Lately more Christians than not have been fighting a hard battle against weariness, depression and feeling beat down. With everything that is going on in our world, this should be no surprise.

Today Ray Bergman, Tom Bixler and I discuss our experiences with these emotions and talk about them from a Biblical point of view. We also offer solutions we have tried and found helpful.

We hope if you are going through any of these things that you will find help and hope in this podcast.

Below, some excellent quotes by Ray Bergman and Tom Bixler from this podcast that I feel are well worth repeating.

Quotes by Tom Bixler:

Tom’s Email:  tej.bixler@gmail.com

Why bother? This is despair talking. Depression ushers in despair. This is not of the Lord.

Our decrees disrupt evil spiritual strongholds. They tear through them like when ripping apart a woven fabric. They cause damage on the dark side.

Depression and weariness almost always work in tandem.

Discouragement is actually of demonic origin.

Quotes by Ray Bergman:

Ray’s Blog:   http://innocenceredeemed.blog

What He (the Lord) means by this is, spend less time worrying and more time praying. More time doing His will.

If we are worrying more than we are spending time with Him, it is the opposite of what He wants from us. These can also lead to sin and temptation.

Be that shining light for someone else. Think of all the times you went through and how the Lord saw you through it. If you are fortunate enough not to be going through something and see someone else who is, be a testimony to them of the Lord’s strength and mercy. He has blessed you, now go bless them!

So much depression could be alleviated by simply being doers of the Word.

We live in very frustrating times, as we are watching our once free nation become a communist nation. Can anything be done?

Are you in a wilderness season or a season of refining? Do you feel stuck? It IS possible to get stuck in a desert season.

Learn some of the things that can cause you to get stuck or cause you to have to make return trips into the desert. What are the pitfalls to avoid?

Many people are experiencing severe anger all the time over current events and the state of our country and government. If this is you, you need to hear this.

A refresher on the power of our words. As we move forward in this time, knowing what we know about the time of lack that will soon be upon us as judgment hits our nation and others, it is very important our words are speaking life and not death.

To prove to yourself if your words have power or not - (and anyone around you you want to convince), do the Rice Experiment!  Watch this video for how a Christian woman on YouTube proved it – she did it for 30 days and shows the results:

https://youtu.be/El05lwE2ay4

Do the Rice Experiment and post about your results in the comments -

I'm sorry, yall - I was a little scattered on this msg. When I can tell yall the story of what I'm going through, you will know just how tired I was when I wrote and recorded this over a period of several days. I meant to go back and add the other scriptures and I forgot!

An all prophetic show with many prophetic messages for unknown listeners. Could one of them be for you?

I pray you are blessed as you listen.

Prophet Jay Hudson:  https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2021/08/police-release-name-of-man-58-killed-in-berrien-county-crash.html

No funeral details known at this time, possibly because his wife is still in hospital. I am hoping there will be an online condolence book we can all sign at some point.

A discussion about fear. Where it comes from, how we can escape it. Why we have nothing to fear.

Photo by Evan Liang

Rosa Photography

Melbourne, Australia

Model:  Wilson Wong

Used by permission.

A discussion about being moved to another location by the Lord.

* How do you know if you're being moved?

* How do you know where you are being moved to?

* What if He doesn't tell you where?

* Fighting the Fear

* How can you tell if the Lord is calling you out of your job to work for Him full time?

This podcast also includes a prophetic message for one unknown listener.

After 2 days of fighting everything but the kitchen sink to get this recorded, we finally got it. Suffice to say, the enemy does NOT want you to hear this message.

A discussion of distractions, prayerlessness, decreeing the Word of God and how to fight the enemy with the Sword of God's Word.

Just a little encouragement for those who are feeling down.

Photo: Morning Glories grown and shared by my friend Tom Bixler.