#Christmas is ‘the most wonderful time of the year.’ So, why do we have a spike in depression rates every year at this time? Lack of daylight, reduced outdoor activity, expectations versus reality; whatever the reason, depression can be sporadic or ongoing and can be a problem for any of us. How can we defeat it? When the cares of the world are pressing in on us where should we turn? Where do we tend to turn? What does the Bible say about physical causes of depression? What does God say in His word, the Bible, about overcoming other causes of despair? I hear people say that God won’t put more on you than you can bear, but the closest verse to that in the Bible is 1 Corinthians 10:13 which says ‘There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.’ That is talking about temptation which doesn’t come from God at all. But, when it comes to hardships and struggles which certainly can be more than we can handle and are in fact, allowed by God, He has graciously provided a way through if we are willing to put our Faith in the proper place. Listen for one of my favorite verses Romans 8:28.
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