1 in 10 Americans struggle with depression.
1 in 13 suffer from anxiety, globally.
and these are just the top 2.
God wants to heal us, but he also wants us to ask for healing and restoration. He does not want us to live with depression, anxiety, or any other thing that isn't from him. If your a parent, think about your children for a minute. How much you love them, would do anything for them, and want them to succeed. You cannot imagine loving them more. Well God loves you more than that! We are all his children.
Matthew 7:7-11
Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find; knock and the door will be open to you. For everyone who ask receives; he who seeks finds; and he who knocks, the door will be opened. Which of you, if his son asks for break, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
(Before you start turning your wheels after reading this verse it is not talking about things we lust. James 4:3 says When you ask, you do not revive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. Also if you don't know how to go about asking James 1:5-7 clarifies, If any of you lack wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord..)
We ask for what we wish, look for what we miss, and go knocking on areas we feel locked out of.
What do you wish, miss, and feel locked out of?
With the statistics as high as they are some may wish they didn't have an anxiety attack, or suffer with depression. We may be seeking an answer, we just may not know what it is and feel locked out of ourselves. Jesus broke that barrier, to be what we were looking for and opened the locked door in our lives to reveal him! We are his sons and daughters, he loves you more than you can imagine, but he wants you to ask for him to help, to heal and restore you.
I have seen quite a few miracles. All of which I spent time in prayer for. Someone with extreme anger, completely delivered. Someone with issues because one leg was shorter than the other, grow! More big and small! Jesus wants to make you whole!! If it helps you have others pray with you. (Matthew 18:19-20)
When we look back at Exodus when Moses is leading the Israelites out of Egypt, the Israelites saw them coming and were terrified. Moses answered...
Exodus 14:13-14
Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you, you need only be still.
Then Moses parted the sea...member that story.
Look at that verse again, the Egyptians were a symbol of evil coming to hurt them. What's the evil in your life thats hurting you.
Ask him, Seek him, and Knock Knock on his door.
He will fight for you, you just need to be still. Still not meaning doing nothing, but praying, seeking, and knocking on his heart.
prayer:
Today for the prayer were gonna read Exodus 14:13-14 but instead of saying Egyptians were gonna insert what our evil is. (depression, rage, anxiety, bitterness, etc.)
Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverence the Lord will bring you today. The
you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only be still.
Say this over and over, everyday till you believe it!
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