of people. 07:40 And I think it would be very, very important lesson 07:42 based upon God's Word 07:43 and things that are going on in the world. 07:45 But before we get into that, 07:47 we want to make sure we pray once again. 07:49 And I invite you, those of you at home, 07:51 those of you are here, wherever you can 07:52 if you just kneel with me as we pray together. 07:58 Most gracious heavenly Father, 07:59 again, we thank You for prayer time 08:02 that we can have with You, 08:03 we realize that it's very, very important 08:05 that we spend this time with You in prayer 08:07 and asking for guidance of the Holy Spirit 08:10 to illuminate these beautiful truths, 08:12 open our minds and our hearts of each one of us. 08:15 And, Lord, we pray Your special touch upon those 08:17 who may be having the issue 08:19 that we will be talking about today, 08:21 we may find that every one of us 08:22 at different times have experienced 08:24 these symptoms. 08:25 So, Lord, we know You have the answers, 08:27 bless us, we pray with that with clear hearts, clear minds, 08:30 forgiveness of sin today that we might hear from heaven. 08:32 In Jesus' name, we pray, and for His sake, amen. 08:38 Again, we always encourage you, 08:39 and make sure you have your Bibles, 08:41 and pencil, and paper, and, you know, 08:42 you're sitting at home and, you know, 08:43 at kind of ease there, 08:45 but don't miss anything here 08:46 because we'd be looking at God's Word, 08:49 and we can't afford to miss anything 08:51 because as we look at it, 08:52 it's going to give us help and encouragement. 08:54 In fact, there's going to be answers 08:55 that will be given to this, 08:57 maybe simple to some who've been following God, 08:59 but they're not so simple for many others 09:00 who never opened the pages of the Bible. 09:03 Here are the answers. 09:05 Here is the way that God has ordained 09:07 to help us through these 09:09 general ways to ease depression. 09:14 Like, maybe most of you, when we talk about depression, 09:17 probably most men who maybe go through a little depression, 09:20 they're in denial, number one. 09:22 We think that we don't experience certain things 09:26 because it's just for everybody else 09:27 but we never go through it. 09:29 But today, let's just keep our minds and our hearts open, 09:31 and let's just define a little bit 09:33 of what a depression really means 09:35 because just the word depression 09:37 doesn't sound real good, does it? 09:39 But we're going to look at it and see. 09:42 Notice this, it's a mood disorder. 09:44 When you look it up, you'll find that 09:46 depression is a mood disorder that causes severe symptoms. 09:52 So it's something that is real. 09:55 If you look up some... 09:57 There's dozens of synonyms, you can look up for depression. 10:01 And some of them, you'll... 10:03 These words you will understand them, 10:04 I heard them when I was growing up. 10:06 And one of them is said, 10:08 "Well, it sounds like you have the blahs. 10:11 Did anybody ever heard that? 10:12 We got the blahs for today. 10:15 Others say, you know, 10:17 dejection for depression, despondency, 10:23 sadness, loneliness, a heavy heart. 10:29 Here's one that I really hadn't heard before, 10:31 maybe some of you had, it's called, 10:33 right here is interesting, it's blue funk. 10:41 Mrs. Wallace, you know, some of us have been around 10:43 for a while, 10:44 you know, I've been around, I've never heard of blue funk. 10:46 But I've also... 10:48 I've heard this though that we've got the blues. 10:52 You got the blues. 10:54 So maybe that's part of it. 10:56 We're down in the dumps. 10:58 You know, it's such a persistent. 11:00 If we look at it, this is persistent. 11:03 When you're sad a lot, when you're anxious a lot, 11:07 you have a lot of empty feelings, 11:09 emotions, fatigue, decreased energy, 11:15 sometime, even leads to suicide. 11:18 So this is a heavy duty issue, 11:20 it's just not something that's made up. 11:23 It can affect our work, it can affect our sleep, 11:29 it can affect our concentration, 11:31 it can affect 11:33 our decision making part of the brain, 11:37 it affects what we eat, 11:39 and sometimes what we do not eat, 11:41 and how much. 11:43 And also we find that it affects our insecurity, 11:47 we begin to feel insecure. 11:51 Many, when they have some of these things, 11:54 and this is just a few of them, 11:56 go through our hearts and through our minds, 11:58 we're dealing with them maybe on a daily basis, 12:01 they come to the point where they seek and say, 12:03 "I'm going to seek professional help, 12:05 I need to get some help, 12:08 I need to be restored back maybe like I was before." 12:14 And sometimes there's good things 12:15 when we seek professional help, 12:18 one such thing is many of them say, 12:20 you know what, we need a lifestyle change. 12:24 Lifestyle change is not bad. 12:27 Many of us need maybe a lifestyle change 12:29 and that deals with many, many issues of life. 12:34 We have to recognize that in this study, 12:38 there are, listen, 12:40 tens of millions of people are affected every year. 12:45 Did you get that? Oh, yeah. 12:47 Tens of millions of people are affected every year 12:52 with depression, notice that. 12:54 Now listen, this is interesting, 12:56 more than 70% of these individuals, 13:01 you know, that's suffering from this condition, 13:04 they've never received any help at all. 13:07 They don't ask for it, they've never received any, 13:10 they don't go looking for it, 13:11 they're kind of afraid of what may be said about them. 13:15 Seventy percent of tens of millions. 13:19 So it's an interesting thing 13:21 that we're looking at here today. 13:22 One researcher said this, 13:25 you know, some people spend their whole lives 13:27 researching things, 13:29 they come up with a lot of information. 13:32 And it's not always bad, you know, 13:34 they're comparing a lot of different things. 13:36 One researcher says 13:37 this is what we just talked about, 13:40 makes depression so dangerous. 13:43 It makes it dangerous because we have the symptoms. 13:48 We're going through these issues, 13:50 and yet, there seems to be no help or we don't seek help. 13:56 Well, depression, 14:00 most people think when you do surveys 14:03 if you mention the word depression, 14:04 most people will say that's your own fault 14:08 that you're in depressed mood. 14:10 Well, that didn't help anybody, number one. 14:13 But most people think that it's your fault 14:17 because you have these symptoms. 14:20 You know, we have to think on... 14:21 That's your own fault. 14:23 Well, I want to think on it 14:24 as we do this study a little bit more, 14:26 could it be our fault or maybe it's not our fault, 14:28 maybe it's something else physical, 14:30 maybe it's something... 14:31 We need to look at the issues squarely and fairly, 14:34 and we'll certainly look from God's words. 14:37 Researchers do know this 14:39 and they've been researching this 14:40 for many, many years 14:42 that they've been studying part of the brain, 14:45 they're studying part of the brain 14:47 that deals with our mood and our physical symptoms. 14:52 And they can target this area of the brain 14:56 to see how each separate patient 15:00 would react with certain kind of help. 15:03 Kind of interesting, isn't it? 15:05 We're glad we have researchers in a lot of different areas, 15:07 aren't we? 15:09 And there are those who can do these things that will help us. 15:12 But here's what usually 15:14 some of the professional help goes to, 15:16 they're right now... 15:18 They're not all on the market yet, 15:21 but they're working on, they're developing 15:24 over 140 different medications 15:29 for depression. 15:32 They're in the process of developing. 15:33 Many of those are out there but there's just... 15:36 In other words, you've got a problem, 15:37 here's your pill. 15:40 Is that always the answer? 15:42 You know, it may help sometime, 15:43 so I'm not trying to discredit any form or fashion, 15:46 anything or anybody here. 15:48 But our focus is going to 15:49 certainly be on the Word of God, 15:51 certainly, we have to go to God's Word 15:53 but we're very grateful and thankful for doctors, 15:56 and different ones, and researchers, 15:57 and those who are trying to make us little more healthy. 16:02 But I thought that was very, very interesting here. 16:04 The main target, notice this, is to... 16:08 The researcher said, 16:09 the main target is to try to balance the brain. 16:14 They think that the brain 16:15 maybe has become out of balance. 16:18 It's the world that we live in maybe part of the issue 16:21 that makes our brains a little bit out of balance, 16:24 so things that we see that people say are normal 16:26 that are not normal. 16:28 Yeah. Amen. 16:29 And we become a little confused and we become concerned 16:32 because of all that's going on, we're concerned about our home, 16:36 we're concerned about our family, 16:37 we're concerned about our job, 16:39 we're concerned about crime, and killing, and rape, 16:42 things that are going on in our own backyard. 16:45 And so there's always this anxiety, 16:47 there's always these things, but somehow we have to deal, 16:50 we live in this world. 16:53 Of course, there's all kinds of, 16:56 you call that antidepressant therapies 16:59 that are out there. 17:01 Now, are they all good? 17:02 Well, probably not all good. 17:04 You know, does that fit your case 17:05 or someone else's case? 17:07 We just need to look and think about these 17:09 and certainly pray about it. 17:11 So I think we can say today that mental illness is what? 17:16 A serious thing. 17:18 Yes, it is. 17:19 Don't you believe it? It is very serious things. 17:23 Millions, millions upon millions 17:25 are looking for a cure. 17:28 Millions are looking for just some sign of hope, 17:32 there's hope out there because they lose all hope. 17:36 Others are screaming out, "I just need some help." 17:41 Is there no one to help, 17:42 is there no one that really cares? 17:45 Let's quickly go over some signs and symptoms. 17:49 And, you know, because two or three... 17:53 I think I'm gonna look at 10. 17:56 Three or four of them may fit you, they may fit me, 17:59 it doesn't mean that you have 18:00 because a lot of signs of symptoms, 18:02 if you're not careful, you read what all this problem 18:05 is over health problem and all of sudden I've got it. 18:08 You know anybody like that? 18:10 They read some of the symptoms of this thing, and they say, 18:13 "Huh, surely I must have it," and they may not. 18:15 But there are several things that may be overlapped. 18:17 So let's just look at some of these things. 18:20 Now this is according to the Diagnostic 18:23 and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 18:28 so they call themselves professionals, 18:30 and they've got a lot of things 18:33 beside their name and so on and so forth 18:35 that they say they're qualified. 18:37 And you might see that some of these things 18:39 might fit if you've ever been through any of these areas. 18:41 Number one, any prolonged sadness. 18:46 If you find someone that seems to be sad all the time 18:49 or all of a sudden they have just crying spells. 18:54 All they seem to do is just cry. 18:57 They can't seem to help it. 19:01 You see, the other average person may look and say, 19:03 "What in the world's wrong here? 19:04 They have nothing to be crying about." 19:06 But remember, we're not in their shoes, 19:08 we're not thinking the way that they are thinking. 19:12 Number two, 19:15 you might spot or you might realize 19:17 there has been some significant changes 19:20 in your appetite and sleep patterns, 19:24 some of the signs of depression. 19:27 Now we're talking about gently trying to deal with it, 19:29 but we have to kind of know some of the signs, 19:32 we have to know. 19:36 Maybe a change in your appetite 19:37 or maybe a change you can't sleep anymore, 19:39 you're, you know, 15 minutes over here, 19:41 you're an hour here, 19:43 and then you're in the chair for another 19:44 and you're over here, it may be other issues too, 19:47 but we're just saying something to think about. 19:48 Number three, irritability. 19:53 Easily irritated, angry, worried, 19:59 everything agitates you, anxiety, 20:04 and you don't know why. 20:09 Four, pessimism. 20:11 You ever heard anybody say they are pessimistic. 20:13 What does that really mean? 20:14 Pessimistic person. 20:18 Yeah, everything is negative, 20:20 everything that takes place in their life... 20:24 They forecast the worst outcome. 20:27 I knew it would happen. 20:30 I knew it would blow up in my face, 20:32 it never works for me, I knew it would fall through, 20:36 I knew I wouldn't get that job. 20:41 That's part of... 20:43 The mind is working and in difference. 20:48 Number five, there seems to be quite a severe loss of energy. 20:55 The energy is taken up on maybe other things, 21:00 worrying about other things that we need not think 21:02 or even worry about, loss of energy. 21:07 Number six, a feeling of guilt. 21:12 You're feeling guilty about something all the time, 21:16 you feel like you're along with that guilty, 21:19 you know, feeling guilty, guilt is... 21:21 Well, I'm not worth anything. 21:24 Nobody thinks I'm worth anything. 21:27 I'm worthless, I'm useless. 21:31 You know, that's kind of difficult we never should say 21:33 that about ourself 21:35 because if you're a child of God, 21:37 you're really worth something, aren't you? 21:38 Amen. 21:39 See, but some people don't know this, 21:41 and they feel worthless. 21:43 And if you've ever felt worthless, 21:45 you realize that can depress you 21:49 because you don't know which way to turn 21:51 or what to do. 21:55 Number seven, signs. 22:00 Notice, you're not able to concentrate like you used to. 22:04 You have a hard time concentrating, 22:06 you can't concentrate anymore. 22:08 And that means what? 22:10 If you can't concentrate, 22:11 then that means you can't really make good decisions. 22:16 And you're hopping maybe from one thing to another. 22:20 Number eight, 22:23 there's an inability to take pleasure 22:27 in those former things that you used to do 22:30 that made you happy, 22:31 you just can't seem to get along. 22:33 And a lot of times then that bottom line, 22:36 then you want to withdraw from social activities. 22:40 You withdraw from people, it's a sign. 22:44 Number nine, unexplained aches and pains. 22:51 Did you get it, unexplained, you can't explain it. 22:55 I ache here, I hurt here, 22:56 I'm hurt all over, and da-da-da. 22:58 And when you have all the test, 22:59 and they, there's nothing there. 23:03 Number 10, 23:05 it gets severe as it goes down 23:08 because number 10 is I'm having, you're having, 23:11 or someone is having, just going through this, 23:14 they're having thoughts, 23:16 reoccurring thoughts about dying, about death. 23:21 And then on the other side, they think about suicide. 23:26 Reoccurring thoughts about death and then suicide. 23:31 Now remember, there's a balance to every one of these. 23:36 I personally think it's okay to think about sometime 23:38 about death. 23:39 The Bible talks about death. 23:41 In the biblical term, we look at it, death, 23:43 we're here for a season and then we're gone, 23:45 and then what? 23:47 And then we die. 23:48 We need to know the truth about death, 23:50 but when it scares someone 23:52 and they're uncertain about it and they don't know what to do. 23:57 They're scared. 23:58 And then they say, you know, 24:00 I don't think I can face it anymore 24:01 and they think about taking their own life. 24:04 Depression is not much difference 24:06 whether you're young or whether you are older, 24:09 but different things can trigger it. 24:11 For instance, depression signs in young people 24:14 sometimes are some of the same things 24:15 that we just read in children and even teenagers, 24:19 many of them have unexplained aches and pains. 24:22 Their back hurts, their kidneys hurt, 24:24 this hurts, that hurts. 24:27 They're very irritable, they fly off the handle easily. 24:33 And they have the tendency always to withdraw 24:36 and want to kind of be by themself, 24:38 play by themself as they were the younger. 24:41 For older adults, 24:44 some things can trigger depression 24:47 and someone who's maybe never been depressed. 24:51 If they go through any kind of 24:53 a sudden big change in their life 24:56 when you get older, that can just upset everything. 25:01 And then if they have a illness that they never had, 25:05 it's frightening to an older person 25:07 and can bring depression. 25:09 Even if a person has to... 25:11 An older person has to move 25:13 from a house that you've been in 25:15 for many, many years, 25:17 and you have to move to a new place, 25:19 it's frightening, much more frightening 25:21 to an older person than it is to younger person. 25:25 It can bring on depression. 25:29 And an older person, for sure, 25:30 the death of loved ones can bring it on. 25:35 The National Institute of Mental Health 25:38 envisions this. 25:40 Now they're envisioning this, they're doing all the study, 25:43 they're working with people and for people, 25:45 they don't want them to go through 25:46 these type of things, and so they're working, 25:48 they envision a world 25:50 in which mental illnesses are prevented and cured. 25:56 They're thinking ahead, they're saying, 25:57 maybe the day will come 25:59 when these illnesses can be prevented 26:01 and even cured we won't have to deal 26:03 with them anymore. 26:06 I say today, doesn't that sound wonderful? 26:08 Oh, yeah. 26:09 All that sounds so wonderful but, you know, I believe this, 26:13 even with all their study and all that they offer 26:15 I believe that we must, if you want to eradicate, 26:18 if you want to cure, if you want to have a gentle, 26:21 you know, just a nice little change in your life, 26:25 you want to ease depression, 26:26 we cannot forget God and His Word, 26:29 it has to be incorporated in this. 26:32 And so I want to just 26:33 take a few moments today and look, 26:37 I'm gonna call them helpful hints, 26:39 some helpful hints to beat or to ease. 26:42 See? 26:44 It can definitely be beaten by the Word of God. 26:46 Are you still with me? 26:47 With God on your side it can be beaten, 26:49 we don't have to suffer, we don't have to go through it, 26:52 but you're going to have to do something, 26:54 I'm going to have to do something, 26:55 I'm going to have to do my part. 26:56 That's right. 26:58 Or it will never ever happen because God simply said, Jesus, 27:00 I stand at the door knock. 27:03 I know what you're going through, 27:04 I want to help you through it, 27:05 but unless you ask me and to help you, I can't do it. 27:09 And so it's a help, you know, 27:10 just get rid of it once and for all 27:12 to ease this thing. 27:14 Jot down Psalms 37. 27:16 I love Psalms 37:23-24. 27:20 Psalms 37:23-24. 27:25 Now here's the problem with a lot of people 27:27 who go through this and they know the Lord, 27:29 they understand the Bible somewhat, 27:31 they say, "It's too simple. 27:34 Well, that can't do it. 27:36 I've read these passages." 27:37 There's something missing. 27:39 If we say the Word of God can't do it, 27:42 the Holy Spirit can't do it, 27:43 Jesus is not powerful enough to do it, 27:46 there's something missing in their experience 27:48 and so we're asked by the grace of God 27:50 to get back into that to exercise faith, 27:53 faith in the Word of God. 27:55 Notice what Psalms 37:23-24 says. 28:00 The Bible is so clear on this. 28:02 Notice, "The steps of a good man..." 28:04 Did you get it? 28:05 Mankind, men and women. 28:07 The steps, the direction... 28:10 That steps means the direction that He's going, 28:12 the path that He's trotting, the way in which He is going. 28:16 "The steps of a good man are ordered..." 28:19 Ooh, I like that. 28:21 "Are ordered," that means they are established, 28:24 "by the Lord. 28:26 He delighteth in his," what, "his way." 28:29 Verse 24, "Though he fall..." 28:32 Check this out. 28:34 God says, I'm going to guide your steps, 28:35 but if you fall, 28:40 if you fail, if you fall short, 28:43 "He shall not be utterly cast down: 28:47 for the Lord upholdeth him with His hand." 28:51 You talk about good news, well, I fell short, 28:54 well, I fell down, well, I did wrong, 28:55 God said, look, you're not utterly down, 28:57 you don't have to stay down there. 28:59 Why? 29:00 Because He said, notice the key here, 29:01 for those who are fighting, those who want more help, 29:04 encouragement here, the steps of a good man... 29:07 So first of all, we have to be by the grace of God, 29:10 a good person because of who Jesus is. 29:12 Amen. 29:13 Other words, you have to accept Jesus, where? 29:16 Into your heart and your mind 29:17 and then you are considered in the Bible, 29:19 in this verse here, a good person, a good man, 29:22 and if you are, then God said I'm going to guide your steps. 29:25 Don't take any steps on your own, 29:27 you're going to get in trouble, let me guide your steps. 29:30 You're going to reach out and say, 29:31 "Oh, Lord, I'm going to make a step here, 29:32 but make sure it's the right step, 29:34 make sure it's in the right direction." 29:36 I'll guide them. 29:38 And if you happen to slip, He said, 29:40 "I'm going to be there for you." 29:42 You're not utterly cast down. 29:44 You know, what good news that is for us today. 29:46 Yes. 29:47 Because the Bible said we've all come short, 29:50 we've all sinned, we've come short, 29:52 we need extra help. 29:53 Verse 24 said, notice this, I'm going to look at you. 29:56 "Though he fall..." 29:57 "Though he fall..." 30:00 Now how would you fall? 30:01 Well, it could be very simple. It could be... 30:03 He failed because he made a wrong choice. 30:06 How many people in the Bible, don't start naming them, 30:09 that made a wrong choice at one time or the other? 30:11 Look, how many times in your own live, 30:13 my life, I made a wrong choice. 30:15 I could've made the right choice, 30:18 I could've went the right way. 30:20 I even knew the right way, but I chose. 30:27 Maybe made just wrong choice. 30:28 And sometimes it could be just disappointment. 30:32 Is anybody here... 30:33 Don't raise your hand, 30:34 but you've been so disappointed over something 30:37 that you just did something else 30:38 wrong all the way 30:39 'cause you're just so disappointing, 30:41 you just lost it. 30:44 Sometime a person may fold though he fall 30:47 because of misfortune. 30:50 You may lose your home, you may lose your car, 30:53 you may lose your family, the misfortune, 30:55 sometime we choose the wrong path, 30:57 a calamity to death, 31:01 and sometime it's just simply falling into sin. 31:05 Remember falling into sin, 31:06 falling into sin's a little different 31:08 than jumping into sin. 31:09 Somebody's not with me, I see right now. 31:14 There is a difference of jumping than falling. 31:20 Many people who go out to fun clear 31:22 for wherever it might be, some of these places, 31:24 you never intended to fall, 31:26 but you got a little too close to the edge. 31:29 But you never intended to fall 31:31 but your feet at that moment they slipped and out they went. 31:36 That's no excuse for sin. 31:38 But we have to look at what does the righteous man do. 31:42 God said, "I'm going to help the righteous man here." 31:45 Little depressed, little bit down and out, 31:47 the world's not treating you right, 31:49 you're thinking things are not going right, 31:50 you feel like you're worthless, there's nothing good, 31:52 why keep living, I might as well be dead, 31:55 this right here... 31:56 God said, "Though you fall, 31:57 though you still as it were you fell into sin..." 32:00 Here's what the righteous man does, 32:02 the evil man will not do it. 32:03 The righteous man will immediately, immediately, 32:06 when he's made a wrong choice 32:08 or that maybe he's fallen into sin, 32:10 he quickly goes back to God 32:12 and ask for forgiveness of that and he makes it right with God, 32:16 and that makes the difference when things are right with God, 32:19 that's where peace can come in. 32:23 see, the righteous man want to rectify his error. 32:28 Now let's just establish this, bad things, 32:33 and we're going to talk about few things here. 32:34 But bad things happen to good people. 32:39 I mean, we've heard all of our life, 32:40 but we have to remember this. 32:42 We can't be like Job and all is what, 32:44 what kind of message has he made, 32:45 that's why his life is this way, 32:47 because he's made all of these things. 32:48 No, even Job was righteous before God, 32:52 men were judgmental. 32:55 Bad things happen to good people. 33:00 You know, how I know that? 33:02 One passage, just quickly, many, many passages 33:04 but Psalms Chapter 34, 33:06 Psalms 34:19 and it's just not one time, 33:13 Sister Kai, this is going to happen 33:15 in your life. 33:16 There may be... 33:18 The Bible says here "Many are the," what? 33:21 "The afflictions of the righteous 33:25 but the Lord delivereth him 33:28 out of them all." 33:32 That's it. 33:34 That almost deserves a hand, doesn't it? 33:35 Somebody said mine. 33:36 Yet, many are the afflictions that were there, 33:39 you know, if you look at it in the Hebrew, 33:42 it said, that many are the hurts, 33:44 many are the troubles, 33:48 many are the grieves of the righteous. 33:51 You just say, yeah, but I'm righteous, 33:52 I'm following Jesus, why should I have to go? 33:54 God knows why, 33:57 He's purifying some character, isn't He? 34:00 We're going through these tests 34:01 and these trials but He said many. 34:04 So being a child of God simply put today does not mean 34:08 we are exempt from test and trials. 34:10 But I do know this, 34:13 I believe this as a child of God, 34:15 our suffering is less, is less than a nonbeliever. 34:21 Even though we go through the afflictions are many 34:22 and the hurt is still there. 34:24 There is something different about a child of God 34:28 because the evil, for instance, 34:29 the evil go through a lot of different things 34:31 because they're suffering many times, 34:34 the decisions they made for instance on intemperance, 34:39 they suffer in this life. 34:41 They suffer because they're living a life of crime, 34:45 you see there's a lot of things. 34:46 You're not living the life of crime, 34:47 you may not have to go through what they go through. 34:51 And many times they suffer for 34:52 because of just simple bad habits, 34:56 Ill effects in the home. 34:58 They go through these things, 34:59 so some of the rewards we would say of the righteous, 35:03 I like this rewards of the righteous 35:05 even in this life. 35:07 When you make right choices are enjoyed in this life. 35:11 Making right choices in this life, 35:13 you can enjoy certain things here. 35:15 Ain't that wonderful? 35:18 But if you're making wrong choices, 35:20 you're gonna suffer in a lot of different ways. 35:23 So may I say as we're studying this today 35:27 about easing depression, 35:29 we have a God that cares for us, 35:33 we have a God that's interested in our life, 35:35 every aspect of it, 35:38 and He wants to be involved in every aspect of it too. 35:41 That's how special that you are. 35:43 But a principle of scripture, 35:45 I think is very paramount 35:46 as you read from Genesis to Revelation. 35:50 It's simply that we just talked about 35:52 that the righteous are protected by God 35:56 in so many different ways, the righteous are, what? 36:00 Protected by God. 36:02 So see if we're going through all kind of issues, 36:04 maybe you forfeited that protection, 36:07 that strength, that closeness, that would develop 36:11 as our relationship develops together. 36:14 I'm thankful that we have a God again in heaven, 36:17 they'll send those angels to help us and to encourage us 36:20 and let you know that you are worth something. 36:24 You are worth something, you are worth regardless 36:27 how you feel about yourself, you're worth all of heaven, 36:30 you're worth the life of Jesus Christ. 36:33 Think about that. 36:34 How can you put a price on that? 36:37 Jesus came down. 36:39 New Testament quickly, Romans Chapter 5, 36:41 time's going by rather quickly. 36:43 Romans Chapter 5, 36:45 I'd like to read all the verses, 36:47 I can't do it, but if you will do it, 36:49 it will be a blessing to you. 36:51 I know that we'll get to the first 36:52 and maybe the last. 36:54 And Romans 5, read verses 1 and then 8. 36:58 Remember, we need to read them all 37:00 if time were permitting we could do that 37:02 'cause there are all so good. 37:04 Romans Chapter, what? 37:05 Five, good. 37:07 And read verse 1 right now. Ready? 37:10 It says, "Therefore being justified 37:12 by," what? 37:13 "By faith, we have peace with God 37:16 through our Lord Jesus Christ." 37:18 Do you see the promise that's there? 37:20 Do you see what is it? 37:21 Being what? 37:23 Being justified by faith, being made right, 37:25 getting your life right, 37:27 being covered by the blood of the Lamb, 37:29 having your sins forgiven is what it says right here, 37:32 then you have peace. 37:33 Many people don't have peace 37:35 and go through what they're going through 37:36 because they don't have that peace. 37:38 They've not been justified by the blood of the Lamb, 37:41 only those who've experienced it 37:43 can understand it and talk about it. 37:45 Oh, by the blood of the Lamb justified, 37:47 we have this peace that the world's looking for. 37:51 That's wonderful to realize. 37:53 Verse 8, just skip it on down, can't read them all. 37:55 Verse 8, the Bible said in Romans 5:8, 37:59 "But God commendeth His love toward us..." 38:02 Oh, I love this 38:04 "In that, while we were yet sinners, 38:07 Christ died for us." 38:10 He is showing us His love, didn't He? 38:13 He said I'm showing you my love, when you don't... 38:16 You said, you didn't love me, 38:18 when you didn't want to serve me, 38:19 when you was doing everything you possibly could against me, 38:22 I loved you and I went to Calvary for you. 38:25 That's awesome. 38:27 You can't get a friend to do that. 38:29 There's nobody in the world that won't do that. 38:31 Only Jesus will do that. 38:33 Think about it. We're justified with Him. 38:36 God commended His love while we were yet sinners, 38:39 Christ died for us. 38:41 How awesome that is. 38:43 Now what does that mean? 38:44 Well, we've read it, 38:46 we've talked about it a little bit, 38:47 but what does that really mean? 38:49 I found these little articles, letter 329A. 38:53 Letter 329A written in 1905, notice this. 38:58 I like it 'cause it kind of poses a question. 39:00 It begins, "If Christ gave his life to save sinners, 39:04 why shall I not take that blessing?" 39:07 God's offered me a blessing of eternal life, 39:10 shed His blood, paved the way, why shouldn't I take it? 39:14 See by not taking it, then we open ourselves 39:16 to the things of this world, and the depression, 39:18 and the anxiety, and the mess that's in this world. 39:23 When we take Christ in, He fights our battle for us, 39:26 He gives super human strength, and knowledge, and wisdom, 39:30 and victory that only God can give. 39:33 Man, this is what we needed in this life, 39:34 we can't do it on our own. 39:37 Notice, the article goes on "My faith... 39:40 Your faith, grasp it, 39:42 and thus my faith 39:44 is the substance of things hoped for, 39:47 and the evidence of things," what? 39:49 "Not seen or unseen..." 39:51 That's the faith chapter, Hebrews 11:1. 39:55 It's beautiful. 39:57 Notice this, what happens in. 39:58 The article goes on and said, "Thus resting and believing, 40:03 I have peace with God through the Lord Jesus Christ." 40:07 This is what we're looking at in the study. 40:09 We're looking for peace, 40:10 we're looking to be able to rest, we're looking... 40:13 And it simply says, we need to believe 40:15 in those things that He has said in His Word. 40:17 Believe, take them by faith, 40:19 grasp a hold of not what you see, 40:21 but grasp of those things that are unseen, 40:24 a heavenly things. 40:25 If you look at the world and things in this world, 40:27 man, you're going to lose hope, it's going to be discouraging. 40:31 Think about how discouraging it is 40:33 to cast your eyes on things of this world, 40:34 and try to base your life, and your decisions 40:36 upon the mess that's going on in this world today. 40:39 I need something higher, 40:40 I need something that's more sure, 40:42 I need something that's in the bank, 40:44 or you know what I'm talking about here. 40:45 I need something that I can count on, 40:47 and it's heavenly, 40:48 and I know that it's heavenly and I need that. 40:53 The righteous right there, 40:54 there is promise they'll have... 40:56 Trying to do right, you're going to have a peace, 40:58 nobody else understands. 40:59 How can you be so peaceful in the midst of a storm? 41:01 Now also take note of this. 41:03 The Bible is very clear. 41:04 The reason people go through 41:06 some of the things they go through 41:07 we maybe going through. 41:09 If we take our eyes off Christ, 41:11 Isaiah 58, it is in Isaiah 58:22. 41:15 The Bible said, "There is no peace, 41:18 saith the Lord to the wicked." 41:20 There is no, what? Peace. 41:22 There is no peace saith the Lord to the wicked. 41:26 The wicked have no peace, the wicked are shifty. 41:32 Hello? 41:35 They're always shifting their eyes around. 41:39 They're always looking around to see who's behind them, 41:43 who's beside of them, whose hands in their pocket. 41:47 They're shifty. 41:49 There is no peace. 41:51 They can't sleep unless they have iron bars, 41:53 you know, on their windows, and they're carrying something. 41:58 They don't have the peace that you have. 42:00 God's not directing their steps 42:02 because they don't want God to direct their steps. 42:08 Having this precious peace. 42:13 See, I know, Oh, Lord, have mercy. 42:16 I know I came into this world with nothing 42:19 and I know that I'm going to leave with nothing. 42:22 So I need not be crying and carrying on 42:24 because things look like, oh, you might lose something. 42:27 Remember, God will never take anything from you that you need 42:31 that's good for you. 42:33 And if we are true to Christ, we will not... 42:36 We have to leave this world with nothing, 42:38 we can't take anything with us. 42:41 You can be buried with whatever you have 42:43 in your money if you want, 42:44 it's not going to do you any good. 42:47 You might say it claimed to be high society, 42:52 that's not going to get you anywhere. 42:56 You heard that song 42:58 no matter how high in society they go, 43:00 no matter how much money they pay, 43:04 when they close their eyes in death, 43:07 they can only feel one grave. 43:10 Don't know if it's religious, 43:12 or of the world but those words are worth chewing on. 43:19 Having this peace with God 43:21 helps calm this anxiety of life, 43:26 it eases the pressure of everyday living. 43:29 I'm a believer, I don't think I have my heads up 43:32 in the clouds and say, 43:33 I just love Jesus and everything's going on. 43:35 God expects you to do your part. 43:37 You've got to be studying, and praying, and believing, 43:40 and claiming these promises 43:41 when it seems like there's no way it can work out. 43:43 You have to have faith to believe God said, 43:46 I'm His child, He's going to take care of me. 43:51 You realize a Spirit of Prophecy 43:52 talks about depression, 43:54 the Bible talks a lot about depression. 43:57 One of the... One of the men... Well, you know... 43:59 Elijah after his big meeting there on Mount Carmel, 44:06 after all that seen what God had done 44:08 in marvelous ways, God was present, 44:11 God was victorious, he left in a depression... 44:17 'Cause a woman threatened him, 44:19 I think it wasn't some like queen. 44:23 Isabelle coming after him. 44:25 Jezebel. Jezebel. 44:28 He was depressed. But you know what? 44:31 He didn't stay depressed, there's a difference. 44:35 You might slip into something for a moment 44:37 because of circumstances, but then He came out. 44:39 Read that in 1 Kings 18 and 19 about this what went on 44:45 and see if that's not what I'm telling you 44:46 the truth right now. 44:48 You can look it up in Spirit of Prophecy, 44:50 in Prophets and Kings, 44:52 page 161 through 166. 44:57 Once you listen carefully to this couple of lines here, 44:59 it's very... 45:01 If why this battle must be fought and it must be won. 45:06 The enemy's craft, that which he does, 45:11 which he tries to put in our way is most successful, 45:14 his work on me, maybe you, 45:17 is used mostly successfully 45:20 against those who are depressed. 45:28 He can work his workers most successful 45:32 on those whom are depressed. 45:37 Because when we are in that situation 45:40 and probably everyone has been at different times, 45:42 so I'm not trying to point a finger 45:43 at anything or anybody, we're looking for a way out, 45:45 we're looking to climb out. 45:48 We're looking for a way here that the enemy says 45:50 when you're that way, 45:52 you've taken your eyes off of Christ, 45:53 you're not claiming any promises of the Word, 45:56 you're not praying, you're not studying, 45:57 you're not going to services, you're not going to church, 45:59 you're not singing, 46:01 you're not doing anything right, 46:03 and how we going to get out of it? 46:05 We the enemy has us to where we cast off our only help. 46:11 Did you get it? 46:12 The only help that we have when we get depressed 46:15 and our mind becomes close, we cast off, 46:18 how many has fall into a well and there's no way out, 46:21 somebody throws you a rope, 46:22 takes the rope and throws aside, 46:23 say, I don't need it. 46:25 Well, give me that rope, 46:28 I don't even care who's holding the rope, 46:29 just give me the rope. 46:34 Don't let him be successful on me or you. 46:38 Don't let him be successful. 46:41 What can we do? 46:42 We did have nine minutes or so left, 46:44 I'm going to say this 46:45 don't anybody get depressed here. 46:50 You'll get to eat, everything will be fine. 46:52 But realize, this is something that's deadly 46:55 and millions will miss out on heaven 46:58 because they didn't understand the issues 47:01 that continue to go on the way they've been going. 47:04 There has to be a change, they will be happy, 47:06 heaven will be happy, the church will be happy, 47:08 the community will be happy, the home will be happy. 47:11 You see, when we come out of that, 47:14 and we live for Jesus. 47:15 So what can I do 47:17 if I've been buffeted by the old enemy, 47:19 and I've become discouraged, and I become depressed, 47:22 I become anxious. 47:25 Two Selected Messages, 47:27 page 242 and 243 makes this comment, notice it. 47:31 Notice, when the enemy has buffeted me, 47:33 and when he just trying most wore me out, 47:35 when I don't think I can take any more, 47:38 you know, what the council here is in Spirit of Prophecy, 47:40 it says right now, go right forward, 47:44 didn't say sit down, just go head along. 47:47 Go right forward. 47:49 "Go right along, singing, 47:53 making melody to God in your hearts, 47:56 even when depressed by sense of weight and sadness 47:59 light will come, and joy will be ours." 48:03 See, to me, that's exciting. 48:04 It will come. 48:06 You sing long enough, you pray long enough, 48:08 you praise long enough, I tell you, light will come, 48:12 and you will be eased up. 48:14 See, Paul knew about this, did he not? 48:17 Paul knew about afflictions, 48:19 probably more than most men will ever know besides Jesus. 48:23 Man, he knew about it. 48:25 You know, what he Paul said about afflictions? 48:27 2 Corinthians 4:17-18, quickly notice what he said. 48:32 He said, notice, this man had been beaten, 48:34 and shipwrecked, and then prison, 48:35 then treated as an outcast. 48:37 And where nobody seemed like loved him, and wanted him, 48:39 and he had a message from God 48:41 and notice what happened right here. 48:43 When he talked about affliction, he said, 48:45 "For our light affliction." 48:51 When I went through all that, somebody say, 48:52 what you went throughout, I'd keep them all day long. 48:56 You can't believe what happened, 48:58 you can't believe what I went through, 48:59 you can't believe this myth, 49:01 we need to be very careful about that 49:02 that we never uttered... 49:03 I'll talk about that in the moment if we have time. 49:06 But right now, Paul simply said all that he had been through, 49:09 think about this all he had been through, 49:11 he said, "Our light afflictions, 49:14 which is but for a moment..." 49:16 Right now, they seem like they're just going on and on, 49:18 day after day, but Paul said really in the scheme of right 49:21 eternal history of this world, it's very quick, 49:24 "For just a moment, 49:26 worketh for us a more exceeding and eternal weight of glory." 49:30 Verse 18, "While we look..." 49:32 Here we go again. 49:34 "While we look not at the things 49:36 which are seen..." 49:37 Those who are being depressed, 49:38 those who are tired and worn out, 49:40 don't look at the things that are present, 49:42 don't look at the situation, 49:43 don't look at the threatenings of this person and that person, 49:45 what somebody is going to do to you, 49:47 don't look at that, that's what Paul saying here. 49:49 "Not at the things that which are seen, 49:51 but at things which are not seen." 49:53 That means the heavenly. 49:55 Look at the promises of God, 49:56 this is 'cause we have to have faith, 49:59 we have to have faith. 50:00 "For the things..." 50:02 Notice, which he explains it here. 50:03 "For the things, which are seen are temporal," 50:06 is what the Bible said, 50:07 "but the things that are not seen," what? 50:09 "They are eternal." 50:10 We need to be looking at eternal things. 50:13 Where are you headed today? 50:15 Where am I headed today? 50:18 We cannot live, 50:20 we cannot be moving about on feelings and emotions. 50:24 Feelings and faith were told over and over 50:27 are just as distant or distinct as the east is from the west, 50:33 that's how far faith and feelings are apart. 50:36 Faith is not dependent on feelings, 50:40 it never has been, it never will be. 50:42 So when we need help, what do we do? 50:44 We go to God in prayer. 50:46 I'm encouraging today. 50:47 If you need help, go to God in prayer. 50:49 And then get off of your knees, 50:50 and then you go live out that prayer. 50:53 This is where you put it into action. 50:56 I'm praying that God will help me, 50:57 get over depression, 50:59 but I'm gonna stay right here in this little midst, 51:00 I'll keep my head down, I'm not going to... 51:01 Listen, I feel for that, I understand that 51:04 'cause all of us have felt like that at times, 51:06 I've had my head down at times, 51:07 and you understand what you're talking about here. 51:10 But I found out that you lift your head, 51:12 your redemption draweth nigh. 51:13 You look up because Jesus is there, 51:16 you focus on the eternal, 51:17 not what's going on in the world today, 51:20 and God's going to help us. 51:23 And when you finish asking, what do you do? 51:25 Live them out, 51:27 live out those that prayer that you just prayed, 51:30 get up and go about it, 51:31 about your father's business and you watch how it change. 51:34 Dart a prayer into heaven, sing a song, go help somebody, 51:38 go walk the dog, go walk yourself, 51:41 do something to get out of what just put you 51:43 maybe in that mess 51:44 because that's one of God's plans. 51:47 Little exercise, eating right kind of... 51:48 Having right kind of diet food. 51:52 I'll say this quickly right here, every dark thought, 51:56 every selfish thought. 51:58 Think about this. 52:01 Every doubt must be guarded against, 52:05 any time the enemy wants you to come 52:07 and start doubting the promises of God's word, 52:09 doubting this, doubting that, these things, these doubts, 52:13 even though they might come in your mind, 52:15 they are never to be spoken out loud. 52:19 And look how often we do it. 52:21 God have mercy on us. Think about it. 52:23 We're never to be spoken out loud. 52:24 Be careful with these words 52:27 that will honor the powers of darkness. 52:34 But please, remember today. 52:38 Jesus tells, especially this is such a beautiful promise. 52:41 He said, when you're lonely, 52:43 when you feel a little depressed, 52:45 when you're in pain, 52:47 when the sorrow is knocking at your door, 52:49 there's doubt that's jumping all around, 52:51 just the famous, you say, 52:54 scriptures in the Word of God in John 14:18, 52:57 notice, Jesus says, simply says "I will not." 53:03 I will not, what? 53:04 "I will not leave you or forsake you." 53:08 Regardless of how far down, He said I will not. 53:11 He keeps His promises. 53:13 He will not, we leave Him. 53:17 We leave him there, he is right there at the door. 53:19 There is our help. 53:21 Man, if you're starving to death 53:22 and somebody comes up with a bag of groceries, 53:26 you don't throw the groceries that person out, do you? 53:28 Say come on in, your help is there, Jesus is there. 53:33 He said, "I'm not going to leave you, 53:34 I won't forsake you." 53:35 Jesus is the living Savior. 53:37 He's the one that fights the enemy for us, 53:40 He's the one that fights the fog of doubt 53:42 that comes in our mind from time to time. 53:45 He's the one that brings the sunshine. 53:48 There is sunshine in my soul today. 53:50 Why not praise Him, 53:52 even if you don't feel like it today, 53:53 why not praise Him. 53:55 Philippians 4:4 says, 53:56 "Rejoice in the Lord always and again I say rejoice." 54:01 Oh, it's so good. 54:03 If we serve and praise the risen Savior, 54:05 then why not think about this question 54:08 that asks us in Colossians 3:1. 54:12 "If ye then be risen with Christ..." 54:14 Are we risen with Christ? 54:16 Those of you who are depressed, 54:17 those of you're going through kind of mess right now, 54:19 you need to be raised up in Christ Jesus. 54:21 If you'd be risen with Christ, 54:23 "Seek those things which are," what? 54:25 "Are above, where Christ sitteth 54:27 on the right hand of God." 54:29 Man, that's good news to me. 54:32 This will bring us out of that depression. 54:34 Read Isaiah 41:10, we cannot do that, 54:37 we cannot do that because of our time. 54:39 Philippians 4:8, read that when you have time. 54:42 I'm telling you, it bring you peace 54:44 and bread and encouragement. 54:45 Now I tell you, it'll enlighten you, 54:47 you'll have a peace, you'll have an enjoyment. 54:49 Philippians 4:8, "Finally, brethren, 54:51 whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, 54:54 whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure," 54:57 Philippians 4:8 "Whatsoever things are," what? 55:00 "Lovely, whatsoever things are good report. 55:03 If there be any virtue, if there be any praise," 55:07 notice this, "think on these things." 55:10 Oh, I'll tell you, praise God for these promises, 55:12 sure results of following God's plan are for us today. 55:16 His promises are sure we know that. 55:18 And in so doing, 55:20 we become more than conquerors through Jesus Christ. 55:22 Romans 8:37, 55:25 I'm going to pray quickly right now 55:26 for you those who made that decision 55:28 to come out of it right now. 55:29 Let's pray. 55:30 Merciful Father in heaven, we thank You for Your Word, 55:32 powerful, powerful it is. 55:34 Bless each one that's made that decision choice right now. 55:36 No more depression, 55:38 we're going to follow Jesus all the way. 55:39 I thank you in Jesus' name, amen. 55:43 As usual, we always thank God for each and every one of you. 55:46 Thank you for your prayers, thank you for your support. 55:48 Keep it up. 55:49 We want to keep continue to go to the world. 55:50 We love you, and we look forward 55:52 to seeing you next time. 55:55 Hello and welcome back, friends, 55:57 "Gentle Ways to Ease Depression." 56:00 Oh, I hope you were blessed, 56:02 I know, by these wonderful promises in God's Word, 56:06 you can't help, but be encouraged, 56:08 you can't help, but feel God's presence and His blessing. 56:12 Sharing God's Love, What the Bible Says. 56:15 This is program number 8, it's 8 out of 25. 56:19 That you can order just this one program 56:22 because I know it's something you want to listen to again. 56:25 You're going to want to write down 56:26 all of those Bible promises, 56:28 take time with it, put them in your Bible, 56:31 read them day by day, begin to memorize them 56:34 because they're there for you and they're there for me. 56:37 We can drink and we can eat of the Word of God 56:40 and be lifted up far above depression, 56:44 far above depression. 56:46 If you would like to have all 25, 56:48 we are offering all 25 Bible lessons 56:51 for love gift of just $175 or more. 56:55 That's a lot less than what you'd pay 56:57 for each individual one. 56:59 But if you'd like just today's, 57:01 we're going to offer this to you 57:03 for a love gift of just $8 or more. 57:06 We hope to hear from you. 57:08 All of us here at Behold the Lamb Ministry, 57:10 we are supporting ministries of God's church, 57:13 but we can't continue to go forward without you, 57:16 brothers and sisters, we need your financial support, 57:20 we need your prayers, we love to get your letters, 57:24 and we love to get your emails. 57:26 We want to hear from you. 57:27 And if you would like to order any of these, 57:28 you may call us here in the United States 57:32 at area code 618-942-5044 57:36 or email me, I love to get your emails. 57:39 And you may email us at 57:41 BeholdTheLambMinistries @yahoo.com 57:44 or order on our website 57:46 and that's BeholdTheLambMinistries.com. 57:48 Friends, until next time may our precious Lord 57:52 continue to lift you out of depression 57:55 and richly bless you and yours. |
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