Can the rest of the Body handle it if "Hope deferred" is making YOU depressed? CAN we talk?
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Inspired by, "The Bride of Christ is depressed" by Pamela Donnan
I would wager to say that in today's world, with today's faltering economy, with the love of many growing cold. Consumed by their own very real, very consuming problems, much of what we call "the church" is withdrawing inward. Unintentionally becoming plastic, (which they've vowed never to do). Drawing evermore into seclusion and isolation with regards to their own individual struggles and feelings of failure or short comings! One of the only certainties today is that uncertainties are increasing with every new storm, every sensationalized news story, every new growing threat, new unhealthy trend. Fear and doubt can and do dig deeper into our secret places with each new terrorist threat, be them real or imagined or blown way out of proportion with self motivated, self serving propaganda! Suicide, is increasing, helplessness, hopelessness and in reality, in many cases, NO ONE TO TALK TO FOR FEAR OF REJECTION or, if only by their own perception, hypocritical gossip or character defamation within the church. (I'm including myself in all of this...)
The spirit of depression and despair is made stronger every time one finally finds the desperation needed to bring these "failures" up in conversation,(especially "at church")) and a pat answer is given, or basically the answer is... "Don't you know you've been delivered from that?" (Which is the equivalent to throwing a bucket of hopelessness onto a fire of helplessness!) It's what has been taught, so it's what those who have sat under it teach! and the cycle continues! The fact of the matter is, "The complete finished work of the cross" includes the right and authority for those who are NOT currently battling or excessively struggling, to actually listen to and hold and love those who are buried under guilt, condemnation, depression and all of the other symptoms that are heaped upon REAL people. REAL people whose names are still written in the lambs book of life! Real people, who are saved by the sacrifice of the cross AND are ALSO being attacked and ISOLATED by those who FEAR not living up to what the Word say's, or what every other person in "The church" seems to be experiencing? You know, the ones who are ALWAYS "just blessed"....
The truth of the matter is, there is still "one who seeks to kill and destroy" the work of God! (And in over 6 thousand years he's become very effective...and good at what he does!) And one could practically bake a cake by his deliverance and M.O. First, accusation, which leads to isolation, which lives with the spirits of failure, condemnation and they all stand around the same fire in the camp of FEAR!!!!!
Right now, more than ever, we need to speak the truth in tender love... because God is bringing this lying, deceiving spirit DOWN, through the blood of the Lamb and the REAL word of OUR testimony. The fact of the matter is I need to HEAR your testimony! It is the ONLY way that the spirit of religion, which also breaks bread at the table of FEAR, will ever be torn down. But that stronghold IS COMING DOWN! The fact is,a big part of the COMPLETE, FINISHED work of the cross is the authority that Christ afforded US FOR EACH OTHER, because, look around... Rape, murder, fear, poverty, starvation, false "Enlightened" doctrine... etc... We are not quite living in PERFECTION yet!... and yet.... IT IS FINISHED! God is shaking everything that can be shaken right now, He has to, it's time! and big rotten chunks of religious error are hitting the ground while the REAL body is being exposed.... and right now.... WE NEED EACH OTHER!
"They shall overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the (real, unashamed, unhidden, un watered down, humility laden word of their testimony!"
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God hub, roger.
Thank you Roger for your hub,I love to read what you write, it is always so good because it is always right on time and it is always the Word of God.Please keep writing. Blessing my brother.
Love this, so much truth being shouted from the roof top here!
I've read this several times now, and had to re-post it about 4 times. You did good, brother!
This is so true...I am concerned for the Believers...but like the prophet was answered when he complained to God...God said,"I have many in the Hills"....I guess there are a lot of us hiding in the hills...fearful of so called friendly fire...and the firey darts of the Evil One.











CoauthorU Level 3 Commenter 9 months ago
Gonna re-read this tomorrow first read was great.