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Depression [Morning Devo] · The BLAZE (Bible Study)

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Good morning, Good morning family, God, welcome back to the Morning Devo.
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Is your bro Sam Lopez a kadj Sam Rock, so Win is with
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a z dot org live that so Win is with a z dot org and
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streaming out all the social media platforms including YouTube on my YouTube channel, which
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is Dj sam Rock. I hope you're blessed the new start of a new
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week. Amen, and we're here once again on the Morning Devo on a
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session that I believe that if you start off with God, you start your
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day off in the word of God. Amen, you will start your day
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off in the right direction. And if you finish the day off, or
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you finish your night off before you go to sleep praying to the Lord of
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Heaven and Earth, Amen, your night will go according to the purposes of
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God. I truly believe that I'm not saying that nothing bad is gonna happen
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to me and nothing bad is gonna happen to you, because we live in
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a broken world. But what I am saying is that your spirit will be
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tuned in to what God has for your life and what God has for my
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life and for your family. Amen. Will lead us and guide us,
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and guard us and protect us. From the evil one, from evil,
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from things that are not supposed to be. God will make things straight when
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things look crooked, Amen, And He will be with us and in us
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and working through us. Amen. I know that for sure today we're gonna
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touch on the topic that I believe is very very pressing according to the analytics,
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a little technical here of what I'm seeing my chat ministry, Amen,
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of many people are dealing with this issue lately, and it's been just op
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pressing on my heart. And I really pray for these people and for these
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souls Amen, that are going through what I call and what it's known as
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depression. Men. And I know it's gonna sound tough this morning, Devo.
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Is gonna be tough because a lot of people are really really struggling with
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depression, Amen, for whatever reason. And today we're going to see from
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the word of God, Amen, how God is concerned with our concerns when
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it comes to depression, to mental health, a mental well being, our
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struggles in life a man. We might have anger issues, might have anxiety
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issues. But today we're about depression. Depression very important. Amen. If
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you were sitting in front of me and we were in the studio together,
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and you were telling me you were depressed. Amen, I would take you
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to these same scriptures and then I'm going to share today, Amen, on
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the morning Devo. I don't see the live here or here it goes.
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That was crazy delay, it is imposed. Okay, this is the question,
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This is the question I have. Is it possible that sin is the
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cause of depression? You ever wondered why do I feel so depressed? Why
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do I feel so down today? Could it be? This is my question?
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Is it possible that sin falling short of the target? Falling short of
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the mark that God has set for us? Amen? Is it possible that
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sin is the cause of depression? That's the question for today. We're going
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to be in Genesis chapter number four versus six to seven. That will be
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our key scripture for today, Genesis chapter four versus six to seven. So
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we're going to be there today in the morning Devo. If you have any
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questions, comments, concerns, prayer requests, or anything along those lines,
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please don't hesitate to leave it on a live chat. That's what we're here
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for. That's what we do here in the morning Devote, and I hope
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and pray that you'll be blessed today, Amen, and helped and delivered and
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set free from anything that the enemy of your soul and the enemy of my
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soul is trying to do to us mentally and physically. You know, there's
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a battle field of going right on right now, and there's a battle going
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on for our minds to control of our minds. Is a battle going on
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right now. We may not see with our physical eyes, but we know
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it's there, and we know spiritually, Amen and supernaturally, that God is
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fighting for us, and he wins the battle. He won the war,
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He wins the battles, and he protects and guide to us. I'm sorry,
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I keep on looking down so that I want to make sure I don't
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forget to share this. On the Blaze Bible Studies is a private group.
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It's called the Blaze Bible Studies. Amen. If you're not part of that
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group, a man just requests to be a part of it, and man,
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you'll be there along with over seven hundred individuals that are on there on
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the Bible Study Group. Amen, the Blaze Bible Studies. So let's go
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for it. Let's see what God has for us today on the morning DEVO
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and Amen. We're gonna pray first. After we pray, we'll share this
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out for like sixty seconds, and when we come back on the other side
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of the sixty seconds, we'll make sure that we get right into it.
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Today's titles called depression made it very clear. We're talking about depression and a
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lot of us are struggling in this area. And I'm praying and I'm hoping,
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and I'm trusting God by way of Holy Spirit that he will get you
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out of there, Amen, get you out of that down feeling and that
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downcast spirit. He will get you out, Amen, because He loves you.
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He wants you to lift you up. He doesn't want to beat you
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down like so many people think that God is just up there just wants to
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beat us down every time we make a mistake or every time we send that
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God's got to take a hammer and clock us over the head with it.
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No, that's not the God that I serve. I don't know what God
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that is a man. All I know is the God that we serve.
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The God that I serve is the God of love, grace and mercy.
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So Father, I thank you so much for today. I thank you lot
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God that you have taken me out for my depression and when I was dealing
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with depression and I was dealing with all those thoughts. Amen, you came
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to where I was to bring me to where you are. And I thank
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you, Lo God, that you can continue to do that day by day
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in my life. And I know Father, that you would do that in
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every single individual life who's dealing right now with depression. I pray a peace
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over their hearts, peace over their minds, physically, emotionally and spiritually.
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I pray the hosts that Heaven will move according to your word for us today,
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that you have for us today, your inspired word, your word that
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is so powerful that it could change our circumstances. It could change and transform
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our lives right now in an instant. All we have to do, Lord
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God, Thank you, Lord God, that all we have to do is
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trust and put our faith and hope in You, Lord Jesus. I pray
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forth arkring angels and dispatch ministering angels, warrant angels to do the works of
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the work that you have intended for those angelic hosts to do in our lives,
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individually and together. I pray that by the power and by the authority
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of the name of Yeshuah Hamashiak Jesus the Christ, the Lord on High.
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I pray, Lord God, that you would can send to teach us and
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continue to move us in the right direction as we are inspired by your word,
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and we're continue to trust in your word and believe in your word and
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share and spread your word by way of Holy Spirit. God. My prayer,
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it's by faith knowing that you answer these prayers according to your purpose.
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For each individual that's connecting now that will connect later and them and their families
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meet and my families. Thank you for the hedge of protection that no enemy,
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no weapon will be forged against us that will prosper. The weapons will
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be forged, but they will not prosper. The enemy we will try to
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attack our families. We try to attack our finances. You will try to
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attack our health. He would try to attack our mind. Well. By
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the power that we have in Christ, when we're in Christ, none of
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that will succeed. Thank you for all of it right now in Jesus' name,
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Amen and amen. So let's go for it. Help me share this
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out sixty seconds. If you know somebody right now that's not on social media,
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but you know they can be helped by Today's Morning Devo send them straight
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to live that So when is with A Z the Orgy when we're live,
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or so when is with A Z the Orgy? You can send them the
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link right then and there. Also you can just copy and paste the details
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of this right now, this live and send them the details and they could
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click to any button they want to go to. They want to go to
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social media, or they want to go to the website. It'll be right
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there by way of clicking the links. So thank you so much in advance,
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and after the sixty seconds we'll get right into it. I promise I'd
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be right back. So many, so many groups I share to Amen,
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it's incredible. As soon as I look up all my timer times already done.
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Amen. So let's see what the Lord has for us. We're talking
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about something that I believe that a lot of us are going through. Amen,
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from the ministry that I have when I do, I call it ap
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apologetics. So I call it the ministry and social media and on these apps,
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I have a chat platform Amen that I get literally literally hundreds of chats
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a week. Amen. If you're willing to help in that part of the
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ministry. Amen. I could use some help, some volunteers, and if
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you're willing to share what you know by way of the gospel, Amen.
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I'm putting together a webinar soon to introduce that to people that don't know about
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the ministry that I do outside of what I'm doing right now. Amen.
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And it's a task, Amen. But I believe there's souls that because of
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chat, because text text thing, people will rather text than talk. I
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believe it's a powerful ministry. We want to be a part of that.
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Stay tuned. I got something coming very soon. Low willing, Amen.
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If he allows me to get that done, let's go for it. I'm
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gonna get the screens ready for those who are just listening. No worry,
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no no problem. You're gonna hear word for word what we're reading together.
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Amen. We're gonna be in Genesis chapter number four, verse versus six to
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seven. Amen. Genesis four versus six to seven. Today we're talking about
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depression. Amen. And that I kind of like cringe when I say,
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because I know this is going to hit home for a lot of people,
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hit home for a lot of people, and pay that try to help.
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Amen. And I'm trusting the word of God and the spirit of God aspire
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word of God to really help us through. If that's you, Amen,
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definitely could happen to any single person, any one of us. Amen.
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Depression hits and it's a tough place to be. But I'm believing that God
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knows before it happens in our lives, and he's willing and his purposes and
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plan is to help us through under depression. Genesis chapter four, verses six
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to seven. The Bible says, why are you so angry? The Lord
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asks kin, why do you look so dejected? Other versions say why do
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you look so downcast? You will be accepted if you do what is right,
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But if you refuse to do what is right, then watch out.
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Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you, but you must
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subdue it and be its master. Wow. If you know the story about
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canaan Abel, you know the little brothers, right, and one brother killed
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the other because he felt that God didn't receive his offering like his brother was
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received. So he got angry and literally literally his anger caused him to sin
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against his brother to a point where he killed his brother. So's it's tough,
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It's a tough conversation, Amen, but I believe it's an important conversation
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to have, Brother Rickie. God bless you. Good morning. Thank God
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for another day. Yes, thank God for a new day and another day.
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You're so right. We need to thank God for every single day that
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we're alive. Amen. Had it not been for the Lord, Amen,
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where will we be today? Amen? So thank you so much for coming
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through to the morning Devo, my brother, my friends, So listen,
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what does this mean? Is it possible that sin could be the cause of
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depression? I know people might be so genetics, it's a disorder and a
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hormonal thing. Psychiatrist say it is a mental health issue Amen, And I
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think that's true in certain cases as well. But also I believe this could
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be a trigger to all kinds of depression, sin, anger, murderous thoughts,
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suicidal thoughts. Where does that come from? Well, if you're a
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believer in God and Christ, in Christ Jesus, those things come from outside
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and try to come inside of our way of thinking. Amen. And when
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whatever you ponder, whatever you think about the most, will become a reality
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physically, so something that's spiritual. Right. I believe our thoughts are spiritual
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I believe there's a battle field for our minds. I believe that right now,
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thoughts are being hurled through social media there right now, and distraction is
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trying to hit you and trying to hit me, and the enemy is trying
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to stop these messages. I believe that's all happening right now. But if
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we stay focused on the perfector and the author and finisher of our faith,
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Jesus, we will be okay, and we will fight the good fight of
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faith over our minds. I think that's where it's all at. In our
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mind the enemy knows. If he can control our thoughts, he will control
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our attitude. If we can control our attitude, he will control our actions.
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If we can control our actions, then we are bound to what he
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wants us to do. But how many people know that if you're in Christ,
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God will guard our hearts and minds through his power, through his love,
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through his grace, and through his mercy. And when we follow put
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our whole faith in trust in Him, we will not fail. We will
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be in victory. We will walk forward in power and an authority. And
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when depression tries to hit, we stop depression at the door. When Jesus
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answers the door of depression and says no more. Amen. So this is
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a fight, a good fight of faith for our minds, for our mental
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health, for our well being a man. And if you're in a place
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of anger and God is clear about anger, he says, don't go to
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sleep angry. You don't let you could be angry, but do not sin
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because of anger. God is clear by anger. We need to be present
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in the power of God. We need to know who we are, whose
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we are, what we're doing. We need to be sober minded, we
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need to think clearly. Our conscience could be cleared up right now. Depression
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could be caused by sin. Absolutely. I believe that one hundred percent.
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According to the Cananable story, we know that one of the brothers was really
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angry at the other brother, and I believe the reason why King killed Abel
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is because he felt that he wasn't being received, or he wasn't being yet
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received by God the way his brother was. It could have been triggered by
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jealousy anger, definitely, and it could cause him to be downcast. This
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version says that the Lord said to King, why you're so angry? Why
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is your face downcast? See that why you're so depressed. And God is
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asking the question to make Adam realize what he had done. Excuse me,
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not Adam, what Cain had done, trying to make him realize, trying
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to make him admit it. Right. If you do what is right,
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simply right. If you do what is right, you get the right results.
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I believe that that's a universal truth. It's right, get the right
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results. I'm not saying that bad things are not going to happen. I
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hope you hear me. Clearly, we're in a broken world. I understand
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clearly that this world is broken. I understand clearly that everybody doesn't believe in
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the same God that we believe in that I believe in. I understand that
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everybody doesn't want to follow the Lord Jesus Christ, that everybody doesn't believe that
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Jesus is God. Understand that completely. I hear the arguments. I'm in
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conversation sometimes myself about it. But theymen. But I know there's a God
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of having and earth, and I know there's a God who changed me and
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transformed my life. He continues you and transform you. All you have to
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do, I know he can, or you have to do is trust him.
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So when God approached Cain with these questions, why are you angry?
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We could ask ourselves why we get angry? Why am I angry? Right?
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Why are you angry? That's a question. But the Frank, I
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see you, God, bless you, Welcome back to the morning, Devo.
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Good morning. People sometimes get angry because they can't fix the problem right
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away, so their minds get corrupted by the enemy. Yes, yes,
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especially men. Right, we want to fix the problem right away, and
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if we can't figure it out, and a lot of men are like this,
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including myself. The fact that we can't figure something out, like you
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said, causes us to wonder, causes us to get into places where our
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minds shouldn't be. Amen. So I literally have to force myself sometimes to
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just back up, slow down, not say much, ponder on what God
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is saying, try to hear his voice more than what I'm trying to do.
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I have to force myself to do that. Thank you so much for
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the comment. So, if you do what is right, you will not
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be you will will you not be accepted? Amen? In other words,
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if you do what is right with God, won't God accept you? Right?
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That's the question. But if you do not do what is right sin.
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So sin is something that you know is not right, and you do
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it anyway right, especially if we have the Holy Spirit God living in us,
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Holy Spirit God living in us. When we sin, having the Holy
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Spirit of God living inside of us, do you understand that we're sinning against
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Holy Spirit first and foremost, and we sin against our own bodies and against
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other people. Hey man, we know what's right, but we rather do
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what's wrong. That's the battle between the Spirit of God, which is always
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right, which is always doing good things, which is always full of truth,
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which is always powerful, and our flesh, our old nature, trying
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to come back and say, hey, I'm here, I want to do
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what I want to do, so let me do what I want to do.
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The flesh always wants its own way, and it could get us into
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a place of anger and depression if we're not careful. That's why God continues
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to say, Sis a joint and I see you. Good morning, God,
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bless you. Welcome to the morning, Devo. So God says,
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but if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your
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door. It desires. Sin is on its own, It has its own
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kind of power. It desires to have you, but you must master it.
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Don't let sin master you. You are a master over sin if you
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have the power to overcome sin by the power holding spirit of God. Realized
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this a long time ago. When I first got saved, I saw the
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difference. I was like, wait a minute, these things, these thoughts,
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these desires, this depression, this anxiety cannot control me anymore. Because
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I noticed when God saved my life, Amen, I prayed to him and
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he answered the prayer. It was an amazing, amazing encounter that I had
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with God personally, and when he answered the prayer, I was like,
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I felt like different. I already knew there was something going on. I
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didn't know what was going on, to be honest, but I knew something
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woke up inside of me. It was the spirit man. Now I know
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is the spirit man inside of me that woke up. And when the depression,
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the anger, and those issues used to come, I used to be
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able to look at it at that point on, going from that point forward
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and tell those things now, not today. You ain't gonna be able to
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master my thoughts. You're not gonna be able to control me. You're not
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gonna be able to keep me in depression any longer. And I started diving
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into the word because now I knew. I said, okay, now it's
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on. Now I got a weapon of warfare. Now I have God,
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Now I have Christ Jesus, now I have Holy Spirit. It's on and
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popping right now. Depression, you gotta go, Anxiety, you gotta go,
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evil, sinful desires. You're gonna be dealt with. And it's gonna
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be a good fight of faith moving forward. And I was used to fighting
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my way through, Amen. But now with the power Holy Spirit God,
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we have a way to fight that. The enemy can't stop us. That
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depression when it tries to control our mind, control our life, cannot stay
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any longer. So, yes, depression is real. We see all through
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the scriptures, the men of God, they dealt with anxiety, anger,
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depression, all of it. Amen. So what would make us think that
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we wouldn't go through the same situations and struggle the same way as all the
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prophets and the apostles struggled with and people that we see all through the scriptures.
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Jesus himself, a man, came to a place where he knew he
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was going to suffering across and he came to the Garden of consentimony and you
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can read it for yourself. And he was stressed and man, his body
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was physically stressed. And then his thought life and what was going to happen.
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He took it to the Father and even asked the Father, listen,
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if I could go another route, can you just show me another way,
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a way out? And I'll do that, but not my will, Jesus
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said, yo will be done. Incredible God himself showing us that he has
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feelings. A lot of people don't think that God has feelings. A lot
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of people think that God doesn't care about us, but he does really care.
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As a matter of fact, I believe he's the only one that truly
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cares for us in a loving way, in a loving way and true love.
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Manuel Johnson, Good morning, God, bless you. Welcome to the
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morning Devo. Casting down every stronghold that wants to exalt itself against the knowledge
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of God. We do that, and we cast it down by the power
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of God in us and working through us. Yes, preach that word,
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because that's the word that will get us out of depression. That's the word
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that will get us through angry moments. Amen, that's the word that will
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get us through anxiety. That's the word that will get us out of the
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sinfle thought process that we might be facing right now today. Thank you so
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much for your comment. Amen. Amen, Amen, you are absolutely right
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a man the word of God. I'm on point. Let's boast a little
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bit about God. When you read his word. Amen, we are always
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right. When we read his word and apply his word, we are always
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right. But when I decide to go my own way, amen, and
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look at the scriptures and then still want to do something my way, Amen,
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I gotta get ready. Sin is crouching at the door, according to
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the scriptures, and Sin wants to master me. But no, I'm going
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to be a master over sin because I have broken free from the bondage of
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sin. Listen closely. A lot of people say, you always say you
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don't sin. I didn't ever say it on sin. I always say what
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the scripture says, that we are no longer bound to sin, just like
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we're no longer bound to the law right, to the law of Moses,
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the tank commandments, we're not bound to that, including the tithe because the
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tithes became a law. Amen. A lot of people strike that down.
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Every time I say this, say no, we still have to follow the
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law. Yeah, we have to follow the law and commandments. Jesus said
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a new commandment, I give you love God with everything you have, which
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is part of the original commandments. Right, and love your neighbor as you
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love yourself a man. On those Jesus says, on those two we complete
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it all. We complete it all, Amen, So we don't have to
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worry about the law. The law of God a man is still eternal,
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It's still there a member, we're not bound by the law, if that
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makes any sense. I want to really break that down one day a mem
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but it won't be on a morning deal. I don't think I'll do it
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on the morning devo. Maybe the law won't make me want me to do
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it on a morning devo. But it could definitely be a series of discussion,
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could have on my other shows. Amen, because a lot of people
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really think that they need to go by the tank commandments, and man,
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I don't think that's a winning battle, because if you break one, you
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broke them all. The Word says, So I'd rather go in Christ,
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Amen, follow the two commandments that he says that on those two all the
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other six hundred and thirteen commandments hinge on. Amen. In Christ, can
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I do that on my own? Absolutely not. I don't think you could
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do it on your own either, But in Christ we could do it.
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Amen. So Holy Spirit will guide us and guard us. Amen. And
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we have Ricky says, Holy Spirit activate. Yes. Amen. We have
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to activate what we know. Amen. And we have to tell people what
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we know. Don't be shy. Amen. I believe that the word of
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God when it comes to depression and when we see people in depression, suffering
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from it, or if it attacks us individually, I believe the word of
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God is the answer. That the word of God is the solution. God
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is the way out of depression and anger and all that that comes with it.
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Amen. So I believe that truly one hundred percent. And I believe
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the word of God stands up to any question that this world has for us.
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I believe the word of God is relevant and stands up to any situation
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in life a man, and it is true and it's relevant. We have
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the victory in Christ Jesus. Yes we do, man, well, yes
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we do, not by might nor power, but by His Spirit. Yes,
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that's something we need to know about So Genesis chatter four amount of time
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here, read the whole chapter three yourself get a better grasp. The question
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was, is it possible that sin is the cause of depression? Can Cain
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was depressed because of sin in his life, And that's an argument that stands
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up if you read Genesis chapter four. So be careful with sin. Sin
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has no benefit to us. A man separates us from our relationship with God
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and causes depression and everything else that tries to attack our mental I believe the
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core of that is sin. Amen, So thank you so much for hanging
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out with me. I hope this helped you. Amen. I'll continue to
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pray for you. If you're in a state of depression. Amen, continue
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to pray for me and my family. I'll continue to pray for you and
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your family. But let me send you with a blessing. God. Bless
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you, God keep you, and remember always that God is good. Peace.