Hey y'all, I won't be here for the Bible Study on Depression. Tomorrow at noon, I leave for a missions trip to Lima, Peru and I'm there for ten days. I've struggled with Dperession for a long time, part of it is because it runs in my genes. My mom has it, my mom's mom has it, most of my family has it. It's very common, and reasons of Depression and how severe Depression is varies hugely. For me, it not only runs in my genes, by I've gone through some difficult times in my life that could make really anyone depressed. I know what it feels like to be depressed, I struggle with Depression everyday. Before I became a Christian (I've been a Christian for almost two years), I had a lot of thoughts on suicide. Other than my youth group at church, I really only had maybe one friend named Courtney. I was diagnosed with Hidradinitous, a skin condition that id not contagous, but there is no real cure for it. It's very painful, and sometimes it makes me walk funny. I got teased a lot, and I was also sexually harrassed. Other disturbing things happened that the memories still torture me but I wish not to talk about them because they are so painful. I was very depressed, and a lot of people wanted to litterally kill me. Several times I just felt like I couldn't take it anymore and would go down in the kitchen, grab one of our sharpest knives, and just hold the blade right to my chest, and right before I was ready to strike, I felt like something was telling me, "No, it's not your time yet." That seemed to always prevent me from actually killing myself. After I became a follower of Christ, I haven't had any thoughts of suicide at all! I know God has a plan for me and he has a plan for everyone! I do struggle with Depression still, but I don't remember being depressed as bad as I was before following Christ. I have some verses for you you can look up, it's too many to type out so I'll put the references in. If you don't have a Bible with you, go to www.biblegateway.com and they litterally have an online Bible on there! So here we go: Psalm 16 (all of it, especially 10-11) Psalm 17 (all of it, especially 6-7; 15) Psalm 18 (all of it) Psalm 20 (all of it) Psalm 23 (all of it, especially 4) Psalm 30 (all of it) Psalm 33:4-5 Psalm 34:18; 20; 22 Psalm 36 (all of it) Psalm 37 (all of it) Psalm 41:3 Psalm 42:5 Psalm 50 (all of it) Psalm 57:2-3; 7; 10 Psalm 70:4 Psalm 72:12-14 Psalm 73:23-26 Psalm 91 (all of it) Psalm 95:7 Psalm 102 (all of it) Psalm 119:130 Psalm 120:1 Psalm 121:3; 7-8 Psalm 139 (all of it) Psalm 144:2 Psalm 147:3 Jeremiah 9:24 Jeremiah 15:20-21 Jeremiah 17:14 Jeremiah 29:11-13 Jeremiah 30:17 Jeremiah 31:3-4; 13; 25 Jeremiah 32:38 Jeremiah 33:3; 6; 9; 26 Jeremiah 42:10-12 Jeremiah 48:32 Matthew 5:4-5 Matthew 6:34 Matthew 7:7-8 Matthew 11:28-30 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 Philippians 3:12-14 Hebrews 2:18 Hebrews 8:12-13 Hebrews 12:1-3 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Peace!

Hey y'all, I won't be here for the Bible Study on Depression. Tomorrow at noon, I leave for a missions trip to Lima, Peru and I'm there for ten days. I've struggled with Dperession for a long time, part of it is because it runs in my genes. My mom has it, my mom's mom has it, most of my family has it. It's very common, and reasons of Depression and how severe Depression is varies hugely. For me, it not only runs in my genes, by I've gone through some difficult times in my life that could make really anyone depressed. I know what it feels like to be depressed, I struggle with Depression everyday. Before I became a Christian (I've been a Christian for almost two years), I had a lot of thoughts on suicide. Other than my youth group at church, I really only had maybe one friend named Courtney. I was diagnosed with Hidradinitous, a skin condition that id not contagous, but there is no real cure for it. It's very painful, and sometimes it makes me walk funny. I got teased a lot, and I was also sexually harrassed. Other disturbing things happened that the memories still torture me but I wish not to talk about them because they are so painful. I was very depressed, and a lot of people wanted to litterally kill me. Several times I just felt like I couldn't take it anymore and would go down in the kitchen, grab one of our sharpest knives, and just hold the blade right to my chest, and right before I was ready to strike, I felt like something was telling me, "No, it's not your time yet." That seemed to always prevent me from actually killing myself. After I became a follower of Christ, I haven't had any thoughts of suicide at all! I know God has a plan for me and he has a plan for everyone! I do struggle with Depression still, but I don't remember being depressed as bad as I was before following Christ. I have some verses for you you can look up, it's too many to type out so I'll put the references in. If you don't have a Bible with you, go to www.biblegateway.com and they litterally have an online Bible on there! So here we go: Psalm 16 (all of it, especially 10-11) Psalm 17 (all of it, especially 6-7; 15) Psalm 18 (all of it) Psalm 20 (all of it) Psalm 23 (all of it, especially 4) Psalm 30 (all of it) Psalm 33:4-5 Psalm 34:18; 20; 22 Psalm 36 (all of it) Psalm 37 (all of it) Psalm 41:3 Psalm 42:5 Psalm 50 (all of it) Psalm 57:2-3; 7; 10 Psalm 70:4 Psalm 72:12-14 Psalm 73:23-26 Psalm 91 (all of it) Psalm 95:7 Psalm 102 (all of it) Psalm 119:130 Psalm 120:1 Psalm 121:3; 7-8 Psalm 139 (all of it) Psalm 144:2 Psalm 147:3 Jeremiah 9:24 Jeremiah 15:20-21 Jeremiah 17:14 Jeremiah 29:11-13 Jeremiah 30:17 Jeremiah 31:3-4; 13; 25 Jeremiah 32:38 Jeremiah 33:3; 6; 9; 26 Jeremiah 42:10-12 Jeremiah 48:32 Matthew 5:4-5 Matthew 6:34 Matthew 7:7-8 Matthew 11:28-30 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 Philippians 3:12-14 Hebrews 2:18 Hebrews 8:12-13 Hebrews 12:1-3 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Peace!