Thanks so very much for this, Pat!

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From: "Pat Ferguson" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 10:35 AM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Prescription for a Recovery

> Prescription for a Recovery
> When you feel depressed and discouraged and the pressures make you feel 
> like
> giving up, take the following medicine daily and you will recover.
>
> 1) Return to God's camp. (I didn't say religion.)
>
> Get into the Word. Get into fellowship. Get into worship (corporate and
> private). Get into sowing. Hang around with godly people. This problem 
> will
> require time to heal, so you must not find a "fast-food" church. You must
> find one that will give you a five-course meal.
>
> 2) You must recognize where the attack is coming from.
>
> Your enemy is not your relative or friend. It's not your neighbor, boss, 
> or
> co-workers. It's the devil.
>
> 3) Speak the promise instead of the problem.
>
> Find out what God's Word says about your situation. Cause the words to 
> come
> out of your mouth to agree with God's promise. When you agree with God and
> speak His Word, fear will flee and faith will flare up.
>
> 4) Act on what you speak.
>
> If you confess with your mouth and do not believe in your heart, it will
> profit you nothing immediately. But you must continue to confess anyway.
> Meditate on His Word and act on it.
>
> 5) Take authority.
>
> Not only must you speak to the situation, but also you must speak to 
> things
> in your own life. Command unforgiveness to go. Command hatred to go.
> Remember, you are more than a conqueror. (Rom. 8:37.) So, get up, take
> command, and move in authority and obedience.
>
> 6) Thank God in advance.
>
> You must thank God for having received your solution before you see it.
> According to the Word, faith believes without seeing. By believing without
> seeing, we see the manifestation. (Heb. 11:1.)
>
> 7) Decide to move forward and to not look back.
>
> As you break free from the bondage of depression, make a conscious 
> decision
> to stay free. Keep your godly associations. Stay in the Word. Keep your
> confessions right and be determined that nothing whatsoever will distract
> you from pressing toward your goal of freedom.
>
> 8) Choose to soar above the darkness.
>
> Thunderstorms, wind, and darkness are below the clouds. Choose to soar 
> above
> the problems of life and not allow yourself to descend into the darkness 
> and
> be destroyed by the storm.
>
> Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My word,
> you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth
> shall make you free" (John 8:31,32).
>
>
> Thanks much.
>
> Many Blessings,
>
> Pat Ferguson
> "I can Do all Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me." Phillippians 
> 4:13.