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Right now, I'm reeling.

That sounds awful. i hope things will settle down soon for you. i do hope you find strength in your faith during these difficult times.

i found that if i bring Jesus my bad life and let Him grow His good life in my heart, i can learn to survive even massive onslaughts of depression and bad life.

Peace.
 
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That sounds awful. i hope things will settle down soon for you. i do hope you find strength in your faith during these difficult times.

i found that if i bring Jesus my bad life and let Him grow His good life in my heart, i can learn to survive even massive onslaughts of depression and bad life.

Peace.

Thank you, brother.

Right now, I'm in unexplored territory. I have a sense of peace and calm in my heart... Thank you Jesus. Blessed be Your sweet name for ever and ever. Amen.
 
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Okay. Right now is that moment when I’m feeling it. Is lurking. Is this a joke!? Why doesn’t it just come out and ruin me completely already!? Instead of being iffy!?
The person who is supposed to be supportive or even caring...is causing this. I’m guessing that’s what it is. Either that or I’m just broken. What ever
 
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Okay. Right now is that moment when I’m feeling it. Is lurking. Is this a joke!? Why doesn’t it just come out and ruin me completely already!? Instead of being iffy!?
The person who is supposed to be supportive or even caring...is causing this. I’m guessing that’s what it is. Either that or I’m just broken. What ever

Embrace Jesus and let His loving truth bring you safety from this inner storm. Sometimes the people we trust to help us dig our graves instead.

Psalm 34:15-22
The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears are attentive to their cry;
but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
to blot out their name from the earth.



The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them;
he delivers them from all their troubles.
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted
and saves those who are crushed in spirit.



The righteous person may have many troubles,
but the Lord delivers him from them all;
he protects all his bones,
not one of them will be broken.



Evil will slay the wicked;
the foes of the righteous will be condemned.
The Lord will rescue his servants;
no one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.


 
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there is this awesome guy named andrew huberman who is a neuroscientist and neurobiologist and he did a podcast on depression that might be useful to others, I just started to watch it.

Understanding & Conquering Depression | Huberman Lab Podcast #34

sorry for you folks in Australia I heard it is currently like this :/
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there is this awesome guy named andrew huberman who is a neuroscientist and neurobiologist and he did a podcast on depression that might be useful to others, I just started to watch it.

Understanding & Conquering Depression | Huberman Lab Podcast #34

sorry for you folks in Australia I heard it is currently like this :/
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Hi brother, good meeting you here today. Thanks for sharing that video. It is so interesting that science and the truth of Scripture can so easily agree on so many things. Of course science is learning truth from truth while the word is truth, but nevertheless true since will not contradict God's truth.

Yes here in Australia we live on a prison island. This is the testing ground for the rest of the world. Can they force people to do their will successfully or will the population rise up against them and how to go about dealing with that.

Cursed are our governments doing the will of the merchants of the world, the book of Revelation always warned us about that. The beast of the sea, colonialism, was driven by the merchants of their day, and capitalism, as the beast of the earth, was driven by the merchants, and now socialism, in the shape of a new world order, is taking over the world and are bringing it in its final stage.

i find the times that are upon us extremely interesting in light of the bible, and am eagerly waiting for the two witnesses to emerge. As it is, it looks like Christianity is going to suffer persecution on a world scale, the emerging of God's two prophets will help unite Christians back into one whole community, instead of splintered into thousands of points of view and belief systems.


How have you been otherwise brother? How is the depression going? How do you feel about life in America now over against before?

Hoping you are well.
 
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How have you been otherwise brother? How is the depression going? How do you feel about life in America now over against before?
I guess I have very little drive to do anything, the video clarified it for me. I feel so safe and comforted locked up in my house for 17 months now. if it was up to me I would never leave because what's the point. I should learn more about social anxiety I guess.

I am scared for americans because they don't seem to realize that we are not as great as they think we are, some look at your country and contrast that they themselves are something wonderful... as they (USA) unjustly throw so many into jail that have done no major evils. they don't notice all our flaws so I doubt it takes much to heap up more. it's way too hard to fully describe anything. some places have more restrictions, texas tends to have less in some ways. I been so shut off from everything though, i'm sure it would suck having to deal with employers making you wear mask and taking a vax and grocery stores not allowing you to get food unless you comply with their will. at least home delivery is getting more popular.

in 2031 the biggest or second biggest comet nearly dwarf plant sized enters within saturns orbit. I believe this to be a sign in heaven. this might be the last time this supposedly 4 million year cycle takes place because in a few million years our sun will come close to another star and that star might grab this comet. I find it interesting that in the time of the enlightenment was when the biggest comet was discovered, the comet of 1729.
 
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I guess I have very little drive to do anything, the video clarified it for me. I feel so safe and comforted locked up in my house for 17 months now. if it was up to me I would never leave because what's the point. I should learn more about social anxiety I guess.
Stay hidden and out of sight brother. It are evil times. Jesus will lead us in to true freedom at the end of this no doubt, that is where we are waiting for. We hate the way this world has gone and want nothing to do with its ways and policies.

We have been made for different times brother. This world does not want us. When the time comes to pick up the pieces and bury the dead bodies then we come out of hiding not before.

social anxiety = people are dangerous to our inner well being - and that is really so as we have found out in our lives.

i don't know about yours but in my world the lies people believe about me were once almost my doom, for i believed them too.

The loving truth of Jesus is much better.

So yes hide at home and make yourself useful in God's kingdom, praying for this world, and for those lost in lies and hurting it.

i know that soon the great desolation will break out, we are already used to suffering bad life, but lots of people will need to find God's love then, as the carnage will be enormous.

Pray that they will all find Jesus. Pray that Jesus will come. Pray for us all brother. No one can accuse for doing nothing when you do the Lord's work. There are far to few believers praying for God to come and reveal the Son to us. Be one of those believers who does.

Peace.
 
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i've been having a few better days lately, or at least mentally, for physically i still struggle with feeling sick at times, it has been going on for two weeks already, not sure how long it will last.

Sometimes during the day i feel really sick, especially in the mornings, and at other times not too bad. It is kind of weird because i have no flu or cold and i haven't been spewing, though i can get very nauseous at times, it is not the spewing type.

Spiritually i have been growing steadily onwards. In my heart His loving Truth is healing me more and more. i find it amazing how the truth of God's word takes shape more and more in my inner world of being, and how suffering depression has been used by Jesus to bring me unheard of treasures from Heaven.

Hoping all find their life in His loving truth, even today.

Peace.
 
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:groupray: and :pray: for all who needs one! A big thank you to God (Heavenly Father), Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit for carrying me through 2020, and thank you to Jeshu for ministering to folks like me on CF :)

Good to see you back here Loyal. Glad to see you happy in The Lord.

how are you doing?
 
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Can't complain, thank you for asking! How are you handling this pandemic where you are?

We are living on a prison island again but otherwise i haven't been effected all that bad by it. We got no Covid where we are, it might still be awhile before it gets in as all the borders are closed.

The government is trying to force vaccinate all Australians, those who don't want to get vaccinated will discriminated against, they are preparing a vaccine passport for all Australians right now.

None of that effects me all that much. i mostly spend my days at home. i'm not likely to get Covid or spread it if i do.

i hate how they destroyed our freedoms and are now leading us into a new world order. i feel very sad about this and pray and hope Christian across this world will wake up and resist these forces of darkness.
 
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That feeling of hopelessness that comes upon you all of a sudden when you realize that you basically ate and slept and pretty much nothing else during the day.

Yes i know how that feels. i have been home for 25 years and have felt like that very often in the past.

Then on one of those meaningless days, completely out of the blue, Jesus told me i could be very useful in His kingdom learning to heed Him. And He began teaching me to pray for hurting people, especially those who didn't know Him. Honest dear sister that changed my whole purpose around and i have been happily sowing and planting and praying for God to bless the harvest in those hurting hearts.

So much loving goodwill Jesus has brought alive within my heart doing that. So much ability to keep on going even though the depression was crippling. So many questions i had about The Word answered. So much fellowship with the Spirit of Jesus, how i have learned to love and admire Him.

Wish Jesus as ruler of their heart for any one. Jesus can turn us into strong, loving and caring people, i have learned to understand. So very much better than laying floored on the bottom of my pit for years on end in my misery. Yet this is how my life was before i learned to understand that God's loving truth could build me out of my depression into His kingdom, every day some more.

Wishing you God's love alive within even now.
 
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Yes i know how that feels. i have been home for 25 years and have felt like that very often in the past.

Then on one of those meaningless days, completely out of the blue, Jesus told me i could be very useful in His kingdom learning to heed Him. And He began teaching me to pray for hurting people, especially those who didn't know Him. Honest dear sister that changed my whole purpose around and i have been happily sowing and planting and praying for God to bless the harvest in those hurting hearts.

So much loving goodwill Jesus has brought alive within my heart doing that. So much ability to keep on going even though the depression was crippling. So many questions i had about The Word answered. So much fellowship with the Spirit of Jesus, how i have learned to love and admire Him.

Wish Jesus as ruler of their heart for any one. Jesus can turn us into strong, loving and caring people, i have learned to understand. So very much better than laying floored on the bottom of my pit for years on end in my misery. Yet this is how my life was before i learned to understand that God's loving truth could build me out of my depression into His kingdom, every day some more.

Wishing you God's love alive within even now.

Yes - there are so many hurting people - so many who never reveal their pain, so many who don't know that He is there to get us through. After several months of feeling positive and with a set goal before me, all things changed. Suddenly, one after another, my plans fell like dominoes.

While still recovering from one event, and hanging on by a thread, another hit. The facts aren't important - just that they are all crippling 'circumstances.' Of course, I went directly to 'why God' to total despair to the numbness of today. After talking with a good Christian friend, I realized I had been worshipping finances and 'having' certain things - like my bank account and the new place in the mountains. I'm not sure, but could be God's way of telling me that He's in charge and that my plans are not His plans.

I read so often of the peace one gets from trusting God, even in dire circumstances - yet that peace seems to elude me. I thought I was trusting Him, but evidently, not, and these challenges are my wake-up call. In re-grouping, I'm asking for prayers to see my way clearly and to stay intact during these new challenges. It ain't easy - but I now have a 3 stage game plan for each day: Praise God; Trust Jesus; Seek the Holy Spirit's help. That's all I can handle right now. That's all any of us need to know when [as Jeshu stated] we're laying floored at the bottom of the worldly pit of depression and anxiety. Know that He will get us up - and standing - and moving forward - if we just ask Him and let Him lead the way. Remember, He's answered us in the past, and He will do so again if we ask in heartfelt prayer.

And while we're waiting, we can pray for others who carry their burdens silently. God Bless all ...
 
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I read so often of the peace one gets from trusting God, even in dire circumstances - yet that peace seems to elude me. I thought I was trusting Him, but evidently, not, and these challenges are my wake-up call. In re-grouping, I'm asking for prayers to see my way clearly and to stay intact during these new challenges. It ain't easy - but I now have a 3 stage game plan for each day: Praise God; Trust Jesus; Seek the Holy Spirit's help. That's all I can handle right now. That's all any of us need to know when [as Jeshu stated] we're laying floored at the bottom of the worldly pit of depression and anxiety. Know that He will get us up - and standing - and moving forward - if we just ask Him and let Him lead the way. Remember, He's answered us in the past, and He will do so again if we ask in heartfelt prayer.

Yes dear sister our worldly existence can tare our eyes of Jesus so very easily. Especially hardships are good at doing that.

And yes when we think we stand we fall, i have been there plenty times myself, however i know that it is only to get us back up again.

It is for us to learn to walk in God's loving truth when our physical lives are going badly, then this can be very hard to do.

i hope you let Jesus pick you back up again sister. Please bring your distrust and disappointments to him and let Him take the inner unrest away and replace it with His love.

Keep bringing Him you inability sister, and all those inner forces who keep us away from Christ are exposed and destroyed, after that your good life will come back again with interest.

Be of good courage.:hug:

 
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Feeling well today, yesterday too. It is been great the last two months, though deeply depressed at times, was still not as bad as the times before that. i dare say things are improving.

This has been a bad year depression wise otherwise. i hope that the better moods increase and that my depressive moods will be less low.

i want to encourage everyone to pray for our dear friends and brothers Tempura and Yusuphai who have not visited us for some time now.

Thanks
 
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