THE KEY TO BREAKING DEPRESSION 🛡️ | Elijah & Mental Health (Part 5) John Giftah

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0:46 Speaker 2: Hello everyone, Welcome to this edition of the Fuel for

0:48 Speaker 2: the Soul with John gift of podcast. All through this week,

0:51 Speaker 2: we are looking at various lessons we can take away

0:53 Speaker 2: from the life of Elijah from One King chapter nineteen,

0:58 Speaker 2: where he's dealing with a deep sense of depression, so

1:01 Speaker 2: that we can take away some practical lessons so that

1:04 Speaker 2: we can have the right mental health that God has

1:07 Speaker 2: intended for us. And I want you to stay tuned

1:09 Speaker 2: because I'm going to release a special episode with Rainie

1:12 Speaker 2: Jacob on this aspect in a deeper fashion, because that's

1:15 Speaker 2: going to help you live the kind of life that

1:17 Speaker 2: God has intended for each one of us. So one

1:20 Speaker 2: of the things I wanted to understand. When you think

1:21 Speaker 2: about Elijah when he's in this deep depression and he's

1:24 Speaker 2: in a cave right now, there's a moment where he's

1:28 Speaker 2: in a cave and he hears God. Yeah. So when

1:31 Speaker 2: you look at verse fourteen when he just heard the

1:35 Speaker 2: voice of God, God is asking him, what are you

1:37 Speaker 2: doing here, Elijah? And then Elijah gives one big, you know,

1:41 Speaker 2: pain builds message, saying, oh, I've been zealous for the Lord,

1:46 Speaker 2: God of Hosts because the sons of Israel abandoned your covenant,

1:51 Speaker 2: torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword.

1:55 Speaker 2: I only I am left, and they're trying to take

1:59 Speaker 2: my life away. And verse fifteen onwards, the Lord speaks

2:03 Speaker 2: to Elijah and gives them the next assignment and goes

2:08 Speaker 2: on to say, I will I will leave seven thousands. However,

2:13 Speaker 2: so when he says that I'm the only one, God

2:16 Speaker 2: is saying, you know what, there are still seven thousand

2:19 Speaker 2: in Israel who have not bowed down to bail who's

2:22 Speaker 2: still on our side. They've not compromised okay, So I

2:26 Speaker 2: want you to understand something here. The next verse six,

2:30 Speaker 2: so Elijah departed from there and went ahead with the assignment.

2:34 Speaker 2: He had to meet with Elijah, and you know, and

2:37 Speaker 2: the story goes on. So I want you to understand

2:40 Speaker 2: something important here, right. The key to come out of

2:44 Speaker 2: that depression, to come out of the cave that you're in,

2:47 Speaker 2: to come out of the darkness that you're in, to

2:49 Speaker 2: come out is a moment where you may be in pain.

2:53 Speaker 2: You have been, you know, in a very desperate state.

2:57 Speaker 2: And the key at this point is for you to

3:00 Speaker 2: hear the voice of God. And as God gives you

3:03 Speaker 2: the next instruction, you start operating in it. You start

3:08 Speaker 2: moving ahead in it. And when you start doing what

3:11 Speaker 2: God has intended for you to do, when you start

3:13 Speaker 2: moving towards what God wants you to do, there is

3:16 Speaker 2: no more space for you to sit in the darkness

3:22 Speaker 2: that you were in. The minute he got his new assignment,

3:27 Speaker 2: he started going in that direction. All these thoughts of depression,

3:32 Speaker 2: these thoughts of oh, I don't want to live anymore,

3:34 Speaker 2: these thoughts of our fear have left Elijah completely. See.

3:41 Speaker 2: I remember this moment where there were two kids who

3:43 Speaker 2: came home many many years ago, and they were creating

3:46 Speaker 2: such a ruckus. You know, we had to keep telling

3:49 Speaker 2: don't touch this, don't climb there, Oh that's dangerous, don't

3:52 Speaker 2: drop that. We were getting so restless because they were

3:56 Speaker 2: so restless. We were like always on the tours, like,

3:59 Speaker 2: oh my gosh, be careful, and you know, things like that,

4:02 Speaker 2: to a point where my mom just brought two coloring

4:06 Speaker 2: note books with some color pencils and gave to the

4:10 Speaker 2: two kids. And after that we were at least they

4:14 Speaker 2: were at least they started coloring, and they forgot about

4:18 Speaker 2: all the destruction they were costing so long. See, I

4:22 Speaker 2: want you to understand the same way. Your mind has

4:25 Speaker 2: a certain element of energy to think proper thoughts, to

4:28 Speaker 2: think thoughts in accordance to the will and the world

4:30 Speaker 2: and the plan and purpose of God, to fulfill the

4:32 Speaker 2: purpose that God has for you. Or you could be

4:35 Speaker 2: entertaining negative thoughts, thoughts of depression, talks of defeat, thoughts

4:39 Speaker 2: of negativity, and I love your life to be in

4:42 Speaker 2: a very gloomy way. My question is like, Elijah, can

4:46 Speaker 2: you get to that place where maybe you were depressed,

4:50 Speaker 2: maybe God had to speak to you and comfort you

4:53 Speaker 2: and give you that word to say. Like when Elijah

4:56 Speaker 2: was feeling like, oh, I'm the only one, God had

4:58 Speaker 2: to tell him You're not the only one. There are

5:00 Speaker 2: seven thousand other people who are on our side. You're

5:03 Speaker 2: not the only one suffering in this. You're not the

5:06 Speaker 2: only one going through this. You're not the only one

5:09 Speaker 2: who went through this kind of negative experience. You are

5:13 Speaker 2: not the only one. Maybe that was the word that

5:17 Speaker 2: Elijah needed at that point that healed him, because right

5:21 Speaker 2: after that God tells him this is your next assignment.

5:24 Speaker 2: Go and what happens The minute he's busy doing that,

5:28 Speaker 2: he forgets about all that he just thought about. So long?

5:33 Speaker 2: Are you what I'm saying? You know, I wanted to

5:37 Speaker 2: just try this out. Okay, wherever you are now, close

5:40 Speaker 2: your eyes and don't think about a crocodile. Don't think

5:47 Speaker 2: about a crocodile. Don't think about a crocodile. All right, now,

5:53 Speaker 2: what came to your mind? I'm sure it was a crocodile.

5:56 Speaker 2: I told you don't think about a crocodile, but I'm

5:58 Speaker 2: sure you kept seeing a crocodile in your mind. Now,

6:04 Speaker 2: I want you to think about a cute little puppy,

6:07 Speaker 2: a cute little puppy that just runs around, wiggles with tale.

6:12 Speaker 2: Keep thinking, now, what did you think about the puppy

6:16 Speaker 2: right now? No, none of you thought about the crocodile,

6:20 Speaker 2: which I told you don't think about. See, your mind

6:23 Speaker 2: tends to focus on the thing that is the object

6:27 Speaker 2: of your statement. Like for example, when I said don't

6:30 Speaker 2: think about the crocodile again, your mind was still thinking

6:34 Speaker 2: about the crocodile. When I said think about the puppy,

6:39 Speaker 2: the mind was thinking about the object, which was the puppy.

6:43 Speaker 2: See what this is a principle I want you to understand.

6:46 Speaker 2: The minute your mind starts thinking about what God wants

6:49 Speaker 2: you to think about, what God wants you to focus

6:51 Speaker 2: on the assignment in front of you, you will not

6:54 Speaker 2: have the time or the mind to actually think about

6:58 Speaker 2: the negative thing. The minute Elijah's mind was filled with

7:02 Speaker 2: the new assignment, he forgot about what he just went through.

7:07 Speaker 2: This is a message for some of you. Maybe the

7:11 Speaker 2: reason why you are still not able to let go

7:15 Speaker 2: of the replaying in your mind about the negative things

7:18 Speaker 2: that are making you feel so gloomy is because you're

7:20 Speaker 2: constantly thinking about what you're not supposed to think about,

7:25 Speaker 2: even though you know you're not supposed to think about it,

7:27 Speaker 2: because it's still the object. Like the way I told

7:30 Speaker 2: you don't think about the crocodile, you keep on thinking

7:33 Speaker 2: about the crocodile because you keep in your mind like, oh,

7:36 Speaker 2: I should not think about this, I should not think

7:37 Speaker 2: about it. By that process, you end up thinking about it.

7:40 Speaker 2: But if you can focus on what you're supposed to

7:44 Speaker 2: think about, when you focus on fulfilling your purpose, focus

7:48 Speaker 2: on doing what God hasn't call you to do, focus

7:52 Speaker 2: on what is the assignment in front of you. What

7:55 Speaker 2: happens when you're doing the right thing, you will not

7:58 Speaker 2: be able to think about the wrong life. I want

8:02 Speaker 2: to pray in Jesus' name, like Elijah, you will experience

8:06 Speaker 2: the deliverance right now with the name of Jesus, that

8:09 Speaker 2: the Lord will speak to you in your place, wherever

8:13 Speaker 2: you are, that you will encounter the Lord. Instead of

8:17 Speaker 2: allowing the depression to make you go away from God,

8:20 Speaker 2: this depression will cause you to go towards the Lord.

8:23 Speaker 2: Instead of allowing this darkness and this gloominess to take

8:27 Speaker 2: control of your life. I pray that you will be

8:30 Speaker 2: drawn closer to God to a point where you can

8:34 Speaker 2: hear the voice of God, where you will be able

8:36 Speaker 2: to discern his voice, and the Lord will speak to you,

8:40 Speaker 2: minister to you, heal you, comfort you, because he said

8:43 Speaker 2: in his word, he sent his rama word and he healed.

8:47 Speaker 2: He will send his word and he will heal this

8:50 Speaker 2: spoken word. And what happens once he's healing you and

8:53 Speaker 2: restoring you. What happens, He's going to give you the

8:56 Speaker 2: next assignment for you to go focus on. And when

8:59 Speaker 2: you are so focused on your next assignment, when you

9:02 Speaker 2: are pressing forward like the apostle word to what is

9:05 Speaker 2: ahead of you, not looking at what was behind you,

9:09 Speaker 2: what happens you will be able to move forward into

9:12 Speaker 2: the next level of the destiny that God has in

9:15 Speaker 2: store for you. I really challenge you to leave a

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