Breaking the Spirit of Heaviness

Messages - Restore Church · Apr 28, 2025

BREAKING THE SPIRIT OF HEAVINESS - PART IIsaiah 61:1-3 NKJVThere is such a thing as a spirit of heavinessESV calls it a “faint spirit”NASB 2020 calls it a “disheartened spirit”The Message calls it a “languid spirit”In the original Hebrew heaviness can mean a burning fire withoutflame or despair that pertains to being in a state of anxiety and silenthopelessness (that’s why the NLT uses “despair”)Lets look at some current stats today regarding depressionDepression has been called the common cold of mental illnessIn the U.S. each year 11,000,000 suffer from itAccording to the Practical…