FROM DEPRESSION

INTO CELEBRATION
Introduction:
Minefield /problem/ hazard (Land mines) – DIFFERENT
PROBLEMS that FAMILY MAY ENCOUNTER
- Wrong relationship
- Bad choices
- Immorality – (PREMATURE PREGNANCY)
- Addictions
CHURCH ACTIVITIES SICKNESS
1. Excusitis – (making excuses)
2. Quit-tis ( Lack of endurance)- when hardship
comes they easily give up
3. Identit-itis (identity crisis)
4. Entitle-itis/ ego-itis ( entitlement mentality)
5. Purposelessness- depression
•DEPRESSION – COMMON mental disorder
•Why common? Today’s generation, depression is very
common.
•According to Psychology research –
Globally – 1 out of 10 experience depression
Philippines status – 1 out of 5 experience depression
(2016 research survey data)
Globally status of depression – suicidal effect of
depression is 800, 000 per year ages 15 to 29 years old.
Common effect:
- low productivity at work
- family problem

Why do we need to understand the issues of

depression?
- This world has full of depressed people.
And they need the Lord
 PEOPLE NEED THE LORD
Everyday they pass me by Chorus:
I can see it in their eyes
People need the Lord
Empty people filled with care
Headed who knows where
People need the Lord
At the end of broken dreams
On they go through private pain He’s the open door
Living fear to fear
Laughter hides their silent cries
Only Jesus hears
We are called to take His light
To a world where wrong seems right
What could be too great a cost
For sharing Life with one who’s lost

Through His love our hearts can feel

All the grief they bear
They must hear the Words of Life
Only we can share
Depression – literally meaning “pressed
down” to a lower position.
On the world of Psychology, DEPRESSION is
a mood disorder. It is a psychological state
that exists when the heart is pressed down
and unable to experience joy. Those
suffering with depression feel trapped
underneath dark, heavy blanket of sadness,
grief, and hopelessness.
Luke 21: 34-35
V34 “ Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed
down with carousing (partying), drunkenness
and the anxieties of life, and that day will close
on you suddenly like a trap.
V35 “For it will come on all those who live on
the face of the whole earth.”
Symptoms:
- Loss of interest in usual activities - Crying
- Feelings of guilt, worthlessness - Slow thinking
hopelessness
- Weight gain or loss - Suicidal thoughts
- Sleep disturbances
- Depression mood
- Hyperactivity
- Lethargy
- Anxiety
In a Christian world
If you
“Can’t think straight”
“Can’t feel anything”
“Can’t even feel the joy of serving the Lord”
“Can’t come to God”

“ You are in the middle of WAR, fighting DEPRESSION”

YOU ALWAYS HAVE A
CHOICE

Philippians 4:4
“REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS.
I WILL SAY IT AGAIN , REJOICE”
KONTRA-DEPRESSION
HOPE
◦H- Healthy lifestyle
◦O- Own God’s word
◦P- Preach God’s love to others
◦E- Encircle yourself to other
H-Healthy Lifestyle
1. FOOD WE EAT
God is also concerned to our physical body.
 God designed human digestive system to eat fruits and vegetables.
 Genesis 1:29 Then God said, “ I give you every seed-
bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree
that has fruit with see in it. They will be yours for food.”
This command was before the ‘Man fall of sin’
After sin – human being ate whatever he likes it to sustain
the strength of the body. Acts 10: 11-15
Human beings have the same intestinal tract ratio as herbivores
Carnivore – x 3 their body length
Herbivore – x 10 their body length
Omnivore – same length with the body
Other proof:
- Human stomach acidity matches that of herbivores
- The saliva of herbivore is alkaline, which helps pre-digest
plant foods.
- Human saliva is alkaline
2. Balance life within 24 hours
8 hours - working
8 hours - Rest (sleep)
8 hours social life – this includes your
relationship with your family, friends and
spiritual matter/ church

1 Corinto 3:16-17
Let’s see the lifestyle of Elijah
Story:
1 Kings 18
King Ahab and Jezebel
Jezebel- killing the prophets of the Lord
Obadiah – administrator (believer of God)
Elijah challenged the believer of Baal at Mount
Carmel (450 prophets of Baal)
Competition which one respond prayers
God versus Baal
1 Kings 18: 19 “Now summon the people
from all over Israel to meet me on Mt.
Carmel. And bring the 450 prophets of Baal
and the 400 prophets of Asherah, who eat
at Jezebel’s table”
Verse 21 “ If the Lord my God, follow him, but if
Baal is God, follow him”
Verse 24 “…. The god who answer by fire… he is
GOD”
1 King 18: 27-29 (shows how prophets of Baal
activities to catch the attention of their God… No
one responded}
1 King 18:30-35 Elijah repair the altar
1 King 18: 36-37 Elijah prayed to God
Physical lifestyle of Elijah
1 King 18: 41 -42 Ahab ate, Elijah did’nt – he went in the
top of the mountain.

1 King 18: 44- 46 Ahab went to his chariot (karwahe)

V. 46 “ … he ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel
1 King 19: 2 Jezebel threat to Elijah
1 King 19: 3 Natakot si Elijah, tumakbo at pumunta sa Juda
- cause of depression: restless and fear
1 King 19: 4 Went to day’s journey. Elijah depressed
Personal application:
- Halimbawa- pansamantalang excited, after a while depressed.
1 King 19:5-7 Angel of Lord visited- pinakain si
Elijah
V.8 “Siya nga’y bumangon, kumain, uminom at
humayo na taglay ang lakas mula sa pagkaing
iyon….”
OWN HIS WORDS/PROMISES
-Angkinin mo ang mga pangako ng Diyos
2 Pedro 3:9 Hindi mabagal ang Panginoon tungkol sa kanyang
pangako, na gaya ng kabagalang itinuturing ng iba, kundi
matiyaga sa inyo, na hindi niya ibig na sinuman ay
mapahamak….
-Kaya tayo madaling ma-depressed dahil yung maliliit
na bagay pinapalaki natin. Yung kukunti, pinaparami
natin… parang may sakit sa MATA – “Cross-eye”
(Ilocano- Duling)
The Story of David and Goliath
1 Samuel 17 1 Samuel 17
V.40 Pagkatapos ay V43 “ Sinabi ng Filisteo kay
hinawakan niya ang David, “Ako ba ay aso na
kanyang tungkod (STICK) sa ikaw ay lalapit sa akin na
kanyang kamay, at pumili MAY MGA TUNGKOD
siya ng limang makikinis na (STICKS)?” at nilait ng
bato…. Hawak niya tirador Filesteo si David
sa kanyang kamay at siya’s
lumapit sa Filisteo
PREACH GOD’S LOVE TO
YOURSELF
1 Kings 19: 8
1 Kings 19: 14
- same issue of Elijah with God
◦ - feeling niya mag-isa siya

Read how David… preach himself

PSALMS 42: 5, 11, Psalms 43: 5 “ Bakit ka nanlulumo, o kaluluwa ko?
At bakit ka nababagabag sa loob ko? Umasa ka sa Diyos; sapagkat
ikaw ay muling pupurihin ko, ang tulong sa aking harapan at sa Diyos
ko”
Preach to yourself – encourage yourself
- How?
- Through reading God’s word
- Talk to him everyday
- Sing a love song to GOD
LIVING HOPE
 I.
HOW GREAT THE CHASM THAT LAY BETWEEN
US
HOW HIGH THE MOUNTAINS
I COULD NOT CLIMB
IN DESPERATION, I TURNED TO HEAVEN
AND SPOKE YOUR NAME INTO THE NIGHT
 THEN THROUGH THE DARKNESS,
YOUR LOVING KINDNESS
TORE THROUGH THE SHADOWS OF MY SOUL
THE WORK IS FINISHED
THE END IS WRITTEN
JESUS CHRIST, MY LIVING HOPE
 CHORUS:
HALLELUJAH, PRAISE THE ONE WHO SET ME
FREE
HALLELUJAH, DEATH HAS LOST ITS GRIP ON
ME
YOU HAVE BROKEN EVERY CHAIN
THERE’S SALVATION IN YOUR NAME
JESUS CHRIST, MY LIVING HOPE
 II.
WHO COULD IMAGINE, SO GREAT A MERCY?
WHAT HEART COULD FATHOM
SUCH BOUNDLESS GRACE
THE GOD OF AGES STEPPED DOWN FROM
GLORY
TO WEAR MY SIN AND BEAR MY SHAME
THE CROSS HAS SPOKEN, I AM FORGIVEN
THE KING OF KINGS CALLS ME HIS OWN
BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR, I’M YOURS FOREVER
JESUS CHRIST, MY LIVING HOPE