With the winter season upon us, have you notice the leaves are falling from the trees, trees that were once in full bloom look dead and lifeless, some trees have no leaves they are bare, many leaves are just blowing down streets and around corners, some trees that should reproduce next spring season appear that they will not make it through the winter.

The trees we see resemble people we know, our family, friends, neighbors and people we bump shoulders with every day. Winter is here many of us are depressed an have no idea how we will make it another day, The joy they once had is gone. We never know when the storms of life will hit us, As Christian it is your job not to let brothers and sister die in the winter season.

Personal witnessing is a trigger that releases power in our lives. Doing your part releases faith. God does the rest.

PSMS 107:2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary.

1 John 1: 5-10 (Contemporary English Version)

5. Jesus told us that God is light and doesn’t have any darkness in him, Now we are telling you.

6. If we say that we share life with God and keep on living in dark, we are lying and are not living by the truth.

7. But if we live in the light, as God does, we share in life with each other.  And the blood of his Son Jesus  washes all our sins away.

8. If we say that we have not sinned, we are fooling ourselves, and the truth isn’t in our hearts.

9. But if we confess our sins to God, he can always be trusted to forgive us and take our sins away.

10. If we say that we have not sinned, we make God a liar and his message isn’t in our hearts. Or because we have not accepted his message.

Let us love one another, give a hug ,smile , give a word of encouragement today.  Don’t let your love ones die in winter, be a witness to the glory of God someone needs to hear your testimony. Share your story God gets the glory.

Humbly Submitted,

If any man be in Christ he is a new creature old things are passed away , behold all things have become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17.

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When thou pass through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walk through the fire, thou shall not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. Isaiah 43:2

Delivered from Depression
I just wanted to take the time to give my testimony of the great things that God has done. God is a God who sits high and he looks down upon his children with compassion and concern. He is a very present help in the time of trouble. There are things that we face in this life that may cause us to fall deep into despair. Things that may over whelm us and bring depression upon us. There was a time when I did not make it through the waters, I allowed them to over take me. The rivers carried me down stream. And the fire left a stench in my spirit that a chain smoker could not stand. I was severely depressed. What is depression? Lets look at the definition of Depression:
• a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
• sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
• depressive disorder: a state of depression so severe as to require clinical intervention.
There are times when depression can be so severe that medical intervention may be needed. I suffered from depression for years. My mother had it and I believe the enemy assumed that this was something that I was going to be forced to live with. My grand-mother whom I adored died when I was about 8-10 years old. We use to spend summers at her house every year. We were very close. My mother died when I was 13 years old. I was not sure what depression was until I started doing research and learning about my family tree. My dad was an alcoholic and he had many, many other issues. He was murdered when I was about 22 years old. So, I began to seek a deeper relationship with my children’s father. But I still always found my self in a state of depression. Always embracing what I was use to and drowning my sorrows in friends and alcohol. I was sick and tired of living the way I was living. My older sister invited me to church and I new that God was the only one who could help me. I dedicated my life to God and began to seek him to fill me with his spirit. After my kids father was also brutally murdered , I became depressed again and this time, prayer did not make it go away that quickly. I was sick of feeling depressed and grief all the time. Afraid to think positive, because I may get disappointed. Afraid to believe that good things would happen for me. I was falling and falling fast into a deep black pit of despair. It wasn’t until I began to let go of my self and started seeking God for who he truly is that I began to get delivered. Yes, I even started taking pills at points in my life. But, while seeking God, he allowed me to wing myself off of them. It was him not the Doctors. I began to take in the word of God like medicine. And trust him for the God that he said he is. I did not know him. So, it was time that I get to know him. The word of God says that he has given us everything that pertains to life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3). Depression does not pertain to life or godliness. It brings death. He said that whatsoever we bind on earth is bound in heaven and what ever we loose on earth is loosed in heaven (Matt 16:18-19). There is no depression in heaven. So, if it’s not in heaven, it should not be in my life. We have the keys to the Kingdom of heaven and I made in my mind that I would chose to use them. Many other things have happened in my life (the death of my husband and close friends) that could have caused me to jump off a bridge, or stay in bed all day long. But Gods word says that he puts before us life and death… choose life so that our seed may live.
I chose to live. Every day when I wake up I have a decision whether I want to get out of bed and put on my clothes or lay there and be depressed. I choose life! I choose to live. It’s not that I am great, or that I am smart or that I am powerful or strong. It is a choice. We choose what we want to eat each day, we choose what we want to wear. We choose what we what to watch on TV. So why can’t we choose to live? I began to get up and get around people that would bless my spirit. Not people who gossip and talk about others. Gossip brings death. I choose life. I chose to be around those who speak God’s word, those who knew how to pray. I chose to show up in God’s house whenever the doors opened even if I had to bum rides. My soul was at stake. My life was at stake. I chose life. Before you knew it… the depression was gone! Yes, I was still going through problems and situations but I knew that I was not alone, God was with me and I allowed him to take charge of the problem. Why should I sit there and die when I can live. There are so many people out here that hold on to depression like it’s a friend. Like it’s a way of life. But in reality all it is, is a familiar bondage. It is what we are use to. It is something that we are use to embracing and living with. We’ve always been this way so, why not stay this way. The devil is a liar! You can be free today. But you must work for freedom just like anything else. You must make up in your mind what you want and walk accordingly. It will take work, but most things worth having does. So don’t give up, get up! Walk toward deliverance. Walk toward peace. Walk toward victory, and allow God to deliver you from depression! Be Encouraged but most of all be Delivered!
I Love you ,
Alvia Cabbler

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