Overcoming Despondency Through Faith and Community

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My Flesh and my heart May Fail because that's the definition of despondency that I want us to work with you see the three parts to that little Phrase My Flesh and my heart may fail my flesh that means there's a physical component to despondency isn't there the body weakens there's fatigue there's a sense of listlessness and sluggishness. [00:54:32]

Unbelief is the root of yielding to despondency so I'll just pass over the issue of where despondency comes from because it's very complex and you can read the manuscript if you want to read something about that complexity that I've written about wherever it comes from unbelief is the root of making peace with it yielding to it giving no spiritual warfare to fight it being negligent in putting on the armor of God and so on. [02:41:18]

Wherever this despondency may come from it's unbelief that doesn't say but God it's unbelief that puts up no resistance it's unbelief that doesn't take the shield of faith and the sword of the spirit and fight that much I think we can say with clarity from scripture my body is shot my heart is almost dead and for whatever reason I will not yield I will trust to God though my strength is gone. [04:39:90]

Jesus is in Gethsemane and what's happening there is probably the greatest spiritual warfare in human soul that's ever happened or ever will happen Satan no doubt has drawn near you remember when it said in the wilderness he withdrew from him until an opportune time when do you think that was right now I think and not only did he draw near I'll bet he gathered all the most powerful hosts of his Wicked Army. [06:10:80]

Satan was firing volley after volley into the mind of Jesus Christ and thoughts came into his mind from Satan thoughts like this is a dead end Street ovary is just a black it's gonna hurt like nothing has ever hurt any human being ever and these Rascals aren't worth it Etc it's Satan's Wicked heart into the mind of the son of God. [08:08:28]

Satan wants to produce in Jesus a spirit of despondency that sinks unopposed in resignation and says it will work there's no point in pressing on anymore now as to think about this Warfare for a minute and compare it to the disciples Jesus is a sinless man according to Hebrews 4 15 and second Corinthians 5 20. [08:46:74]

When the bomb drops in your life and Satan colors the shock wave of this experience with black hopelessness don't yield believe in other words he's telling them counter-attack let not your hearts be troubled attack believe in God believe also in me he's not saying this this first shock wave that that can knock you over or pull the plug out of your life won't be there he's saying counter-attack believe take my peace. [12:33:12]

Jesus chose some close friends to be with him verse 37. and taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee he began to be sorrowful and troubled so he didn't withdraw he he took the inner ring the most precious trusted friends and pulled aside with them second he opened his soul to them verse 38. then he said to them my soul is very sorrowful even to death. [14:45:66]

He asked for their help in spiritual warfare verse 38 second half remain here and watch with me other texts say pray other texts say don't let yourself come into temptation stay here and fight with me fight with me fourth he poured out his heart to the father in prayer verse 39. my father if it be possible let this cup pass from me it's just fine to pray that the bombshell that has dropped into your life be taken away. [15:43:50]

He rested his soul in The Sovereign wisdom of God second half of verse 39. nevertheless not as I will but as thou wilt. so here's the lesson when Satan drops a bombshell on the Peace of your life the initial shock waves of emotional response are not necessarily sin what is sin is not to do what Jesus did when the bomb fell in the Garden of Gethsemane that's sin. [16:48:84]

Every cave that you're in wandering along feeling the Rocks stumbling stepping bumping your head every cave that you are in is a tunnel that opens into Glory into a day like today in heaven with the sun shining in the grass green and the waters flowing if you don't sit down in the cave and blow out the candle of faith. [18:46:38]

I think the lesson of Jesus life and the lesson of the Psalms is this every cave that you're in wandering along feeling the Rocks stumbling stepping bumping your head every cave that you are in is a tunnel that opens into Glory into a day like today in heaven with the sun shining in the grass green and the waters flowing if you don't sit down in the cave and blow out the candle of faith. [18:46:38]

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