DEPRESSION!!

WHY DEPRESSED??

The devil's greatest weapon in destroying Christians faith today "depression" sometime you wonder why as a christian you are depressed, well the devil uses depression to frustrate you so that you give up on life, or give in to him.

Let's look at some symptoms of depression:

• Core (key) symptoms:
  • Persistent sadness or low mood. This may be with or without weepings.
  • Marked loss of interest or pleasure in activities, even for activities that you normally enjoy.
• Other common symptoms:
  • Disturbed sleep compared with your usual pattern. This may be difficulty in getting off to sleep, or waking early and being unable to get back to sleep. Sometimes it is sleeping too much.
  • Change in appetite. This is often a poor appetite and weight loss. Sometimes the reverse happens with comfort eating and weight gain.
  • Fatigue (tiredness) or loss of energy.
  • Agitation or slowing of movements.
  • Poor concentration or indecisiveness. For example, you may find it difficult to read, work, etc. Even simple tasks can seem difficult.
  • Feelings of worthlessness, or excessive or inappropriate guilt.
  • Recurrent thoughts of death. This is not usually a fear of death, more a preoccupation with death and dying. For some people despairing thoughts such as "life's not worth living" or "I don't care if I don't wake up" are common. Sometimes these thoughts progress into thoughts and even plans for suicide.
  •                                    cited from http://www.patient.co.uk/health/depression   

   How the enemy carries out his plan
The devil is the enemy of God, therefore when we turn to God he tries to stop us from serving God
when you give your live to Christ, the enemy comes to attack your mind because he knows we use our minds to serve God and he knows that ones he attacks our minds, we wont be able to serve. 1peter 5:8 says
"Be sober, be vigilant: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring Lion walketh about, seeking whom he may deuoure". kjv
He starts by injecting fear and guilt in you and if you don't resist him at that instance, (James 4:7) he will have a stronghold of you and your mind. 
As you see in one is the symptoms of depression is Fear and guilt and this leads to anxiety, you become anxious and begin to stress and that how many Christians find them selves depressed.
>>You can stop it before it Gets to that stage 
 when you think you have done something wrong, or commited a sin don't condemn your self because when you do you give room to the devil. just look for scriptures that talks about the mercies of God. 1john 1:9 says If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 
Recognize that God love you and he wont count all your mistake against you in ps 103:13-14  Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
Dont Let the devil get into your mind James said resist the devil and he will flee from you!!
2corin 10:4 says The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
Therefore when the devil come in with all his lies, use the weapon which is the word of God.
phillippians 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH
God Bless 
                                         ~ Nate