When we are in the grips of depression we often cannot pray for ourselves. Others yes but we have given up on ourselves. I have long known the power of having others pray for me. Cancer has been healed in my body, extreme pain has been lifted, and damning depression has lifted.
I came to this site and joined as a result of feeling the madness of suicidial depression. I had given up on God. I had typed suicide or something like it into google and allaboutgod.com came up. For the next couple of days I read many of the wonderful articles of real world questions and eventually discovered this social networking site. What I found was you, my new online friends in the Lord. This site cought my eyes and I immeadately joined (thank you Jen for your courage to post such a group). I have found nothing but the love of Jesus in you people. Your encouragement has been good BUT it is the prayers from you and others that has brought about FREEDOM.
God works in mysterious ways. I returned to the church that I used to attend and where my healings occured due to the pastors wife answering God's call to be my prayer covering. Well the pastor was attacked by the enemy and I thought that the visions for the ministry I know I was called to carry out was dead. The new pastor and the new congregation welcomed me with open arms. I entered with caution as I read that I am to discern the teachings as Jesus warned us of false prophets. Well I persisted and although my mind and sick body did not want to go to church because of the offenses I experienced, even the quelling of the fire I had for ministry.
Well pastor and myself got together this week and talked. I was bowled over that this brother has the same vision for our unique church that I have had for a couple of years. I began to pray and the Holy spirit impressed on me that this was indeed his will and pastor has accepted me into the ministry to share my talents and fire. It has been my prayer for the past year and a half after being turned down for bible college and other ministries that God would work in my life, ministry or not. I left the churches and began an intense study of the different denominations and teachings that are out there. I eventually aquired a seed of bitterrness that lead to my healing being lost, backsliding into substances to mask the pain.
I praise God and thank him for those who have prayed for me and reached out in concern with kind words Jen, Jack, Christine, and all others (I know there are others out there as I pray for some without posting). I know that I am being healed again and depression does not happen when I am sharing Jesus.
PRAYER DOES WORK AND I WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL TO YOU ALL.
DEPRESSION IS GONE AND I AM PRAISING GOD.
Keep my little sister "lilycoy" lifted up in prayer and watch another miracle happen. She is dying from hydrogen sulfide poisioning h2s (I will post a blog soon on its dangers in case anyone is being unwittingly exposed to it) and is reaching out to whom she knows is God and the christian community. I can only imagine her pain. There is no earthly treatment to reverse the damages.
When you pray for others it WILL also lift you out of your depression. We can always find someone worse off than ourselves. May God bless each and every one of you. Send your prayer requests. Rx=prayer=JESUS