Job and David both struggled with depression, demonstrating that even faithful Christians can experience dark emotions. While these feelings can be frequent for some, there is always a way of escape. The same salvation that redeems our souls also delivers us from depression and destructive emotions. Call upon the Lord without ceasing, knowing there is always hope in Him.
Psalms 69:1 KJV Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
Psalms 69:2 KJV I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Psalms 69:3 KJV I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Psalms 69:13 KJV But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
Be humble or be humbled.
Psalms 69:32 KJV The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.
Humbleness includes continually praising God, even in the midst of dark circumstances. As we trust in His sovereignty, we can confidently declare that God always has a plan, and His goodness prevails despite life's challenges and pitfalls. Knowing He will always lift us up, we can face adversity with hope and assurance.
Psalms 69:30 KJV I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
Unfortunately, many Christians today are looking to the wrong Zion and Jews. They look to the damned, while God looks upon the saved. They simply do not understand who the seed is, perhaps because they do not truly love His name.
Psalms 69:35 KJV For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
Psalms 69:36 KJV The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
The seed is Christ, and His name is Jesus, the King of the Jews. His kingdom consists of spiritual Jews, called Christians, who are marching to Zion, the Jerusalem above.
Galatians 3:16 KJV Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
Galatians 4:26 KJV But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
I remain perpetually perplexed as to why so many believe Jesus is not God. Actually, I know why: they lack the faith that reveals this truth.
John 1:1 KJV In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:14 KJV And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
John 1:5 KJV And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Jesus was born among the Jews and was the King of the Jews, yet for the most part, they rejected Him. Sonship has nothing to do with DNA and everything to do with Jesus.
John 1:11 KJV He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
John 1:12 KJV But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
John 1:13 KJV Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
If any man has ever seen God, it is because he has seen Jesus Christ.
John 1:18 KJV No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Jesus died for the sins of the whole world and wrapped this love in a gift called faith. He forces no one to love Him or receive this gift. You must receive this gift to be born again. Therefore, if you must receive it, you can also reject it.
John 1:29 KJV The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
John 1:12 KJV But as many as received him…
Jesus is the Rock and Peter is a stone that is part of the Rock.
John 1:42 KJV And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
If Jesus were the king of the modern state of Antichrist Israel—which is a mere fraction of the Promised Land—His reign would be deemed a failure. However, Jesus is the King of the Israel of God, a spiritual kingdom comprising all those who belong to Him. When He physically returns for the Promised Land, it will not be for just a sliver.
John 1:49 KJV Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
All of God's covenants are contingent upon the eternal covenant of Christ, which stands as the supreme agreement between God and man. There is no greater covenant than this, for it alone grants humanity the privilege of becoming part of God's peculiar treasure, a royal priesthood, and a holy nation. How is it that this holy nation is confused with an unholy nation?
Exodus 19:5 KJV Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
Exodus 19:6 KJV And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
1 Peter 2:9 KJV But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
The third day is a wonderful day!
Exodus 19:11 KJV And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
Are you ready for the sound of the trumpet, Christ friends?
Exodus 19:19 KJV And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
Gospilled Minute #103
Fun Fact: My wife misses many of my videos because she says I preach them to her five times before publishing them.
A true Christian cannot be a hypocrite at heart, for their heart belongs to Christ. However, we all struggle with the hypocrisy of the flesh. Part of my daily goal is to not be a hypocrite.
Job 36:13 KJV But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
Father, may we come before Your throne, humbly in truth and spirit, seeking the strength to overcome the hypocrisy of the flesh. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
