WEBVTT 00:02.160 --> 00:02.820 Amen. 00:03.580 --> 00:09.860 Thank Pastor Anderson, Brother Chris Segura for giving me this opportunity to preach to you this evening time. 00:12.460 --> 00:12.940 Also, 00:14.120 --> 00:20.160 thanks to a lot of you for helping me out and supporting me during this past two years. In November 2024, 00:20.740 --> 00:26.000 I arrived here in the US. It's been two years. And if I look at all the events that have unfolded, 00:26.240 --> 00:30.680 I can confidently say that God is the one who brought me here, you know. 00:30.680 --> 00:35.820 And I'm happy to serve God here at Faithful Word Baptist Church, where I know I'm in the presence of God. 00:36.400 --> 00:36.880 Right? 00:38.840 --> 00:42.820 So you're there in Proverbs chapter 18. Look at verse 14. 00:43.700 --> 00:47.500 Proverbs 18, 14, the spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity, 00:48.120 --> 00:54.140 but a wounded spirit who can bear, but a wounded spirit who can bear. The title of the sermon is 00:55.240 --> 01:00.980 depression, depression, or dealing with depression, or depression especially. How to overcome depression? 01:01.140 --> 01:03.460 How to deal with depression if you're a Christian? 01:04.700 --> 01:06.720 Right? If you look at this verse here, it says, 01:07.740 --> 01:11.560 the spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity, but a wounded spirit who can bear. 01:11.800 --> 01:18.060 You may be physically sick and still have the strength of spirit to endure that infirmity. Right? 01:18.400 --> 01:22.840 Like for example, here's the thing. Job, he lies, sorry, Satan is a liar. 01:22.840 --> 01:28.860 He tells God, if you strike Job, if you strike his body, he's gonna curse you, but that's not the case. 01:28.940 --> 01:31.980 He doesn't do that because Job has a strength of the spirit. 01:32.880 --> 01:37.600 But look at the other part of the verse, but what happens when the spirit itself is sick? 01:37.680 --> 01:40.380 When the spirit itself is wounded, who can bear that? 01:40.920 --> 01:46.100 That is far more grievous, that is worse than having just a physical ailment. Right? 01:47.400 --> 01:52.000 So I want to preach on depression, you know, the sickness of 01:52.000 --> 01:57.220 the heart, when the wound, when your heart, when your spirit is wounded. 01:57.640 --> 02:00.760 You know, there is a false teaching out there, I don't know if you've heard it, it's called hedonism, 02:02.600 --> 02:06.000 where it is taught that Christians who are not happy are not saved. 02:07.040 --> 02:09.320 If you're not happy, you're not saved. 02:09.620 --> 02:13.780 And one person who actually promotes this is a false teacher by the name John Piper. 02:14.240 --> 02:18.140 Pretty sure you've heard of that. This guy's always preached this lie, he said, 02:18.140 --> 02:22.100 You will go to hell if you're not happy in Jesus. 02:22.720 --> 02:24.740 You will go to hell if you don't have joy in Christ. 02:24.940 --> 02:27.320 And that is such false teaching. You don't believe that? 02:27.640 --> 02:30.180 You know, John Piper is a false teacher. He's a Calvinist. 02:30.400 --> 02:31.880 He'll burn in hell for all eternity. 02:32.260 --> 02:36.320 I'm just waiting for the day he dies so I can praise God when he's in hell, right? 02:36.940 --> 02:41.460 Deceiving a lot of Christians with a thinly availed work salvation, right? 02:42.400 --> 02:45.260 Here's the thing, you can be saved today, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, 02:45.380 --> 02:46.680 and still live a miserable life. 02:47.380 --> 02:48.880 You can still live a miserable life. 02:48.980 --> 02:50.880 Not only that, you can go to heaven and suffer loss. 02:51.720 --> 02:52.980 Right? That's what the Bible teaches. 02:53.900 --> 02:55.660 Now, when it comes to depression though, 02:56.280 --> 03:00.220 everybody, we all go through moments of discouragement, 03:01.000 --> 03:03.680 disappointments, phases of depression, right? 03:04.800 --> 03:06.020 Now generally, I looked up, 03:06.760 --> 03:12.080 depression refers to an intense feeling of sadness and hopelessness. 03:12.920 --> 03:15.520 There is also something called as clinical depression. 03:16.320 --> 03:19.200 Clinical depression is like extreme case of depression 03:19.200 --> 03:24.080 where it becomes a psychological problem, extreme depression. 03:24.400 --> 03:27.860 And not only that, sometimes it also becomes a demonic problem, you know? 03:29.520 --> 03:33.300 You know, in Germany, the month of November is called the month of depression. 03:33.560 --> 03:34.360 I don't know if you've heard of that. 03:34.940 --> 03:37.520 Most countries in the Northern Hemisphere, you know, 03:37.640 --> 03:40.380 when the sunlight is no longer there, 03:40.680 --> 03:42.820 when all the leaves are dry, 03:42.820 --> 03:44.940 all the leaves are falling, it's no longer green. 03:45.520 --> 03:46.260 So it's gloomy. 03:46.340 --> 03:49.400 Apparently people say that there's a shift of chemicals in your brain 03:49.400 --> 03:51.400 and people get a lot more depressed. 03:52.160 --> 03:58.800 And in Germany, there are more number of suicides that happen in the month of November. 03:59.800 --> 04:02.120 And praise God for Phoenix weather, you know? 04:02.340 --> 04:05.200 Great choice, Pastor Anderson, that you started a church here. 04:05.280 --> 04:07.540 You didn't want people to be gloomy when they come to church. 04:07.960 --> 04:09.760 You know, even you go in the middle of the winter, 04:09.760 --> 04:12.740 middle of the day, the sunlight is burning on you. 04:12.820 --> 04:13.720 Praise God for that, yeah? 04:16.400 --> 04:18.760 So there are three causes for depression. 04:19.080 --> 04:20.340 Why people get into depression? 04:20.640 --> 04:21.720 There are three causes. 04:21.920 --> 04:28.260 Number one, depression caused by hurt inflicted by other people, right? 04:29.000 --> 04:31.820 You were at the wrong time, the wrong place. 04:32.180 --> 04:33.080 Somebody did you bad. 04:33.760 --> 04:34.900 You were really innocent. 04:35.040 --> 04:36.120 You didn't do anything wrong. 04:36.580 --> 04:39.100 But because of the actions of somebody else, 04:39.100 --> 04:41.840 you have to deal with the consequences of it and you're depressed. 04:42.760 --> 04:46.400 And number two, depression caused by self-infliction. 04:46.540 --> 04:48.540 You were dumb enough to live a wicked life. 04:48.680 --> 04:51.940 You did something stupid and you have to deal with the consequences of it 04:51.940 --> 04:53.140 and that's why you're depressed. 04:54.040 --> 04:59.020 And number three, depression caused as a result of suffering persecution. 04:59.760 --> 05:03.720 You've served God, you've preached the truth, you've took a stand for Christ 05:03.720 --> 05:07.680 and you're being persecuted and there's depression as a result. 05:07.680 --> 05:12.600 And most of the depression that the Bible talks about is this third category. 05:12.960 --> 05:16.460 People are depressed because they serve God and they serve persecution because of it. 05:16.540 --> 05:18.020 Now turn to John chapter 9. 05:18.440 --> 05:20.240 We're going to go through all these three. 05:20.420 --> 05:22.880 The Bible has enough information on this. 05:23.600 --> 05:27.100 Now what are some of the reasons, what are some of the causes like 05:27.540 --> 05:32.000 when I'm talking about depression caused by hurt inflicted by others, 05:32.320 --> 05:35.960 what are some of the examples like traumatic childhood experiences 05:35.960 --> 05:41.780 that range from sexual abuse all the way to actual physical abuse. 05:42.000 --> 05:45.060 When I say physical abuse, I'm not talking about corporal punishment spanking. 05:45.220 --> 05:47.520 There's actually real physical abuse that happens. 05:48.040 --> 05:49.920 Or the loss of a loved one. 05:50.320 --> 05:54.000 Maybe you lost a mother or a father at a young age, right? 05:55.120 --> 05:58.340 Parental divorce, maybe you grew up in a broken home 05:58.960 --> 06:03.240 and that's why children who grew up in a broken home, they tend to be more depressive in life. 06:03.980 --> 06:08.240 Or spousal infidelity, you were faithful, you did the right thing 06:08.240 --> 06:12.320 but your spouse went and committed adultery, cheated on you and you're depressed as a result. 06:13.200 --> 06:14.060 What about illness? 06:15.160 --> 06:19.700 Illness, maybe you've inherited a particular syndrome or whatever 06:20.240 --> 06:23.440 or maybe you're suffering with cancer or whatever 06:23.440 --> 06:26.040 and you think you don't really deserve it, right? 06:26.600 --> 06:31.040 And there's a reason why medical marijuana or whatever is popular. 06:31.460 --> 06:35.280 Why? Yeah, because apparently people who have illness, they get into depression. 06:37.300 --> 06:38.600 Heartbreaks, there are many reasons. 06:39.980 --> 06:43.020 Now, sometimes people who go through this kind of depression, they ask themselves, 06:43.300 --> 06:45.460 why me? Why did this happen to me? 06:45.820 --> 06:46.860 I don't deserve this. 06:47.520 --> 06:49.520 You know, why do I have to go through with this? 06:49.620 --> 06:51.920 And you're there in John chapter 9, look at verse 1. 06:52.480 --> 06:55.360 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth 06:55.360 --> 06:58.560 and his disciples asked him, saying, master, who did sin? 06:58.560 --> 07:01.320 This man or his parents? That he was born blind? 07:01.680 --> 07:04.120 Jesus answered, neither had this man sin nor his parents, 07:04.500 --> 07:06.960 that the works of God should be manifest in him. 07:07.720 --> 07:09.320 You know, it sucks to be born blind, right? 07:10.120 --> 07:12.880 You can't be part of conversation, you don't understand colors, objects. 07:14.300 --> 07:17.100 So, what did this person do to deserve to be born blind? 07:17.300 --> 07:19.620 And Jesus said, no, he didn't sin, it's not because of sin, 07:19.660 --> 07:21.100 it's not because of something he did wrong, 07:21.240 --> 07:23.140 not because of what his parents did wrong, 07:23.400 --> 07:27.680 it's because he was born blind that God's glory would be revealed. 07:27.680 --> 07:29.800 And sometimes you may think it doesn't seem fair, 07:29.980 --> 07:31.260 but that's what the Bible says. 07:32.120 --> 07:32.600 Here's the thing. 07:33.760 --> 07:37.380 God sometimes allows tragedies to happen in your life 07:37.380 --> 07:39.380 to reveal his glory. 07:39.860 --> 07:40.900 And we've been on the rest. 07:41.100 --> 07:42.680 How many people have we not seen 07:42.680 --> 07:45.240 who have suffered intense tragedies in their life? 07:45.820 --> 07:48.680 They start crying, they have survived suicides, 07:49.240 --> 07:51.560 there are no people in their home who have committed suicide. 07:52.480 --> 07:54.420 You know, they have been through such horrible situations. 07:54.420 --> 07:57.900 Now, isn't it interesting that these people have suffered 07:57.900 --> 07:59.680 so much tragedies in life 07:59.680 --> 08:01.600 that they are now at a point in life 08:01.600 --> 08:03.800 where they actually receive the gospel? 08:04.540 --> 08:05.880 They are humble today. 08:06.540 --> 08:09.180 You know, all those bad situations, all those hardships 08:09.180 --> 08:13.480 has led them to be humble to the point where they understand pain, 08:13.800 --> 08:14.820 they understand suffering, 08:15.040 --> 08:18.280 and when you come bearing glad tidings, they will listen to you. 08:18.560 --> 08:20.280 And when you preach the word of God, 08:20.360 --> 08:22.540 when you preach the gospel, they are receptive. 08:22.540 --> 08:24.260 They will receive it gladly. 08:25.340 --> 08:28.600 You know, how is the glory of God revealed in their life? 08:28.760 --> 08:31.740 God allowed these tragedies that made them receptive. 08:32.020 --> 08:32.720 Go to Phoenix. 08:33.040 --> 08:33.980 A lot of people are entitled. 08:34.360 --> 08:34.840 They're privileged. 08:35.260 --> 08:35.900 Are they receptive? 08:36.280 --> 08:37.040 Not interested. 08:37.700 --> 08:39.340 It's a matter of pride there. 08:40.100 --> 08:42.300 And there are also people who hate God 08:42.300 --> 08:44.700 because of some tragedy that happened in their life. 08:44.820 --> 08:46.620 You know, how can God be loving 08:46.620 --> 08:49.240 if my child has died of cancer? 08:49.860 --> 08:51.100 How is that a loving God? 08:51.660 --> 08:54.020 You know, the problem is not that... 08:54.700 --> 08:55.800 It's not a tragedy. 08:56.160 --> 08:58.100 You know, what about all the people who went through tragedies 08:58.740 --> 09:00.480 and they're receptive to the gospel? 09:01.140 --> 09:03.080 You know, it's not the tragedy that's the problem. 09:03.380 --> 09:04.540 It's your attitude problem. 09:04.940 --> 09:05.860 The problem is you. 09:06.460 --> 09:08.280 You're not being receptive because of pride. 09:09.200 --> 09:09.540 Right? 09:09.640 --> 09:11.680 If you look back in John chapter 3, 09:11.800 --> 09:12.860 turn to John chapter 3, 09:12.980 --> 09:14.620 I'll start reading from verse 19. 09:15.780 --> 09:18.700 And this is the condemnation that light is coming to the world, 09:18.700 --> 09:21.140 and men love darkness rather than light 09:21.140 --> 09:22.460 because their deeds were evil. 09:23.000 --> 09:25.800 For everyone that doeth evil hated the light, 09:26.200 --> 09:27.440 neither comeeth to the light, 09:27.980 --> 09:29.640 lest his deeds should be reproved. 09:30.520 --> 09:31.200 In verse 21, 09:31.660 --> 09:33.820 but he that doeth truth comeeth to the light, 09:34.040 --> 09:35.340 that his deeds may be manifest, 09:36.300 --> 09:37.580 that they are wrought in God. 09:38.820 --> 09:41.760 You know, the reason why people reject God, 09:41.980 --> 09:45.460 the reject gospel is not necessarily because of a tragedy. 09:45.940 --> 09:47.680 It's because their deeds are evil. 09:48.460 --> 09:50.200 And because if they come to light, 09:50.300 --> 09:51.640 their deeds would be reproved, 09:52.140 --> 09:53.160 and they don't want to admit, 09:53.320 --> 09:56.260 they don't want to admit that their deeds are evil. 09:56.360 --> 09:57.780 They don't want to admit that they're sinners. 09:58.600 --> 10:00.760 They don't want to admit that they deserve to go to hell. 10:00.860 --> 10:03.720 They're too prideful to admit that they are wrong. 10:04.280 --> 10:06.440 And that's why they're not receptive to the gospel. 10:06.980 --> 10:07.500 You know, here's the thing. 10:08.140 --> 10:09.980 Truth seekers will come to the light. 10:10.580 --> 10:11.960 A lot of you, before you got saved, 10:12.100 --> 10:13.620 weren't you seeking for the truth? 10:13.960 --> 10:14.880 Like you were bent on, 10:14.880 --> 10:16.340 and I need to know the truth. 10:16.500 --> 10:17.680 I am hungry for the truth. 10:17.980 --> 10:19.280 And God makes it possible 10:19.640 --> 10:21.700 that you get to hear the truth and get saved. 10:23.320 --> 10:26.120 Truth seekers will accept and admit. 10:27.200 --> 10:28.840 When somebody tells you, you're a sinner, 10:29.180 --> 10:29.560 you know what? 10:29.780 --> 10:31.380 Yeah, that's harsh, but it is a truth. 10:31.900 --> 10:32.860 You know, if somebody tells you, 10:32.920 --> 10:33.780 you deserve to go to hell, 10:34.080 --> 10:35.380 wow, that's crazy. 10:35.520 --> 10:36.000 But you know what? 10:36.180 --> 10:36.760 That's the truth. 10:37.360 --> 10:39.040 And you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, 10:39.340 --> 10:39.860 you get saved. 10:40.220 --> 10:41.640 You know, the Bible says in Acts 13, 10:41.640 --> 10:44.580 26, men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham 10:44.580 --> 10:46.680 and whosoever among you feareth God, 10:47.280 --> 10:49.840 to you is the word of his salvation sent. 10:50.500 --> 10:51.540 If you're seeking for the truth, 10:51.720 --> 10:54.000 God will make sure that God takes up the responsibility 10:54.000 --> 10:55.760 that you get to hear the gospel. 10:55.900 --> 10:57.960 Somebody will come to you, preach to the gospel. 10:59.080 --> 11:00.200 Contrarily, there are also people 11:00.700 --> 11:01.880 who do not fear God, 11:02.020 --> 11:02.960 who are not seeking the truth, 11:03.020 --> 11:03.760 who reject the truth. 11:03.840 --> 11:05.000 God won't even care for you. 11:05.300 --> 11:06.920 Sometimes he will not even let somebody come 11:06.920 --> 11:07.660 and preach to the gospel 11:07.660 --> 11:10.000 because you already rejected some basic truths. 11:10.520 --> 11:10.960 Yeah? 11:13.220 --> 11:14.260 So back to the topic, 11:14.640 --> 11:15.700 going through pain, 11:16.180 --> 11:17.140 going through depression, 11:17.660 --> 11:18.480 going through hardships, 11:19.260 --> 11:21.160 you know, they actually make you stronger as a person. 11:21.820 --> 11:22.260 Right? 11:23.320 --> 11:25.760 This is what the Bible says in Psalm 119-71. 11:25.920 --> 11:26.680 You don't have to turn there. 11:26.960 --> 11:29.200 It is good for me that I have been afflicted. 11:29.300 --> 11:29.900 It's a famous verse. 11:30.200 --> 11:31.040 A lot of people know it. 11:31.400 --> 11:33.600 It is good for me that I have been afflicted 11:33.600 --> 11:35.760 that I might learn thy statutes. 11:36.840 --> 11:39.060 It is a good thing to be afflicted. 11:39.060 --> 11:41.080 It gives you an opportunity to grow. 11:41.560 --> 11:43.780 Grow in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. 11:44.740 --> 11:46.060 You know, here's the thing. 11:46.120 --> 11:48.400 There are people who were molested 11:48.400 --> 11:49.920 as a kid who were raped 11:49.920 --> 11:51.640 when they were very young 11:52.260 --> 11:54.680 and they carry this intense trauma, 11:55.340 --> 11:56.240 intense depression. 11:56.420 --> 11:57.580 I don't know if you've known such people. 11:57.900 --> 11:58.180 I have. 11:58.880 --> 12:00.860 Even in as close as in my own family. 12:01.520 --> 12:02.800 People who have been molested 12:02.800 --> 12:04.140 by some sodomite uncle 12:04.140 --> 12:05.640 or some sodomite cousin 12:05.640 --> 12:06.800 and they have this trauma 12:06.800 --> 12:08.680 that they carry in their life 12:08.680 --> 12:10.280 and they suffer depression. 12:11.040 --> 12:12.160 And let me tell you, 12:12.580 --> 12:14.360 of course that's a very wicked thing. 12:14.500 --> 12:15.680 That's such an unimaginable... 12:16.400 --> 12:17.380 It never happened to me. 12:17.580 --> 12:18.780 I never experienced that. 12:19.080 --> 12:22.800 But I believe it's one of the most horrible experiences. 12:23.680 --> 12:23.820 Right? 12:24.680 --> 12:26.760 And there is actually a solution for that. 12:27.620 --> 12:29.120 You know, it's when these people, 12:29.260 --> 12:30.800 these wicked people are put to death, 12:31.060 --> 12:32.200 that is justice served. 12:32.600 --> 12:33.060 Right? 12:33.780 --> 12:35.380 You know, the reason why a lot of people 12:35.380 --> 12:36.780 are still depressed 12:36.780 --> 12:39.500 because of that is because our justice system has failed. 12:39.920 --> 12:42.140 You know, these people are not being put to death 12:42.140 --> 12:43.640 and justice is not served 12:43.640 --> 12:44.860 and they're still depressed. 12:45.480 --> 12:46.000 Yeah? 12:46.300 --> 12:46.980 You know, here's the thing. 12:48.180 --> 12:50.720 Death penalty is justice in God's eyes. 12:51.300 --> 12:51.820 Right? 12:52.280 --> 12:54.620 Death penalty is a depression healer. 12:55.180 --> 12:57.080 You know, it makes you feel better. 12:57.540 --> 12:58.160 End of the day, 12:58.360 --> 13:00.500 if evil people are being put to death, 13:00.620 --> 13:01.980 if wicked sodomites, 13:02.420 --> 13:03.900 child rapists are put to death, 13:04.160 --> 13:05.380 that is comforting. 13:05.980 --> 13:06.340 Right? 13:07.840 --> 13:08.420 Now, here's the thing. 13:08.500 --> 13:10.080 We'll live in this brainwashed world 13:10.080 --> 13:12.960 that says that homosexuals are not pedophiles. 13:13.340 --> 13:14.880 Don't call homosexuals pedophiles. 13:15.700 --> 13:15.840 Right? 13:16.300 --> 13:16.860 Okay, you know what? 13:17.400 --> 13:19.080 Let's, for argument's sake, say, 13:19.260 --> 13:20.760 okay, there are two separate categories. 13:21.040 --> 13:21.140 Right? 13:22.040 --> 13:23.200 But what about pedophiles, man? 13:23.280 --> 13:24.360 Why are they not being put to death? 13:25.840 --> 13:26.540 Forget about homos. 13:26.660 --> 13:28.560 Why are pedophiles not being put to death? 13:28.560 --> 13:30.280 Why do they get like five-year sentence 13:30.280 --> 13:31.240 and they're released? 13:31.580 --> 13:33.260 Ten years in prison and released. 13:33.480 --> 13:35.360 And they go continue their sodomite activities. 13:35.360 --> 13:37.460 You know, that makes me, 13:37.560 --> 13:38.600 that makes me kind of think 13:38.600 --> 13:39.980 that whoever comes up with this loss 13:39.980 --> 13:41.180 are probably pedophiles themselves. 13:41.520 --> 13:41.540 Right? 13:42.320 --> 13:42.560 Yeah? 13:42.900 --> 13:44.160 Oh, the day I get exposed, 13:44.380 --> 13:45.460 okay, I can just get to spend 13:45.460 --> 13:46.760 five years in prison and get out. 13:47.680 --> 13:48.680 You know, that just shows 13:48.680 --> 13:50.540 how flawed the justice system is. 13:50.720 --> 13:52.100 And you know, when you read the Bible, 13:52.240 --> 13:53.560 when you read the laws of God, 13:54.580 --> 13:55.540 you know, and you realize 13:55.540 --> 13:57.320 that the justice system of the world 13:57.320 --> 13:59.400 is actually that the laws of this world 13:59.400 --> 14:02.000 are not making people better. 14:02.580 --> 14:04.240 They're harmful and hurtful 14:04.240 --> 14:05.200 to man and society. 14:09.000 --> 14:10.640 And to make matters worse, 14:10.860 --> 14:11.960 forget about government. 14:12.700 --> 14:13.940 To make matters worse, 14:14.060 --> 14:15.300 there are pastors today, 14:15.540 --> 14:17.500 these non-denom lame preachers 14:17.500 --> 14:18.260 who will get up. 14:18.340 --> 14:19.160 I've heard people say, 14:19.420 --> 14:21.580 oh, you have to forgive your rapist. 14:22.480 --> 14:24.240 You have to forgive the person who, 14:24.560 --> 14:25.500 what would Jesus do? 14:25.720 --> 14:26.640 You know, I know what Jesus 14:26.640 --> 14:28.280 would do, Matthew chapter 18 verse 6. 14:28.360 --> 14:29.220 He thinks these people 14:29.220 --> 14:30.460 should drown in water. 14:31.960 --> 14:32.920 That a millstone should be hung 14:32.920 --> 14:33.400 around their neck. 14:33.440 --> 14:34.320 That's what Jesus thinks. 14:34.960 --> 14:35.620 Yeah, who said that 14:35.620 --> 14:38.100 you got to forgive them? 14:38.560 --> 14:39.540 You know, here's the thing. 14:40.100 --> 14:40.720 There are people, 14:40.860 --> 14:42.360 I've heard people say this. 14:42.680 --> 14:43.580 If this person, 14:43.700 --> 14:45.400 if this molester, child molester or whoever, 14:45.820 --> 14:47.320 are you saying that he can repent 14:47.320 --> 14:48.820 and Jesus loves him? 14:49.080 --> 14:49.980 That he can get saved? 14:50.220 --> 14:51.040 That he'll go to heaven? 14:51.760 --> 14:52.600 And if this person 14:52.600 --> 14:53.460 or these kind of people 14:53.460 --> 14:54.000 go to heaven, 14:54.160 --> 14:54.860 I don't want to go there. 14:55.720 --> 14:57.340 If Ted Bundy goes to heaven, 14:57.520 --> 14:57.960 I'm not going to, 14:58.040 --> 14:58.800 I don't want to go there. 14:58.880 --> 15:00.160 If Jeffrey Dahmer is in heaven, 15:00.300 --> 15:01.000 I don't want to go there. 15:01.740 --> 15:02.320 You know, these people 15:02.320 --> 15:03.280 are not in heaven, my friend. 15:03.480 --> 15:04.380 They're burning in hell today. 15:05.140 --> 15:05.160 Right? 15:05.480 --> 15:06.540 No matter what people tell you. 15:09.680 --> 15:10.700 And these people 15:10.700 --> 15:12.160 who go to the churches like CCV 15:12.160 --> 15:12.720 or whatever, 15:13.220 --> 15:14.200 who preach that you can 15:14.200 --> 15:15.360 get saved as a pedophile, 15:15.500 --> 15:16.600 you should forgive pedophiles, 15:16.740 --> 15:18.380 you should forgive homosexuals. 15:18.500 --> 15:19.340 You know, do you think 15:19.340 --> 15:20.300 there are depressions 15:20.300 --> 15:21.560 or whatever trauma 15:21.560 --> 15:23.140 that they have experienced in life? 15:23.260 --> 15:24.080 Do they find solution 15:24.080 --> 15:24.980 in those kind of churches? 15:26.120 --> 15:26.520 No. 15:26.900 --> 15:27.120 Right? 15:27.520 --> 15:29.300 It's just a bunch of fake people 15:29.300 --> 15:30.400 with fake smiles 15:30.400 --> 15:31.380 who like, 15:31.380 --> 15:32.780 oh, something bad happened. 15:32.860 --> 15:33.760 You don't talk about it. 15:33.780 --> 15:34.800 Let's not talk about it. 15:35.160 --> 15:35.600 Yeah? 15:37.580 --> 15:38.640 And praise God 15:38.640 --> 15:40.220 for the pastors of the NIFB 15:40.220 --> 15:41.180 who preach the truth on this. 15:41.660 --> 15:41.820 Right? 15:42.180 --> 15:43.720 Praise God for the NIFB preaching. 15:43.840 --> 15:44.720 The NIFB preaching 15:44.720 --> 15:46.860 is a good depression healer. 15:46.900 --> 15:47.300 Right? 15:47.420 --> 15:48.740 Especially in a society 15:48.740 --> 15:50.860 where the justice system has failed. 15:51.140 --> 15:52.000 There was a solution 15:52.000 --> 15:52.760 that these people 15:52.760 --> 15:53.600 should be put to death. 15:53.960 --> 15:55.040 The justice system has failed. 15:55.360 --> 15:56.580 You know, the next big solution, 15:57.060 --> 15:57.820 come to a church 15:57.820 --> 15:59.080 where the clear preaching 15:59.080 --> 16:00.080 from the King James Bible 16:00.080 --> 16:00.900 is preached on this. 16:01.400 --> 16:01.880 Right? 16:02.560 --> 16:02.760 He said, 16:02.860 --> 16:03.340 do you know 16:03.340 --> 16:04.920 how comforting it is 16:04.920 --> 16:05.880 to a rape victim 16:05.880 --> 16:07.800 that pedophiles aren't going to heaven? 16:08.420 --> 16:10.040 Do you know how comforting it is 16:10.040 --> 16:11.780 to learn the reprobate doctrine 16:11.780 --> 16:13.120 that these fags 16:13.120 --> 16:14.280 are not going to heaven? 16:14.920 --> 16:16.380 How do you know how comforting it is 16:16.380 --> 16:17.860 that God hates them? 16:18.580 --> 16:19.580 That the Lord Jesus Christ 16:19.580 --> 16:21.140 hates homosexuals. 16:21.240 --> 16:22.140 He doesn't want them 16:22.140 --> 16:22.720 going to heaven. 16:22.960 --> 16:24.280 And that's good news, my friend. 16:24.540 --> 16:24.840 Amen. 16:25.040 --> 16:25.860 That's good news 16:25.860 --> 16:26.680 for children. 16:27.140 --> 16:28.140 That's good news 16:28.140 --> 16:29.000 for teenagers. 16:29.640 --> 16:30.600 That's good news 16:30.600 --> 16:31.340 for parents. 16:31.560 --> 16:32.040 That's good news 16:32.040 --> 16:33.160 for people of all ages. 16:33.620 --> 16:34.140 Right? 16:34.500 --> 16:35.600 The reprobate doctrine, 16:35.920 --> 16:37.560 the pro-death penalty preaching 16:37.560 --> 16:39.000 is good news. 16:39.360 --> 16:41.040 The Bible being clear on gays, 16:41.320 --> 16:42.620 lesbians, transgenders, 16:42.780 --> 16:44.360 pedophiles being put to death 16:44.360 --> 16:45.500 is good news. 16:45.700 --> 16:45.980 Right? 16:46.280 --> 16:47.240 That they cannot be forgiven. 16:47.620 --> 16:48.040 It's good news. 16:50.280 --> 16:51.420 And if you're depressed 16:51.420 --> 16:52.740 because of this injustice, 16:53.340 --> 16:54.340 let the word of God 16:54.340 --> 16:55.040 comfort you. 16:55.680 --> 16:56.560 Let the preaching 16:56.560 --> 16:57.440 of the word of God 16:57.440 --> 16:58.560 from the King James Bible 16:58.560 --> 16:59.700 comfort you today. 17:00.680 --> 17:02.160 Depression caused by hurt 17:02.160 --> 17:03.100 inflicted by others. 17:03.260 --> 17:04.220 Number two, depression 17:04.220 --> 17:05.820 caused by self-infliction. 17:06.600 --> 17:06.640 Right? 17:06.900 --> 17:07.780 Nobody did you harm. 17:08.240 --> 17:09.120 Nobody did you bad. 17:09.720 --> 17:10.900 But you were foolish enough 17:10.900 --> 17:12.180 to go live a wicked life. 17:12.740 --> 17:14.040 And now you're suffering 17:14.040 --> 17:14.680 because of it. 17:15.460 --> 17:16.600 You made some foolish 17:16.600 --> 17:17.400 mistake in your life. 17:17.520 --> 17:19.100 How about drug abuse? 17:19.860 --> 17:21.540 You yourself got drunk. 17:22.440 --> 17:24.820 Spent years in fornication. 17:25.180 --> 17:25.380 Yeah? 17:25.980 --> 17:27.280 You spent most of your life 17:27.280 --> 17:28.440 playing computer games. 17:28.640 --> 17:29.400 Rotate your brain. 17:29.880 --> 17:30.360 Right? 17:30.540 --> 17:31.940 Too much of Hollywood intake. 17:32.760 --> 17:33.760 Hollywood has a way 17:33.760 --> 17:35.220 of brainwashing you. 17:35.960 --> 17:36.140 Yeah? 17:36.420 --> 17:37.580 It makes your brain 17:37.580 --> 17:39.360 think stuff that ain't true. 17:41.360 --> 17:42.460 Now, turn to Philippians 2. 17:43.900 --> 17:44.860 Philippians 2. 17:47.160 --> 17:47.480 You know, 17:49.500 --> 17:50.520 sometimes when people 17:50.520 --> 17:51.500 are going through depression, 17:51.800 --> 17:52.640 the most common thing 17:52.640 --> 17:53.620 that you hear in the world 17:53.620 --> 17:54.260 is you need to get 17:54.260 --> 17:55.240 professional help. 17:55.420 --> 17:56.580 You need to get counseling. 17:57.480 --> 17:59.820 I'm not an expert on this topic. 18:00.440 --> 18:02.160 I don't know if it works or not. 18:02.860 --> 18:04.320 But in my opinion, 18:04.500 --> 18:06.280 I believe that a lot of Christians 18:06.840 --> 18:08.660 who go through this intense depression, 18:09.860 --> 18:12.520 you can overcome this depression. 18:12.740 --> 18:14.320 You will know how to deal with it 18:14.320 --> 18:16.500 just by listening to the right sermons, man. 18:17.180 --> 18:17.880 Right preaching. 18:18.160 --> 18:19.300 You attend the right church. 18:19.900 --> 18:21.340 You know, you go soul-winning. 18:21.780 --> 18:23.900 If you're suffering with depression, 18:24.120 --> 18:25.700 you need counseling as such. 18:25.700 --> 18:27.320 Show for one of the soul-winning times. 18:27.560 --> 18:28.600 Go along with Brother Chris. 18:28.720 --> 18:29.700 He'll give you one-on-one. 18:30.240 --> 18:30.800 You know? 18:30.900 --> 18:31.820 And that's the best counseling 18:31.820 --> 18:32.380 you'll ever get. 18:32.680 --> 18:32.940 Right. 18:33.340 --> 18:33.540 Yeah? 18:33.660 --> 18:34.340 You don't have to, like, 18:34.400 --> 18:35.300 sit on a couch 18:35.300 --> 18:36.540 and somebody taking notes 18:36.540 --> 18:37.020 and whatever. 18:37.760 --> 18:38.020 You know? 18:39.960 --> 18:41.700 Philippians 2, verse 19. 18:42.480 --> 18:43.420 Look at verse 19. 18:43.600 --> 18:44.880 But I trust in the Lord Jesus 18:44.880 --> 18:45.320 to send, 18:45.740 --> 18:47.300 Timothy is shortly unto you 18:47.300 --> 18:48.360 that I also may be 18:48.360 --> 18:49.420 of good comfort 18:49.420 --> 18:50.960 when I know your state. 18:51.320 --> 18:52.960 For I have no man like-minded 18:52.960 --> 18:54.180 who will naturally care 18:54.180 --> 18:54.840 for your state. 18:54.840 --> 18:56.460 For all seek their own. 18:56.860 --> 18:58.280 Now the things which are Jesus Christ. 18:58.860 --> 19:00.120 I'm going to go on a tangent 19:00.120 --> 19:00.820 and then come back. 19:02.820 --> 19:05.080 We discussed in the preaching class last time. 19:05.220 --> 19:06.960 You know, look at the word in verse 20. 19:07.160 --> 19:08.320 For I have no man like-minded 19:08.320 --> 19:10.400 who will naturally care. 19:11.020 --> 19:12.380 Who will naturally care. 19:12.680 --> 19:13.300 Look at that word 19:13.300 --> 19:14.940 naturally caring for somebody. 19:15.620 --> 19:17.060 You know, what is naturally caring? 19:17.240 --> 19:18.380 Where does natural affection 19:18.380 --> 19:19.260 usually happen? 19:19.560 --> 19:19.980 Usually, like, 19:20.000 --> 19:21.580 between a parent and a child. 19:22.240 --> 19:22.480 Right? 19:22.580 --> 19:23.480 Or a husband and a wife. 19:23.480 --> 19:25.680 A natural love and natural caring. 19:25.880 --> 19:26.960 But here Paul is talking about 19:26.960 --> 19:28.740 Timothy having a natural care 19:28.740 --> 19:30.560 for somebody who's not his own. 19:31.180 --> 19:32.920 Somebody who's not in his own family 19:32.920 --> 19:33.820 but for other brothers 19:33.820 --> 19:34.860 and sisters in Christ. 19:35.460 --> 19:36.400 And look at what he says. 19:36.640 --> 19:38.720 I have no man like-minded 19:39.240 --> 19:41.140 who will naturally care for your state. 19:42.000 --> 19:43.420 You know, what does it show you? 19:44.380 --> 19:45.580 You know, that ability 19:45.580 --> 19:47.700 to naturally care for people 19:47.700 --> 19:49.040 is rare. 19:50.140 --> 19:51.100 Is rare. 19:51.300 --> 19:52.480 Is extremely rare. 19:52.480 --> 19:54.140 Look at how many people do you think 19:54.140 --> 19:55.460 naturally cared for Paul? 19:56.400 --> 19:56.760 Two? 19:57.180 --> 19:57.620 Three? 19:58.720 --> 19:58.980 Right? 19:59.140 --> 20:00.020 How many people do you think 20:00.020 --> 20:01.920 you actually naturally care for him? 20:02.500 --> 20:04.180 It's a very short number, surprisingly. 20:05.100 --> 20:05.260 Right? 20:05.640 --> 20:06.920 Because he says in verse 21, 20:07.120 --> 20:08.640 for all seek their own. 20:08.760 --> 20:10.700 A vast majority of people in the world 20:10.700 --> 20:12.660 they just care for their own selves. 20:12.960 --> 20:14.780 They seek their own goodness. 20:14.940 --> 20:16.540 They seek their own well-being. 20:16.960 --> 20:17.840 It's all about me. 20:18.040 --> 20:19.400 I'm here for my own goodness. 20:19.640 --> 20:22.220 I am here for my own selfish reason. 20:22.220 --> 20:23.660 Now, here's the thing. 20:23.940 --> 20:25.260 I'm not being down on you 20:25.260 --> 20:26.960 if you decided to come to church, 20:27.220 --> 20:28.400 if you want to come here 20:28.400 --> 20:29.520 because you want something, 20:29.680 --> 20:30.980 you want God to bless you, 20:31.200 --> 20:32.260 you want to have a good time. 20:32.460 --> 20:33.240 I'm not down on you. 20:33.340 --> 20:34.780 You're still doing a lot better 20:34.780 --> 20:36.180 than most Christians out there. 20:36.700 --> 20:37.120 You know? 20:37.380 --> 20:38.260 But you know, there's a difference 20:38.260 --> 20:39.720 between being a good Christian 20:39.720 --> 20:41.200 and a great Christian. 20:41.920 --> 20:42.940 You know, there's a difference 20:42.940 --> 20:44.640 between doing good things for God 20:44.640 --> 20:46.400 and powerful things for God. 20:46.680 --> 20:47.240 You know? 20:47.540 --> 20:49.200 I don't want to do the bare minimum. 20:49.400 --> 20:50.300 And I'm not saying there's 20:50.300 --> 20:51.420 anything wrong with you 20:51.420 --> 20:52.480 if you're doing the bare minimum. 20:52.680 --> 20:53.580 You're at least doing something 20:53.580 --> 20:55.380 than a vast majority of Christians out there. 20:56.060 --> 20:57.800 But I want to challenge you today. 20:57.960 --> 20:58.060 You know? 20:58.460 --> 20:59.580 Don't just do the bare minimum. 21:00.000 --> 21:01.120 Take bigger risks. 21:01.840 --> 21:01.960 You know? 21:02.100 --> 21:04.380 I want to go the extra mile. 21:04.880 --> 21:05.000 You know? 21:05.100 --> 21:06.140 I want to give my best 21:06.140 --> 21:07.120 for the Lord Jesus Christ. 21:07.680 --> 21:07.920 You know? 21:07.960 --> 21:09.000 I want to burn for Him. 21:09.860 --> 21:10.100 You know? 21:11.860 --> 21:12.900 And here's the thing. 21:13.320 --> 21:14.180 Coming back to the topic. 21:14.340 --> 21:16.060 If you're struggling with depression, 21:16.740 --> 21:19.200 if, yeah, you're facing depression, 21:19.200 --> 21:20.780 you want a solution, 21:21.360 --> 21:23.080 you need to seek a man of God 21:23.080 --> 21:24.940 who will naturally care for you. 21:25.960 --> 21:27.480 You need to get under the leadership 21:27.480 --> 21:30.040 of somebody who will naturally care for you. 21:30.520 --> 21:31.560 That is your solution there. 21:31.640 --> 21:33.640 The Bible says in Hebrews 13, 17, 21:33.900 --> 21:35.960 obey them that have the rule over you 21:35.960 --> 21:37.580 and submit yourselves 21:37.580 --> 21:40.340 for they watch for your souls. 21:40.720 --> 21:41.960 They watch for your souls. 21:42.060 --> 21:43.040 They care for your souls. 21:43.220 --> 21:44.920 They care for your well-being. 21:45.080 --> 21:45.180 You know? 21:45.900 --> 21:47.600 How do I know that Pastor Anderson, 21:47.980 --> 21:48.480 Brother Chris, 21:48.480 --> 21:49.760 they care for your soul 21:49.760 --> 21:51.540 because they preach the truth. 21:52.200 --> 21:52.640 Right? 21:53.280 --> 21:54.520 They're willing to go through persecution. 21:54.680 --> 21:56.340 Pastor is willing to go through persecution. 21:56.900 --> 21:59.460 He gets mocked by the whole world. 21:59.840 --> 22:00.980 He's even willing 22:01.660 --> 22:03.340 to distance himself from his 22:04.260 --> 22:05.500 own rebellious children. 22:05.700 --> 22:05.780 Why? 22:05.920 --> 22:07.020 Because he doesn't want to stand here 22:07.020 --> 22:07.800 and tell you lies. 22:08.420 --> 22:09.780 That's how you know this person 22:09.780 --> 22:10.940 truly cares for you. 22:11.860 --> 22:12.060 You know? 22:12.100 --> 22:13.000 He cares for your well-being. 22:15.840 --> 22:17.840 The best therapy for depression 22:17.840 --> 22:19.560 is getting under the leadership 22:19.560 --> 22:20.560 and under the wings 22:20.560 --> 22:22.380 of somebody who naturally cares for you. 22:22.420 --> 22:23.060 And let me tell you, 22:23.500 --> 22:25.260 this also opens doors. 22:26.260 --> 22:27.600 When you come to the right church, 22:28.180 --> 22:29.360 when you get under the leadership, 22:29.500 --> 22:30.320 when you go soul-winning, 22:30.440 --> 22:31.960 you say, I'm going to come here and serve. 22:32.640 --> 22:34.180 You know, that gives you the opportunity 22:34.700 --> 22:36.180 that opens doors for you 22:37.100 --> 22:39.080 to be a naturally caring person. 22:40.460 --> 22:40.760 Yeah? 22:42.300 --> 22:43.100 Investing in others, 22:43.540 --> 22:45.220 caring for others, let me tell you, 22:45.220 --> 22:46.800 it makes me feel better. 22:47.420 --> 22:48.800 When I invest in people, 22:49.140 --> 22:51.080 when I make certain sacrifices for people, 22:51.500 --> 22:52.180 when I, you know what, 22:52.220 --> 22:54.540 I'm going to put my well-being 22:54.540 --> 22:55.400 aside for a while. 22:55.600 --> 22:56.540 I'm going to take care of others. 22:56.640 --> 22:57.920 I'm going to give better opportunities 22:57.920 --> 23:00.300 for others as a soul-winning captain 23:00.300 --> 23:00.880 or whatever. 23:02.040 --> 23:03.860 It makes me forget my depression. 23:04.560 --> 23:06.140 It makes me forget my hardships. 23:06.840 --> 23:07.040 Right? 23:08.320 --> 23:09.300 Look at verse 22. 23:10.020 --> 23:11.720 But you know the proof of him, 23:11.860 --> 23:13.340 Philippians chapter 2 verse 22, 23:13.340 --> 23:15.080 but you know the proof of him, 23:15.160 --> 23:16.860 that as a son with the father, 23:17.120 --> 23:19.560 he had served me, served with me 23:19.560 --> 23:20.320 in the Gospel. 23:20.640 --> 23:21.160 Now, here's the thing. 23:21.260 --> 23:23.100 How did Timothy become 23:23.100 --> 23:24.500 a naturally caring person? 23:25.740 --> 23:26.620 He followed Paul. 23:27.460 --> 23:28.960 He followed the example set by Paul. 23:29.280 --> 23:31.600 How did Paul become a naturally caring person? 23:32.020 --> 23:32.680 Who did he follow? 23:33.420 --> 23:33.820 Jesus! 23:34.620 --> 23:34.720 Right? 23:35.200 --> 23:36.060 Doesn't Paul say, 23:36.180 --> 23:37.620 be ye followers of me 23:37.620 --> 23:39.340 as I also am of Christ? 23:40.140 --> 23:40.660 Right? 23:40.660 --> 23:42.140 So here's the thing. 23:42.200 --> 23:43.520 You will learn good qualities. 23:43.780 --> 23:45.320 You will learn how to deal with people. 23:45.540 --> 23:47.240 You'll learn how to be long-suffering. 23:47.420 --> 23:49.420 You'll learn how to be naturally caring 23:49.420 --> 23:51.160 through imitation. 23:52.580 --> 23:53.540 Follow somebody. 23:53.680 --> 23:54.880 Repeat what others are doing. 23:55.600 --> 23:56.480 And you will learn. 23:57.940 --> 23:59.400 We usually say this, right? 23:59.560 --> 24:01.780 Common sense isn't so common. 24:02.760 --> 24:04.980 Why do we bring up common sense? 24:05.120 --> 24:05.920 Say this is common sense 24:05.920 --> 24:06.820 because you see somebody 24:06.820 --> 24:08.520 who's not using common sense. 24:09.180 --> 24:10.880 In the same way, in the same principle, 24:10.980 --> 24:12.760 naturally caring for someone 24:13.220 --> 24:14.100 doesn't come naturally. 24:15.760 --> 24:17.480 It's something that you have to learn 24:17.480 --> 24:19.340 by following somebody's example. 24:19.420 --> 24:20.360 Sometimes I look at people. 24:20.500 --> 24:21.080 Sometimes they're like, 24:22.880 --> 24:24.540 hard to deal with type people. 24:26.000 --> 24:27.120 I see red flags 24:27.120 --> 24:27.600 and I'm like, 24:27.660 --> 24:29.140 how is pastor putting up with this verse? 24:30.280 --> 24:31.860 How is brother Chris 24:31.860 --> 24:32.800 putting up with this verse? 24:32.920 --> 24:34.060 And then I realize that pastor 24:34.060 --> 24:35.420 is just long-suffering, man. 24:36.840 --> 24:37.620 He's just 24:38.560 --> 24:40.700 gonna be with you until the bitter end. 24:41.120 --> 24:42.940 He'll try to support you until the bitter end. 24:43.580 --> 24:45.840 And when I look at pastor's attitude 24:45.840 --> 24:47.460 or brother Chris's attitude 24:47.460 --> 24:48.820 to some people, I'm like, 24:49.620 --> 24:51.100 I need to work on my patience. 24:51.680 --> 24:53.140 I need to be more long-suffering. 24:53.540 --> 24:55.800 Sometimes I'm too quick to gossip. 24:55.960 --> 24:57.900 Sometimes I'm too quick to judge somebody 24:57.900 --> 24:59.900 to pass a mean comment or whatever. 25:00.520 --> 25:01.960 We all struggle with it, face it. 25:02.720 --> 25:04.240 And then when we look at our leadership, 25:05.100 --> 25:07.200 these are areas where I need to get better at. 25:07.200 --> 25:08.020 Yeah. 25:08.540 --> 25:10.040 And I'm gonna show you some verses. 25:10.260 --> 25:11.430 Turn to Isaiah chapter 58. 25:11.880 --> 25:13.060 Isaiah chapter 58. 25:13.480 --> 25:16.460 Meanwhile, I'll read Proverbs 11-25. 25:17.320 --> 25:19.820 The liberal soul shall be made fat. 25:21.120 --> 25:23.560 And he that watereth shall be 25:23.560 --> 25:25.760 shall be watered also himself. 25:26.060 --> 25:28.240 He that watereth shall be watered also himself. 25:29.260 --> 25:31.900 You show natural care to somebody 25:31.900 --> 25:34.380 who's probably hungry, who's depressed, 25:34.800 --> 25:36.480 you know, and God will take care of your needs 25:36.480 --> 25:37.960 that's what the Bible says. 25:38.400 --> 25:40.680 Job 42 and 10. 25:41.000 --> 25:43.060 Job chapter 42, sorry. 25:43.540 --> 25:46.220 And the Lord turned the captivity of Job 25:47.020 --> 25:48.820 when he prayed for his friends. 25:50.200 --> 25:52.880 The Lord turned the captivity of Job 25:52.880 --> 25:54.260 when he prayed for his friends. 25:55.240 --> 25:58.000 Also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. 25:58.260 --> 26:00.280 Were Job's friends being nice to him? 26:00.920 --> 26:02.580 They were telling him all kinds of lies, 26:02.880 --> 26:04.060 throwing all these accusations, 26:04.240 --> 26:05.680 but still he prays for his friends. 26:05.680 --> 26:08.060 And that's when Lot comes and delivers them, right? 26:08.580 --> 26:10.160 Isaiah chapter 58 verse 10. 26:10.700 --> 26:11.200 Look at that. 26:11.840 --> 26:14.620 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry 26:14.620 --> 26:16.300 and satisfy the afflicted soul, 26:16.620 --> 26:19.040 then shall thy light rise in obscurity 26:19.040 --> 26:21.320 and thy darkness be as the noon day. 26:22.000 --> 26:24.020 And the Lord shall guide thee continually 26:24.020 --> 26:25.500 and satisfy thy soul and draw 26:25.500 --> 26:27.200 and make fat thy bones, 26:27.680 --> 26:29.400 and thou shall be like a watered garden 26:29.400 --> 26:33.100 and like a spring of water whose waters fail not. 26:33.100 --> 26:34.920 Isn't that a sweet promise? 26:36.360 --> 26:36.960 Yeah? 26:37.300 --> 26:40.680 When you draw out your soul for the hungry, 26:40.800 --> 26:42.500 for the destitute, for the depressed, 26:42.940 --> 26:44.660 he says he's going to turn your darkness 26:45.380 --> 26:48.540 into as sunshine as how it is in the noon time. 26:51.160 --> 26:53.320 Turn to 1 Kings chapter 19. 26:53.680 --> 26:54.960 1 Kings chapter 19. 26:55.120 --> 26:57.580 Depression caused by hurt inflicted by others. 26:58.280 --> 27:00.520 Depression caused by self-infliction. 27:01.780 --> 27:03.200 And we're going to look at depression 27:03.200 --> 27:04.920 as a result of suffering persecution. 27:05.240 --> 27:07.660 You're there in 1 Kings chapter 19 verse 1. 27:08.060 --> 27:09.480 I'm going to read from verse 1. 27:42.300 --> 27:44.680 So here you see a down point of Elijah. 27:45.440 --> 27:48.140 Elijah had performed a powerful work for God, right? 27:48.220 --> 27:51.560 He killed 850 Baal prophets. 27:52.680 --> 27:55.160 He lit a fire rain down from heaven. 27:55.780 --> 27:56.440 And what happened? 27:56.620 --> 28:00.320 Queen Jezebel, she gives him a death threat. 28:01.160 --> 28:02.520 She says, I'm going to kill you, 28:02.720 --> 28:05.660 but tomorrow you're going to be dead 24 hours 28:06.340 --> 28:07.460 and I'm going to kill you. 28:08.680 --> 28:09.840 And what does he do? 28:11.800 --> 28:13.760 He came to Beersheba verse 3, 28:13.980 --> 28:15.420 which belonged to Judah. 28:15.760 --> 28:17.900 Now if you know the geography of this time, 28:18.380 --> 28:20.640 Israel and Judah are two separate nations, right? 28:21.520 --> 28:24.780 So he has left Israel and is now in Judah, 28:24.980 --> 28:28.120 which means he is already out of Jezebel's jurisdiction. 28:30.380 --> 28:32.340 24 hours have also passed by. 28:33.240 --> 28:35.160 After a full day he's there in Judah. 28:36.300 --> 28:37.060 So what does it mean? 28:38.120 --> 28:39.580 Jezebel failed to kill him. 28:40.440 --> 28:41.220 She didn't kill him. 28:41.960 --> 28:44.320 The threat did not come to pass. 28:45.260 --> 28:47.020 Elijah is free from danger. 28:47.520 --> 28:49.300 He is safe and secure in Judah, 28:50.120 --> 28:53.260 but he's still discouraged and depressed. 28:55.740 --> 28:57.160 And I can relate to this. 28:57.880 --> 28:59.340 As a person who fled a nation. 29:00.200 --> 29:02.560 When I fled here, I came to safe secure. 29:02.740 --> 29:03.920 I'm no longer in threat, 29:04.520 --> 29:06.620 but I don't know if you've seen me. 29:06.780 --> 29:09.100 When I first got here, I was devastated. 29:10.620 --> 29:11.800 I was discouraged. 29:12.060 --> 29:14.360 Why? Because it's not easy leaving your comfort zone. 29:14.620 --> 29:16.640 It's not easy going somewhere 29:16.640 --> 29:18.620 where you don't know how the future is going to be. 29:18.680 --> 29:21.500 It's not easy leaving your saxophone behind. 29:22.840 --> 29:23.780 Your stuff behind. 29:23.780 --> 29:26.480 I had to just grab a bag and a suitcase and run. 29:27.300 --> 29:29.100 You know, leave my entire apartment behind. 29:29.360 --> 29:29.920 It's not easy. 29:30.200 --> 29:30.980 And you come here. 29:31.100 --> 29:33.120 I don't know how brother Anzome felt when he left. 29:33.740 --> 29:35.860 Yeah, but I was pretty shattered for some time. 29:36.760 --> 29:38.020 But then I thought, you know what? 29:38.220 --> 29:39.860 It's not really the bad situation. 29:40.040 --> 29:41.600 I couldn't be stranded in the middle of nowhere. 29:41.920 --> 29:43.820 But praise God I'm at faithful about this church. 29:44.500 --> 29:44.680 Yeah? 29:47.900 --> 29:48.500 Here's the thing. 29:48.580 --> 29:50.620 Elijah was not a coward. 29:51.320 --> 29:52.900 He actually did what was biblical, right? 29:52.900 --> 29:53.560 When he ran. 29:54.280 --> 29:54.780 Because the Bible says, 30:07.960 --> 30:08.900 That's what the Bible says. 30:09.080 --> 30:11.760 If you're discouraged or depressed because of persecution, 30:12.600 --> 30:14.300 it doesn't mean that you did something wrong. 30:15.240 --> 30:17.720 Yeah, if you're depressed because of self-inflicted wounds. 30:17.820 --> 30:18.880 Yeah, okay, you did something. 30:19.020 --> 30:20.860 You screwed up and that's why you're depressed. 30:20.860 --> 30:24.020 But if you're depressed because you serve God and you're persecuted, 30:24.860 --> 30:26.440 no, you didn't do anything wrong. 30:26.920 --> 30:30.120 Sometimes you can be tempted to think I probably did something wrong. 30:30.480 --> 30:31.440 But that's not the case. 30:34.880 --> 30:37.560 And let me tell you in most cases when you're depressed, 30:38.800 --> 30:41.400 the problem is not really the situation. 30:41.540 --> 30:44.260 The problem is in wrongful thinking. 30:45.120 --> 30:48.980 The way you look at the problem is usually the problem. 30:49.780 --> 30:52.020 And this applies to most depression cases, 30:52.180 --> 30:53.660 whether you're depressed because of persecution, 30:54.060 --> 30:56.820 whether you're depressed because of self-inflicted wounds 30:56.820 --> 30:58.560 or somebody did you wrong. 30:59.140 --> 31:02.460 The way you look at the problem can be the problem. 31:02.620 --> 31:03.120 Here's the thing. 31:03.260 --> 31:06.140 Elijah, rather than realizing that he was safe, 31:07.100 --> 31:08.680 he's just falling on his weaknesses. 31:08.960 --> 31:10.780 He's just focused on his weaknesses, right? 31:11.640 --> 31:13.380 And let me tell you our own feelings, 31:13.960 --> 31:17.520 our own intuitions or whatever, they're deceptive, are they not? 31:17.520 --> 31:20.260 He who trusts his own heart is a fool, right? 31:21.080 --> 31:21.880 They lie to us. 31:22.260 --> 31:25.200 And I'm not saying that your feelings are totally irrelevant. 31:25.860 --> 31:27.180 You know, there's a place for our feelings. 31:27.340 --> 31:31.440 The thing is you got to balance out your feelings in light of God's word, right? 31:32.060 --> 31:32.560 Here's the thing. 31:34.660 --> 31:38.820 Sometimes I say things or I said things back when I was in Germany 31:38.820 --> 31:42.920 and I was like, am I being too careless now? 31:43.080 --> 31:45.140 Am I saying too harsh? 31:45.340 --> 31:46.080 Am I being too harsh? 31:46.080 --> 31:49.880 Like, for example, I said, okay, the Jews are not God's chosen people. 31:50.100 --> 31:51.300 And I got flagged for that. 31:52.020 --> 31:53.080 You know, you get persecuted. 31:53.240 --> 31:54.080 People start talking to me. 31:54.140 --> 31:54.480 Here, here, here. 31:54.620 --> 31:57.380 How are you even a Christian when you say something like that? 31:57.900 --> 31:59.980 And I'm like, oh man, was I too harsh? 32:00.080 --> 32:01.760 And I started to fall on my feelings. 32:02.140 --> 32:05.040 And then I think to myself, you know, nuts to my feelings. 32:05.780 --> 32:08.140 You know, I'm going to double down on what the Bible says. 32:08.240 --> 32:08.540 You know what? 32:08.660 --> 32:10.060 I'm going to bring it up a notch. 32:10.500 --> 32:12.160 The Jews are not God's chosen people. 32:12.440 --> 32:13.900 They're Satan's chosen people. 32:14.580 --> 32:17.460 You know, Satan chose these people to deceive the nation. 32:17.640 --> 32:18.960 So yeah, that's what the Bible says, right? 32:19.340 --> 32:21.460 Here, if you're a father to the devil, right? 32:21.600 --> 32:22.820 I'm not going to back down on this. 32:23.820 --> 32:25.020 What about, okay, you know what? 32:26.040 --> 32:28.000 Death penalty is good for the society. 32:28.600 --> 32:29.840 It's instituted by God. 32:30.240 --> 32:33.260 Leviticus chapter 2013, homosexuals should be put to death. 32:33.800 --> 32:35.140 And then I get flagged for that. 32:35.460 --> 32:36.400 People start hating me. 32:36.940 --> 32:38.580 And I'm like, oh man, was I too careless? 32:39.200 --> 32:39.780 What did I say? 32:39.900 --> 32:41.260 I'm like, no, no, no, nuts to my feelings. 32:41.460 --> 32:43.040 I'm going to take it up a notch. 32:43.040 --> 32:43.620 Right? 32:43.940 --> 32:45.400 Let's have a homocaust. 32:46.200 --> 32:46.360 Right? 32:46.940 --> 32:49.300 You know, let's round and fag it's up. 32:49.840 --> 32:51.420 And ship it to Auschwitz. 32:52.280 --> 32:52.680 Right? 32:53.040 --> 32:53.780 I've been there. 32:53.860 --> 32:55.120 I've been to Auschwitz 2017. 32:55.500 --> 32:56.920 I've seen those camps and all that. 32:57.380 --> 32:58.960 You know, because back then I just wanted to, like, 32:59.040 --> 33:01.920 traveling around visiting places with my camera and everything. 33:02.420 --> 33:05.920 So it's a monument, like a memorial kind of monument. 33:06.120 --> 33:08.460 And they showed us, like, this is where they used to sleep. 33:08.600 --> 33:09.560 This is where they used to work. 33:09.560 --> 33:12.420 And this is where the gas chambers were. 33:13.500 --> 33:15.200 And, okay, back then I was like, yeah, whatever. 33:16.680 --> 33:17.960 And I'm like, you know what? 33:18.040 --> 33:19.340 Let's rebuild these places, man. 33:19.860 --> 33:20.820 Let's rebuild it. 33:21.100 --> 33:23.560 You know, all these Treblinka, Belzec, all these camps. 33:23.940 --> 33:24.660 Let's rebuild them. 33:25.400 --> 33:25.440 Right? 33:25.600 --> 33:27.440 Let's round up all the faggots around the world. 33:27.540 --> 33:30.600 I don't care if it's 6 million, 600 million, 60 million. 33:30.760 --> 33:31.200 I don't care. 33:31.520 --> 33:33.460 Round them up and light them up. 33:34.560 --> 33:35.400 Gas them up. 33:36.100 --> 33:36.500 Right? 33:36.960 --> 33:38.400 You know, when it comes to these faggots, 33:38.400 --> 33:41.340 I'm pro-mass genocide. 33:42.320 --> 33:43.380 That's what the Bible teaches. 33:43.700 --> 33:48.300 These people, if gays, lesbians, transgenders, pedophiles are not put to death, 33:49.260 --> 33:52.460 God will have to treat us like Sodom and Gomorrah and innocent people would die. 33:52.840 --> 33:56.120 I'd rather have these guys put to death, gas them up. 33:56.500 --> 33:57.540 I don't care how you do it. 33:57.960 --> 33:59.400 And I'm not going to back down, man. 33:59.760 --> 34:00.580 I'm not going to back down. 34:00.640 --> 34:02.000 I don't know if you know this. 34:02.240 --> 34:05.400 I told it to some of my friends three weeks ago. 34:07.320 --> 34:07.800 Germany. 34:07.980 --> 34:14.160 I got information that Germany had issued an international arrest warrant against me. 34:15.220 --> 34:16.380 For the things I say. 34:16.840 --> 34:18.260 An international arrest warrant. 34:18.960 --> 34:19.440 Right? 34:19.620 --> 34:24.620 And they pass this information to the U.S. Interpol to have me arrested 34:24.620 --> 34:26.060 and get me extradited or whatever. 34:27.380 --> 34:27.540 Right? 34:28.000 --> 34:28.320 Crazy. 34:28.520 --> 34:29.440 And I showed it to Brother Chris. 34:29.580 --> 34:32.240 I translated it to using chat GPT and showed it to Brother Chris. 34:32.240 --> 34:36.020 And he was like, dude, the only other person I've heard of who has this is Andrew Tate. 34:36.840 --> 34:38.520 I'm like, come on, man. 34:38.580 --> 34:39.260 That doesn't sound good. 34:39.280 --> 34:40.220 But I'm just trying to tell you. 34:40.240 --> 34:40.840 It's ridiculous. 34:41.540 --> 34:42.420 You preach the Bible. 34:42.660 --> 34:45.000 And wasn't it like a Jewish name? 34:46.060 --> 34:46.480 Brother Anzal? 34:48.220 --> 34:48.980 I don't know. 34:50.160 --> 34:54.540 Yeah, I think the prosecutor sounded like the last name was like a Jewish name or something. 34:54.760 --> 35:01.320 It kind of sounds like as if there are certain sons of Belial who decided probably they're not going to eat until they get me. 35:01.320 --> 35:04.000 And what I say, come get me, man. 35:04.560 --> 35:05.160 Come get me. 35:05.320 --> 35:05.600 I don't care. 35:05.940 --> 35:08.780 I trust that God will protect me. 35:09.360 --> 35:09.740 Yeah? 35:11.340 --> 35:11.860 Come for me. 35:12.040 --> 35:13.180 Screw Germany anyways. 35:13.500 --> 35:14.040 Not to Germany. 35:14.280 --> 35:15.240 Germany is going to hell. 35:15.660 --> 35:15.920 Right? 35:17.760 --> 35:19.740 Whoever this Jewish pig is wants to get me. 35:20.200 --> 35:20.640 I don't care. 35:20.960 --> 35:22.020 I'm going to preach against Jews. 35:22.160 --> 35:24.220 I'm going to preach against homosexuals. 35:25.760 --> 35:26.560 And here's the thing. 35:26.560 --> 35:31.580 If I were trusting on my feelings, my thoughts, of course, I get nightmares sometimes. 35:33.240 --> 35:34.380 What's going to happen to me? 35:34.440 --> 35:35.600 Will they deport me to Africa? 35:36.460 --> 35:37.320 Will they deport me? 35:37.460 --> 35:40.680 I don't know what's going to happen to me. 35:45.480 --> 35:47.260 But I think I'm safe. 35:48.300 --> 35:49.440 I'm serving God. 35:49.580 --> 35:53.920 And I trust that God will take care of me because I see how God's taking care of Elijah here. 35:54.520 --> 35:59.240 Elijah is falling on his own feelings and he's running for his life and he's discouraged. 36:00.080 --> 36:01.580 And God takes care of his needs. 36:07.440 --> 36:14.180 And another problem with negative thinking, another example of negative thinking is thoughts of suicide. 36:15.220 --> 36:16.460 Thoughts of committing suicide. 36:17.980 --> 36:19.220 I've never thought of that. 36:19.820 --> 36:20.100 Yeah? 36:20.300 --> 36:21.420 I've never thought of committing suicide. 36:21.420 --> 36:22.880 That's way too extreme for me. 36:22.880 --> 36:32.280 But apparently there are people who think about suicide and especially if you're a Christian who's thinking about suicide, 36:32.540 --> 36:37.340 you need to realize that you're actually trusting your own feelings and not what God says. 36:38.040 --> 36:41.720 You're not trusting in the Word of God if you're struggling with suicidal thoughts. 36:42.820 --> 36:43.900 Because here's the thing. 36:44.020 --> 36:50.860 If you were trusting God's Word on this issue, you will realize that this life is the only chance you will get to serve God 36:50.860 --> 36:52.220 and earn rewards in heaven. 36:53.060 --> 36:53.140 You know? 36:53.320 --> 36:59.200 If you were trusting in God's Word, you will realize that if you as a believer, if you commit suicide, 36:59.740 --> 37:02.820 the moment you get to heaven, you're going to regret that decision. 37:03.480 --> 37:04.660 You're going to suffer a loss. 37:04.800 --> 37:06.420 You're going to think, what did I do? 37:07.300 --> 37:07.880 I'm a fool. 37:08.100 --> 37:11.340 You know, my life is already so short compared to eternity. 37:11.480 --> 37:14.600 You'll feel like an idiot for having cut it shorter. 37:15.700 --> 37:15.900 Yeah? 37:16.140 --> 37:19.400 Your life is already just like a vapor compared to what eternity is. 37:19.400 --> 37:24.320 You'll think, if you commit suicide as a Christian and when you get to heaven, you'll be like, 37:24.380 --> 37:26.980 man, I could have just gulped down my emotions. 37:27.260 --> 37:32.920 I could have just lived a couple more years still, you know, have more rewards in heaven, get more people saved. 37:34.440 --> 37:37.920 And I believe that's going to stick to you in all eternity, man. 37:38.580 --> 37:40.940 You go to heaven, haven't killed yourself, and we all meet, 37:41.080 --> 37:43.080 hey, you actually killed yourself, man. 37:43.340 --> 37:45.080 You're crazy, you know? 37:45.080 --> 37:45.180 Yeah? 37:48.740 --> 37:53.740 I'll tell you, it's better to feel like an idiot in this life than feel like an idiot in all eternity. 37:54.240 --> 37:54.500 Right? 37:54.920 --> 37:55.100 Yeah? 37:56.380 --> 38:00.240 The Bible says Isaiah chapter 65 verse 17, you don't have to turn there for, 38:00.660 --> 38:07.020 behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former shall not be remembered, nor come to mind. 38:08.400 --> 38:12.540 One day, when you have a new earth, and you're not even going to think about this life, 38:13.220 --> 38:16.320 you know, it's going to be far removed, just like how your childhood is. 38:16.380 --> 38:20.280 Do you remember exactly the very first year of your life, or the second year of your life? 38:20.360 --> 38:22.840 Like probably the third year, glimpses here and there. 38:23.500 --> 38:23.860 Yeah? 38:23.980 --> 38:28.980 It's going to be like that when you get into eternity, when you have the new heaven and new earth, 38:29.960 --> 38:32.140 this life is not even going to come into your remembrance. 38:33.480 --> 38:35.860 You know, Elijah thought he was a failure. 38:36.860 --> 38:42.920 You know, what I'm trying to tell you is, some of the lessons from this particular chapter in 1 Kings 19, 38:43.380 --> 38:47.760 depression can make you forget the great things you have done for the Lord. 38:50.120 --> 38:53.260 Depression can make you forget how many souls you've won for the Lord. 38:54.160 --> 38:54.300 Right? 38:54.620 --> 38:56.840 I mean, did you really forget how many souls you've won? 38:57.100 --> 39:00.540 I mean, I'm not asking if you have a count of it, but it's a big number. 39:00.680 --> 39:02.940 If you've been coming to faithful work for a long time, 39:03.000 --> 39:04.820 and you've been consistently going soul winning, right? 39:04.820 --> 39:09.000 How many souls have you not saved at the doorstep when you preach the gospel to somebody? 39:09.700 --> 39:15.060 You know, we tend to forget that if you're trusting on your feelings when you go through depression. 39:16.060 --> 39:17.860 And people have, people are funny, man. 39:18.200 --> 39:20.760 You know, we think we are failure, we are failures. 39:21.520 --> 39:26.140 When we fail in one part of life, we think that we are failed in all other parts of life. 39:26.200 --> 39:27.540 That's how Elijah is thinking right now. 39:28.360 --> 39:28.600 Yeah? 39:29.080 --> 39:33.260 Just because you failed in keeping a promise doesn't mean that you're a failure in general. 39:33.260 --> 39:39.060 Also, just because you failed, let's say you failed in marriage doesn't mean you're a failure in life. 39:39.480 --> 39:39.820 Right? 39:40.100 --> 39:44.420 Just because you failed in keeping your virginity doesn't mean you're a failure in life. 39:45.160 --> 39:45.680 Yeah? 39:46.240 --> 39:51.340 Just because you failed at keeping your career or something doesn't mean you're a failure in life. 39:51.700 --> 39:52.000 Right? 39:52.300 --> 39:57.160 Yeah, just because you may have failed in raising your kids doesn't mean that you're a failure in life. 39:57.700 --> 39:58.320 You know? 39:59.700 --> 40:02.880 Look at verse 4, 1st king 19 verse 4, he says, 40:03.200 --> 40:07.100 Oh Lord, take away my life for I'm not better than my fathers. 40:07.340 --> 40:09.180 For I'm not better than my fathers. 40:09.300 --> 40:10.120 What is he doing here? 40:10.240 --> 40:13.860 He's talking about four fathers, maybe the spiritual leaders before his time. 40:14.200 --> 40:16.320 And he's comparing himself to others. 40:16.420 --> 40:20.020 He's comparing himself to his, I don't know who these people are like, 40:20.140 --> 40:22.880 probably spiritual forefathers, other prophets before his time. 40:23.280 --> 40:24.780 And he thinks they are better. 40:25.280 --> 40:26.300 I'm not better than them. 40:26.300 --> 40:30.240 You know, as NIFB Christians, who are, spiritually speaking, 40:30.400 --> 40:31.400 who are our forefathers? 40:31.920 --> 40:33.200 Isn't that the old IFB folk? 40:33.960 --> 40:34.440 Right? 40:35.420 --> 40:38.720 Sometimes, I don't know, I look at how pastor hiles, 40:39.780 --> 40:41.600 sorry, thousands of people in this church. 40:42.240 --> 40:44.880 And I'm like, okay, we have like 200, 300. 40:45.460 --> 40:46.960 Are we really having success though? 40:46.980 --> 40:50.180 But then I fail to realize that thousands and thousands of people 40:50.180 --> 40:52.400 that we as a movement reached through internet. 40:53.540 --> 40:53.780 Yeah. 40:53.780 --> 40:53.860 Yeah. 40:55.040 --> 40:58.680 You know, our forefathers, they did not preach hard on Jews. 40:59.280 --> 41:02.240 Our forefathers, they did not preach correctly on any times. 41:02.540 --> 41:03.720 These are important topics, right? 41:04.040 --> 41:07.240 Our forefathers had somewhat confused understanding of the word repent. 41:08.440 --> 41:08.600 Yeah. 41:09.520 --> 41:13.060 If anything, the NIFB, Faithful Word Baptist Church, 41:13.380 --> 41:16.340 we are more, more solid on doctrine, right? 41:16.460 --> 41:18.300 We are more solid on not compromising. 41:18.800 --> 41:22.900 You know, we're doing greater things than our forefathers did, right? 41:25.880 --> 41:28.980 First Kings chapter 19, verse 10. 41:30.200 --> 41:33.780 And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord, God of hosts, 41:34.200 --> 41:36.160 for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, 41:36.700 --> 41:39.520 thrown down in altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword, 41:39.760 --> 41:43.920 and I, even I only am left, and they seek my life to take it away. 41:44.140 --> 41:44.680 Look at what he says. 41:44.860 --> 41:46.500 I have been very jealous for the Lord, 41:47.560 --> 41:50.120 but the children of Israel, they've forsaken their covenant. 41:50.320 --> 41:52.000 What is, what is he, how is he reasoning? 41:52.000 --> 41:53.480 He's saying, I have did the right thing. 41:53.940 --> 41:54.920 I did the right thing. 41:55.040 --> 41:56.600 I did, I preached hard. 41:57.140 --> 42:00.200 You know, I've been faithful, but they're not changing. 42:01.340 --> 42:03.240 You know, I've been preaching the truth. 42:03.380 --> 42:05.400 This is an attitude that you may have. 42:05.500 --> 42:07.780 I've been doing the right thing as a Christian, 42:07.780 --> 42:09.540 but these guys aren't believing. 42:10.120 --> 42:13.560 Maybe in other instances, I've been doing my response. 42:13.960 --> 42:17.320 My part is a man, but I know my kids are rebellious, 42:17.580 --> 42:20.140 or my wife is not submissive, whatever it is. 42:20.640 --> 42:21.360 Here's the thing. 42:21.440 --> 42:23.980 Depression happens when you're discouraged 42:23.980 --> 42:26.000 about something you cannot control. 42:27.580 --> 42:28.900 You know, what do I mean by that? 42:29.160 --> 42:31.220 Our job is not to change people. 42:31.320 --> 42:33.920 Whether people want to change or not, it's their decision. 42:34.540 --> 42:35.740 It's not your job. 42:36.080 --> 42:37.880 And when you think that you can change people, 42:37.960 --> 42:39.300 and then they don't change, 42:39.660 --> 42:42.520 you're preparing yourself for depression, right? 42:44.820 --> 42:47.400 You know, even at soul winning, right? 42:47.980 --> 42:50.480 Your job is not to make that person believe. 42:51.340 --> 42:54.080 You know, your job is to be thorough with your presentation, 42:54.420 --> 42:57.540 do the best job possible, be as confrontational as possible, 42:58.340 --> 42:59.980 give the best presentation as possible, 43:00.080 --> 43:03.000 whether that person believes or not is his choice, 43:03.000 --> 43:03.920 not yours to make. 43:04.900 --> 43:07.120 You know, and you shouldn't be like forcing people 43:07.120 --> 43:08.740 to make that decision, right? 43:09.240 --> 43:10.200 He's not getting anywhere. 43:10.360 --> 43:12.200 Let's just like finish up with a prayer, 43:12.460 --> 43:13.520 one, two, three, repeat after me. 43:13.580 --> 43:14.480 Oh, we got a salvation. 43:15.280 --> 43:15.680 Wrong. 43:18.480 --> 43:21.660 It's, if you're forcing people to make decisions in your favor, 43:22.060 --> 43:24.280 because that's the attitude that we see Elijah is having, 43:24.400 --> 43:25.120 I did the right thing. 43:25.200 --> 43:26.100 These guys are not changing. 43:26.660 --> 43:28.920 You're preparing yourself for depression. 43:29.120 --> 43:30.540 You know, if you're a micromanager, 43:31.040 --> 43:32.500 if you're taking too much responsibility, 43:32.560 --> 43:33.660 yes, we should be responsible. 43:33.920 --> 43:35.400 If you're taking too much responsibility 43:35.400 --> 43:37.600 to the point where you're like getting into people's lives, 43:37.740 --> 43:40.920 you're preparing yourself for disappointments, right? 43:42.140 --> 43:42.540 Discouragement. 43:42.760 --> 43:43.880 And learn from Pastor Man, 43:44.120 --> 43:45.700 when we're talking about he's like one of the most 43:45.700 --> 43:47.140 pro-freedom persons I've ever seen. 43:47.860 --> 43:49.900 Yeah, hands off, right? 43:50.100 --> 43:52.540 He gives you enough freedom to do whatever decisions 43:52.540 --> 43:54.700 you need to take, yeah? 43:55.740 --> 43:57.420 Here's the thing, when you have that attitude, 43:58.800 --> 44:01.440 you know, that I'm not gonna get into people's lives, 44:01.540 --> 44:03.340 I'm not gonna force people to make decisions. 44:03.480 --> 44:06.220 Here's the thing, you will attract people 44:06.220 --> 44:08.260 who are genuinely interested in serving God. 44:09.260 --> 44:11.900 You know, you don't want to work people 44:11.900 --> 44:13.340 who are forced to serving God, right? 44:13.760 --> 44:14.120 Yeah? 44:15.220 --> 44:19.240 And here's another thing, when you have that mentality, 44:19.740 --> 44:21.840 and when people fail, it's not gonna affect you much. 44:22.440 --> 44:24.720 You know, because you know that it's their own stupid self 44:24.720 --> 44:27.120 that, you know, doing all this, whatever. 44:28.720 --> 44:30.220 And look at verse 10, and he says, 44:30.960 --> 44:34.640 I, even I am left in the seek my life to take it away. 44:36.820 --> 44:38.920 Now, is it true that he's the only person? 44:40.540 --> 44:41.240 It's not, right? 44:41.360 --> 44:43.180 Here's the thing, when we're depressed, 44:43.180 --> 44:45.120 we tend to think that everybody's against me. 44:46.320 --> 44:47.380 Yeah, I'm alone. 44:47.760 --> 44:50.600 Everybody has a negative thought about me. 44:50.760 --> 44:52.540 You know, as I said, it's all about negative thinking. 44:53.080 --> 44:54.480 And if you look at verse 18, 44:56.400 --> 44:58.760 yet I've left me 7,000 in Israel, 44:59.000 --> 45:00.860 all the needs which I've not bowed and to bail, 45:01.260 --> 45:03.200 in every mouth which I've not kissed him. 45:03.300 --> 45:05.580 It's Lord is saying, right? 45:05.680 --> 45:07.160 It's not true that he was the only one. 45:07.220 --> 45:08.520 There were several other people 45:08.520 --> 45:10.200 who would have gladly taken his side. 45:10.200 --> 45:13.860 And he did not see that because he fell on his own feelings. 45:14.580 --> 45:14.880 Yeah. 45:15.840 --> 45:18.140 Now, let me ask you this. 45:18.340 --> 45:22.300 Do you think Jezebel could have really dared to kill Elijah? 45:24.660 --> 45:29.580 She saw that Elijah killed 850 prophets of Baal. 45:31.180 --> 45:33.700 If you look at, if you read between the lines, 45:34.340 --> 45:36.820 there is nobody hunting Elijah. 45:37.040 --> 45:37.900 Nobody's chasing him. 45:38.060 --> 45:39.280 Is anybody chasing him? 45:40.200 --> 45:41.180 There's nobody behind him, right? 45:42.260 --> 45:42.720 Here's the thing. 45:42.860 --> 45:44.520 If you really were to kill somebody, 45:45.680 --> 45:47.180 would you send them a text message? 45:47.420 --> 45:48.640 Hey, dude, 6 p.m. 45:49.440 --> 45:50.420 I'm coming for you. 45:50.740 --> 45:53.420 Would you like stay at home the next 24 hours? 45:53.620 --> 45:54.120 I'm coming for you. 45:54.140 --> 45:54.840 Is that what you do? 45:56.300 --> 45:57.840 No, if you really intend to kill someone, 45:58.200 --> 45:59.660 wouldn't you like want to do it as a surprise? 46:00.940 --> 46:01.160 Right? 46:01.520 --> 46:02.880 So she actually gives him a warning. 46:03.240 --> 46:04.600 She sends a message to him for say, 46:04.620 --> 46:05.300 I'm going to kill you. 46:05.460 --> 46:06.160 You know what that shows? 46:06.300 --> 46:07.260 It's just an empty threat. 46:08.580 --> 46:09.220 Empty threat. 46:10.200 --> 46:16.180 You know, and I have threats in my life right now. 46:16.880 --> 46:21.560 I just told you and I will get scared 46:21.560 --> 46:22.720 if I'm falling on my feelings. 46:22.900 --> 46:24.500 But when I read the Bible, 46:24.960 --> 46:27.200 it looks clear to me that it's a nothing burger. 46:28.500 --> 46:31.300 You know, it's an empty threat. 46:31.480 --> 46:32.740 People just want to give you threats. 46:34.100 --> 46:35.500 And what I'm trying to say is, 46:35.600 --> 46:36.200 you know, depression, 46:36.680 --> 46:37.900 when you're falling on your feelings, 46:37.960 --> 46:39.000 because of your depression, 46:40.200 --> 46:44.200 it will lead you to exaggerate the problem. 46:45.100 --> 46:45.680 Right? 46:46.240 --> 46:46.620 Negative thinking. 46:47.260 --> 46:48.140 Negative thinking. 46:48.860 --> 46:49.640 Whatever trial, 46:49.940 --> 46:51.280 and look at the past man, 46:51.360 --> 46:53.560 whatever trial hardship you went through, 46:54.360 --> 46:54.500 you know, 46:54.620 --> 46:56.280 and when you eventually come out of it, 46:56.740 --> 47:00.460 you will realize that it wasn't the end of life. 47:01.420 --> 47:02.000 Right? 47:03.940 --> 47:04.880 End of the day, 47:05.000 --> 47:05.940 it's all in the mind. 47:06.720 --> 47:07.620 And the Bible says, 47:07.740 --> 47:08.780 renew your mind every day. 47:08.980 --> 47:09.140 Yeah? 47:09.140 --> 47:10.480 We got to renew our mind. 47:10.540 --> 47:12.220 Don't compare yourself to others 47:12.220 --> 47:14.140 during discouraging times. 47:14.400 --> 47:17.100 Don't exaggerate the situation you're in. 47:17.620 --> 47:19.660 It's not so bad. 47:20.640 --> 47:20.780 You know? 47:21.500 --> 47:22.760 And look at verse five. 47:23.240 --> 47:24.800 This is something that like hit me. 47:25.120 --> 47:25.560 Verse five, 47:25.720 --> 47:27.940 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, 47:28.040 --> 47:28.260 behold, 47:28.680 --> 47:30.260 then an angel touched him 47:30.260 --> 47:31.660 and said unto him, 47:31.900 --> 47:33.060 rise and eat. 47:34.220 --> 47:36.160 So basically this angel is coming 47:36.160 --> 47:37.000 and tapping him 47:37.000 --> 47:38.280 or like touching him. 47:38.680 --> 47:39.080 Right? 47:39.700 --> 47:40.760 Telling him to get up and eat. 47:41.620 --> 47:42.620 And that reminded me 47:42.620 --> 47:43.700 of another part of the Bible 47:43.700 --> 47:45.380 in Matthew chapter eight. 47:45.600 --> 47:46.340 You don't have to turn it, 47:46.440 --> 47:46.960 I'll just read it. 47:47.020 --> 47:47.800 Matthew chapter eight, 47:47.920 --> 47:48.340 verse one, 47:48.500 --> 47:49.940 when he was come down from the mountain, 47:50.800 --> 47:52.280 great multitudes followed him 47:52.280 --> 47:52.840 and behold, 47:53.000 --> 47:53.700 there came a leper 47:53.700 --> 47:54.720 and worshiped him saying, 47:54.800 --> 47:56.020 Lord, if thou wilt, 47:56.180 --> 47:57.280 thou canst make me clean. 47:57.980 --> 47:59.260 And Jesus put forth his hand 47:59.260 --> 48:00.060 and touched him saying, 48:00.300 --> 48:01.660 I will be thou clean. 48:02.140 --> 48:04.520 And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 48:05.260 --> 48:06.700 Sometimes there are parts of the Bible 48:06.700 --> 48:08.060 where you just have to pause and think, 48:08.060 --> 48:08.500 why? 48:09.960 --> 48:11.740 Jesus put forth his hand 48:11.740 --> 48:13.200 and touched him. 48:15.260 --> 48:16.620 I don't know if you've noticed that, 48:16.640 --> 48:18.080 like there are so many miracles 48:18.080 --> 48:19.340 where Jesus just said 48:19.980 --> 48:20.500 some things 48:20.500 --> 48:22.040 and the person was healed of his sickness. 48:22.920 --> 48:23.040 Right? 48:23.120 --> 48:24.260 He just had to say something. 48:24.960 --> 48:26.500 But here we see Jesus actually 48:27.200 --> 48:28.720 putting his hand on somebody, 48:29.080 --> 48:29.660 touching him. 48:30.040 --> 48:31.060 Why would Jesus do that? 48:32.100 --> 48:32.280 Right? 48:33.580 --> 48:35.160 You know, sometimes your sickness 48:35.160 --> 48:37.420 is not really what appears outside. 48:38.840 --> 48:39.680 You know, just imagine, 48:39.820 --> 48:41.100 I don't know if you have ever seen a leper. 48:42.280 --> 48:42.680 I have. 48:42.820 --> 48:44.500 In India you have a lot of lepers 48:45.460 --> 48:46.280 on the streets 48:46.680 --> 48:47.820 and you look at them 48:47.820 --> 48:49.820 and it's like, I'm never touching this person. 48:51.560 --> 48:52.820 You know, and it's not something, 48:53.080 --> 48:54.440 it's not like these bums 48:55.760 --> 48:56.960 who are out there 48:56.960 --> 48:57.760 and who are dirty. 48:58.480 --> 48:59.400 It's their own fault. 48:59.860 --> 49:01.700 But lepers, it's not really their own fault. 49:02.600 --> 49:03.620 You know, they're a disease 49:03.620 --> 49:05.080 and probably they had a life 49:05.080 --> 49:05.760 that at home 49:05.760 --> 49:07.060 and they got kicked out of the home. 49:07.060 --> 49:08.160 Nobody wants to have a leper 49:08.160 --> 49:09.040 living in their home. 49:09.480 --> 49:11.640 Nobody wants to have a relationship with them. 49:11.680 --> 49:12.520 They don't get jobs. 49:13.060 --> 49:13.620 Whatever it is, 49:13.680 --> 49:15.040 maybe that was this man's situation. 49:15.500 --> 49:15.520 Right? 49:15.600 --> 49:16.560 It's still a human being 49:17.300 --> 49:17.960 rotting away. 49:19.580 --> 49:20.460 You know, sometimes 49:20.460 --> 49:21.500 it is a thing for, 49:21.900 --> 49:23.420 if it's just a physical illness, 49:23.620 --> 49:25.000 you may just need the Word of God 49:25.720 --> 49:26.460 to heal you. 49:26.540 --> 49:28.160 But if it's a loneliness of the heart, 49:28.960 --> 49:29.200 you know, 49:30.080 --> 49:31.380 you need the touch of God. 49:32.580 --> 49:33.880 You know, just why Jesus comes 49:33.880 --> 49:34.640 and puts his hand on. 49:34.720 --> 49:35.680 You know, there is another instance 49:35.680 --> 49:36.640 where Jesus actually 49:36.640 --> 49:37.420 spits on the ground 49:37.980 --> 49:39.020 and he makes like a clay 49:39.020 --> 49:40.080 and puts it on somebody's eyes. 49:40.320 --> 49:40.880 And I was like, 49:40.940 --> 49:42.460 why would Jesus do that? 49:43.240 --> 49:44.560 And then I think about like 49:44.560 --> 49:46.480 moms who take care of their kids. 49:47.920 --> 49:49.060 You know, and there's something 49:49.060 --> 49:50.000 like stuck on their cheek 49:50.000 --> 49:50.440 or something 49:50.440 --> 49:51.460 that immediately take a cloth, 49:51.940 --> 49:52.580 put it in their mouth, 49:52.700 --> 49:53.800 use their spit and clean it up. 49:54.740 --> 49:54.940 Yeah? 49:55.320 --> 49:57.260 It shows that the mother's touch of love. 49:57.540 --> 49:58.240 And that's okay. 49:58.520 --> 50:00.100 Now I get it why Jesus would like, 50:00.160 --> 50:01.020 there's no water there. 50:01.200 --> 50:02.220 He wants to like use the spit 50:02.220 --> 50:03.300 immediately, make something 50:03.300 --> 50:04.360 and heal this person. 50:05.220 --> 50:05.540 You know? 50:07.300 --> 50:08.860 Now what I'm trying to say is 50:08.860 --> 50:11.140 that people may do you wrong. 50:12.960 --> 50:15.220 Nobody can treat you better 50:15.700 --> 50:17.200 than how God treats you. 50:18.520 --> 50:21.500 You know, people may misunderstand you. 50:21.620 --> 50:22.460 People may be quick 50:22.460 --> 50:24.340 to comment on your infirmity. 50:24.860 --> 50:26.320 When you're showing science of depression, 50:26.320 --> 50:27.960 people may make fun of you. 50:29.300 --> 50:29.500 Right? 50:29.540 --> 50:29.960 But here's the thing, 50:30.040 --> 50:31.240 God is not going to treat you like that. 50:31.440 --> 50:32.500 God knows the battles 50:32.500 --> 50:33.260 that you're going through. 50:33.660 --> 50:34.580 God actually knows 50:35.240 --> 50:36.640 what's happening behind the scenes. 50:37.180 --> 50:37.580 Sometimes. 50:37.960 --> 50:38.060 You know? 50:38.280 --> 50:39.740 He actually knows everything about you. 50:39.960 --> 50:40.020 You know? 50:40.520 --> 50:40.940 If you were, 50:41.140 --> 50:42.640 here's the thing in a church like us, 50:42.800 --> 50:43.360 sometimes of course 50:43.360 --> 50:44.460 we shouldn't speak about things 50:44.460 --> 50:45.380 that you've done in the dark. 50:45.680 --> 50:46.300 You shouldn't go around 50:46.300 --> 50:48.040 taunting about our sins of the past. 50:48.120 --> 50:49.500 But let's say somebody finds out 50:49.500 --> 50:50.400 all the things that you've done 50:50.400 --> 50:50.940 in your life. 50:52.160 --> 50:54.100 Won't people be judgmental to you? 50:55.100 --> 50:57.040 They like start pickering about you. 50:57.380 --> 50:58.380 You know, this is a guy. 50:58.720 --> 50:58.880 You know? 50:58.960 --> 51:00.280 You don't want to go around telling people. 51:00.420 --> 51:00.820 But you know, 51:00.940 --> 51:02.720 God knows who you are 51:02.720 --> 51:04.200 and he still treats you. 51:04.200 --> 51:05.600 He's still so long suffering. 51:06.380 --> 51:06.460 You know? 51:06.520 --> 51:07.520 And what I'm trying to say is, 51:08.320 --> 51:10.300 if nobody's treating you right, 51:11.040 --> 51:12.600 if you're not getting the love that you want, 51:13.280 --> 51:14.780 you know, you're suffering with depression. 51:15.300 --> 51:16.540 You're suffering with your hardship. 51:17.020 --> 51:17.920 You know, you got to know 51:18.620 --> 51:20.220 that God treats you better 51:20.220 --> 51:21.820 than any person would ever treat you. 51:23.320 --> 51:23.600 You know? 51:23.640 --> 51:24.860 He's willing to touch you. 51:25.620 --> 51:27.020 I'm not saying you literally come 51:27.020 --> 51:28.500 and put a tap on your hand. 51:28.560 --> 51:29.000 I'm just saying, 51:29.240 --> 51:30.840 just expect God to deal with you 51:30.840 --> 51:32.500 in areas that you wouldn't expect. 51:33.170 --> 51:34.660 He knows the actual problem 51:34.660 --> 51:36.260 more than you do, right? 51:36.960 --> 51:37.860 When you're going through depression, 51:38.860 --> 51:41.740 just look at how he shows care 51:41.740 --> 51:43.540 and empathy for Elijah. 51:44.540 --> 51:44.920 Yeah? 51:45.140 --> 51:46.600 No person, no human being 51:46.600 --> 51:47.980 is actually being of comfort 51:47.980 --> 51:49.200 to Elijah at this point. 51:49.360 --> 51:50.060 Only God is. 51:50.740 --> 51:50.940 Yeah? 51:51.340 --> 51:53.100 And no person, no pastor 51:53.100 --> 51:55.200 can be more long suffering 51:55.200 --> 51:56.260 than God himself. 51:57.820 --> 51:58.360 Right? 51:59.740 --> 52:01.220 And what I'm trying to say 52:01.220 --> 52:02.280 is in times of depression, 52:02.620 --> 52:03.500 you just got to make sure 52:03.500 --> 52:04.500 that you're doing your part. 52:04.720 --> 52:05.640 You're coming to the church. 52:06.520 --> 52:06.760 Yeah? 52:06.820 --> 52:08.460 I want to be under the right leadership. 52:09.180 --> 52:11.100 You know, I want to do the best I can 52:11.700 --> 52:12.640 in supporting others 52:12.640 --> 52:13.700 and going soul-winning. 52:14.680 --> 52:15.360 And you know, 52:15.400 --> 52:16.520 and you can expect God 52:16.520 --> 52:17.500 to do his part. 52:18.440 --> 52:18.740 Right? 52:20.860 --> 52:23.320 And 1 Kings chapter 19 verse 15, 52:23.480 --> 52:24.280 I'm almost at the end. 52:25.200 --> 52:26.220 And the Lord said unto him, 52:26.300 --> 52:27.820 Go, return on thy way 52:27.820 --> 52:29.180 to the wilderness of Damascus 52:29.180 --> 52:30.160 and when thou comest 52:30.160 --> 52:32.840 anoint Hizal to be king over Syria 52:32.840 --> 52:34.740 and Jihu the son of Nimshi 52:34.740 --> 52:36.860 shall thou anoint to be king over Israel 52:36.860 --> 52:40.740 and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abime Loa 52:40.740 --> 52:42.840 shall thou anoint to be prophet in thy room 52:42.840 --> 52:43.840 and it shall come to pass 52:43.840 --> 52:44.620 that him that escape 52:44.620 --> 52:47.140 in the sword of Hizal shall Jihu slay 52:47.140 --> 52:47.860 and him that escape 52:47.860 --> 52:50.220 in the sword of Jihu shall Elisha slay. 52:50.940 --> 52:53.480 What is God telling Elijah? 52:54.680 --> 52:56.160 Your job is not yet finished. 52:56.640 --> 52:57.120 Yeah? 52:57.180 --> 52:58.820 You still have great things to do. 52:59.100 --> 52:59.300 Right? 52:59.300 --> 53:01.700 You still have more false prophets to slay. 53:02.060 --> 53:04.160 You still have more false teachings to expose. 53:04.620 --> 53:05.720 This is not the time to quit. 53:06.920 --> 53:07.620 You know? 53:09.020 --> 53:09.640 Here's the thing. 53:10.580 --> 53:13.160 When you give yourself your insecurities, 53:13.680 --> 53:15.480 when you're falling on your emotions, 53:15.740 --> 53:16.280 your feelings, 53:16.780 --> 53:19.680 you know, you're taking a setback. 53:20.100 --> 53:21.760 You know, it actually prevents you 53:21.760 --> 53:24.980 from continuing to do the great work 53:24.980 --> 53:26.460 which you're already doing. 53:28.000 --> 53:29.360 And sometimes it's okay. 53:29.540 --> 53:30.620 Maybe you need that break. 53:31.540 --> 53:31.860 Yeah? 53:32.000 --> 53:32.800 It's too much. 53:33.160 --> 53:34.240 You want to take a break 53:34.240 --> 53:35.480 and you know, just, you know, 53:36.100 --> 53:37.020 cry about it. 53:37.300 --> 53:37.940 But let me tell you, 53:38.580 --> 53:40.040 if the longer you take, 53:40.440 --> 53:42.420 whenever you're going through periods of depression, 53:42.520 --> 53:44.840 the longer you take to sit and cry about it, 53:45.000 --> 53:46.940 the longer you take in wallowing, 53:47.260 --> 53:48.520 in your self pity, whatever, 53:49.640 --> 53:51.020 the longer you're staying away 53:51.020 --> 53:52.420 from doing great things for God. 53:54.500 --> 53:55.680 You know, it's, 53:55.800 --> 53:56.440 I'm not saying it's a great thing. 53:56.440 --> 53:57.460 It's a wrong thing to take a break 53:57.460 --> 53:58.100 when you're depressed, 53:58.620 --> 53:59.720 but make sure you come back. 54:00.660 --> 54:02.820 You know, because some people tend to just stay, 54:03.000 --> 54:03.700 I mean, there are people 54:03.700 --> 54:05.020 who just stop coming to church 54:05.020 --> 54:06.760 because they've experienced something, 54:06.980 --> 54:08.340 they've disgruntled or something. 54:09.060 --> 54:10.280 You know, sometimes I understand, 54:10.460 --> 54:11.460 okay, there are people, 54:11.640 --> 54:12.980 they have their own issues or whatever. 54:14.480 --> 54:16.140 But really, are you serving God 54:16.140 --> 54:17.440 if you're going to some other church? 54:18.540 --> 54:20.240 As good as you would be serving God 54:20.240 --> 54:21.260 if you're at faithful work. 54:22.020 --> 54:22.280 Right? 54:22.380 --> 54:23.060 You may take a break, 54:23.180 --> 54:24.100 but you know, you got to make sure 54:24.100 --> 54:24.740 you come back, man. 54:25.620 --> 54:26.200 Come back. 54:26.200 --> 54:27.820 The longer you stay away, 54:28.300 --> 54:29.880 you know, you're not doing anything you forgot, 54:29.980 --> 54:30.720 and when you come back, 54:30.820 --> 54:32.260 it'll take a longer time for you 54:32.260 --> 54:34.800 to actually, you know, fit back in. 54:40.900 --> 54:42.800 And these are some of the tips I have 54:42.800 --> 54:46.440 if you're going through depression. 54:47.200 --> 54:48.480 Your first thing, you know, 54:48.700 --> 54:50.400 make sure that you're under the right leadership, 54:50.600 --> 54:51.860 people who care for you, 54:51.960 --> 54:53.280 naturally care for you, 54:53.840 --> 54:55.920 even among brothers who care for you, 54:55.920 --> 54:58.500 search out a person who is more long suffering 54:59.200 --> 55:02.120 and try to show that attitude towards other people. 55:02.500 --> 55:03.080 If you're depressed, 55:03.340 --> 55:05.200 find somebody who needs help, 55:05.440 --> 55:07.340 find somebody whom you can invest in 55:07.340 --> 55:08.840 that makes you feel better. 55:09.460 --> 55:09.980 Right? 55:11.760 --> 55:13.180 And if you're a person who is, 55:13.240 --> 55:14.880 okay, you're not really going through depression, 55:14.920 --> 55:16.860 but you're in fellowship with other people 55:16.860 --> 55:18.480 who are going through depression, 55:18.880 --> 55:21.260 and you know, maybe this can teach you 55:21.260 --> 55:21.860 some things. 55:22.060 --> 55:23.860 You know, if you're a happy person today 55:23.860 --> 55:25.080 and you know a brother 55:25.080 --> 55:26.060 who's going through depression, 55:26.680 --> 55:27.700 you know, I think maybe you can work 55:27.700 --> 55:29.240 on your own attitude towards others. 55:29.800 --> 55:31.500 Work on your own attitudes about 55:31.500 --> 55:33.000 how you comment on others, 55:33.180 --> 55:35.220 how you comment on other people's infirmities. 55:35.580 --> 55:37.700 This is a lesson for myself as well. 55:38.380 --> 55:39.860 You know, sometimes I can be very quick 55:39.860 --> 55:42.460 to like joke on somebody's infirmities 55:43.020 --> 55:43.920 or whatever, you know. 55:44.360 --> 55:45.920 Don't be a vengeful person. 55:46.760 --> 55:48.740 If somebody makes a negative comment, 55:49.100 --> 55:50.860 don't be too quick to strike back. 55:51.600 --> 55:53.340 You know, if somebody insults you or something, 55:53.340 --> 55:54.620 it's okay, man. 55:55.000 --> 55:55.980 Take it like a champ. 55:56.720 --> 55:58.660 Don't get offended for every little small 55:58.660 --> 56:00.380 little negative thing somebody says. 56:01.260 --> 56:01.520 Yeah? 56:01.820 --> 56:03.200 Don't be so quick to demand, 56:03.360 --> 56:04.640 okay, I need to get right with it. 56:04.660 --> 56:05.740 You need to make it right. 56:05.860 --> 56:06.600 You need to make it square. 56:07.080 --> 56:07.960 Learn to let it go. 56:08.640 --> 56:09.060 So what? 56:10.140 --> 56:10.340 Yeah? 56:12.560 --> 56:14.080 Be kind to people anyways. 56:14.840 --> 56:15.900 You know, depressed people, 56:16.800 --> 56:19.720 what they need mostly is encouragement. 56:21.580 --> 56:24.260 You know, sometimes there's a time for rebuke. 56:24.540 --> 56:26.300 There's a time for encouragement, you know. 56:26.500 --> 56:27.380 Don't be so quick. 56:27.600 --> 56:29.240 Don't be this person who's always rebuking. 56:30.140 --> 56:31.520 Don't be this person who's always 56:31.520 --> 56:34.120 like trying to correct something, you know. 56:34.480 --> 56:38.320 You know, depression tells you that you're a loser. 56:38.720 --> 56:40.080 Depression tells you that your future 56:40.080 --> 56:41.060 is not going to be bright. 56:41.760 --> 56:42.760 Depression is going to tell you, 56:42.820 --> 56:44.840 you know what, your situation in your future 56:44.840 --> 56:46.540 is just going to be as bad as your past. 56:47.420 --> 56:49.200 You know, depression makes you think 56:49.200 --> 56:51.340 about your past and makes you fall in your feelings. 56:51.680 --> 56:53.240 You know, a person who's going through depression, 56:53.580 --> 56:56.220 he needs encouragement, you know. 56:56.280 --> 56:58.780 And we gotta be people who are, you know, 56:58.940 --> 57:00.200 quick to encourage people 57:00.720 --> 57:03.720 and not quick to immediately rebuke people, right? 57:05.000 --> 57:06.640 And I'm gonna end with this verse. 57:08.340 --> 57:09.800 Psalm 119 verse 71, 57:10.040 --> 57:12.100 it is good for me that I have been afflicted 57:12.100 --> 57:14.480 that I might learn thy statutes. 57:15.160 --> 57:16.720 It's a good thing to be afflicted. 57:16.740 --> 57:17.520 It's a good thing. 57:17.520 --> 57:21.020 There is an opportunity, depression, discouragement, 57:21.200 --> 57:23.420 creates great opportunities in life, 57:23.900 --> 57:26.020 great opportunities to serve God. 57:26.340 --> 57:28.480 So don't miss out on those opportunities 57:28.480 --> 57:30.780 when you're depressed, when you're discouraged. 57:31.980 --> 57:34.420 Don't miss out on the opportunity of serving God 57:34.420 --> 57:37.220 just because of your negative thinking, right? 57:37.440 --> 57:38.700 Let's bow down and say thank you a lot. 57:38.820 --> 57:39.620 Thank you for this time. 57:39.660 --> 57:41.260 Preach, thank you a lot for your word 57:41.260 --> 57:43.360 that encourages us in our times of trouble, 57:43.960 --> 57:46.960 times of depression, in times of discouragement. 57:46.960 --> 57:49.820 Lord, I ask that you give us the wisdom 57:49.820 --> 57:53.200 to do the right thing, to get under the right leadership 57:53.200 --> 57:55.380 in, Lord, that we are able to serve you 57:55.380 --> 57:58.180 and have a good fellowship with others, Lord. 57:59.040 --> 58:01.200 And Lord, I ask, Lord, that you give us the wisdom 58:01.680 --> 58:04.120 to be patient, to be long suffering with those 58:04.660 --> 58:06.340 who are struggling with depression, Lord. 58:06.820 --> 58:08.860 And in Jesus' name, I offer this prayer. Amen.