We Need Accountability | Rapp Report Daily 0130 | Striving for Eternity

Welcome to The Rapid Bull, Daily Edition, where we provide a quick biblical interpretations and applications. This is a ministry of striving for eternity.

The Danger of Spiritual Depression and Isolation

The way our mind works on us very often when we are in a point of spiritual depression, or what the Puritans would call melancholy, is we would tell ourselves that we don't need others, we need to just be alone.

We tell ourselves the very things that are the worst things for us. This is what happens in depression, is we need others, the very thing we want to avoid. And the thing we have to do is correct our thinking.

It always starts with right thinking. We're not going to be able to trust our feelings, especially when we're at a point of depression. We have to start thinking right. We have to know that we cannot be alone in this.

We have to have a plan. You cannot overcome spiritual depression by waiting for nothing. Because when we wait upon ourselves, we're not going to get anywhere. No, I understand that people will say, but I'm waiting upon the Lord.

God’s Means of Care Through Other People

The Lord will take care of it. The Lord will take care of it, but He has a means of taking care of it. And the means that we see in scripture always involves working with other people. As we've seen already, with this issue of spiritual depression, we need to rely on others to pray for us, to carry our burdens, and to be correcting us even where we need it.

Seeking Help and Accountability in the Church

Sometimes we don't like that. But if you are suffering with a spiritual depression, if you just don't feel like going and serving God, going to church, reading your Bible, praying, then what I encourage you to do is let someone else know, so they can start seriously praying for you and keeping you accountable.

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