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I was praying and studying the Bible and trying to believe for better things the only way I knew how.
One night I was lying in bed and I just began to thank Him for every good thing that had ever been in my life. I named every person, every occasion, and every other thing that came to my mind.
I thanked Him for His mercy, His love, His salvation. After a time of this praise and worship the spirit of depression lifted off me. I felt it physically. It felt like someone had lifted all the bed covers off me. It was totally gone!
I later realized that I had exchanged the spirit of heaviness for the garment of praise. What an exchange!
It doesn't matter what the apparent cause of the depression. It is all demonic. Depression is an absence of joy, faith, confidence, and peace. I carries with it the devil's tools of fear and anxiety and despair. It still tries to attach itself to me sometimes. (I think some of us are by temperament more susceptible than others). but now when I begin having thoughts of fear, anxiety, and despair, I immediately begin to praise and worship and it will leave.
Isn't our God wonderful? He truly does exceedingly abundantly above all we could ask or think!
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