Many scriptures discuss depression and other problems concerning the mind and problems that cause us to feel down.  I want to address one particular scripture this evening.  Psalm 42:11 [show]Psalm 42:11 [11]Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.
states, “Whay art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise Him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.” (more…)

By Audrey Barrick|Christian Post Reporter

Former inmates were applauded Sunday morning at T.D. Jakes’ renowned Dallas megachurch as they graduated from a program designed to help them succeed and keep them out of jail
“I feel like I’m accomplishing something when everyone told me I wouldn’t have anything,” said Lakitha Dardin, 31, who was in prison for nearly four years after getting involved with drugs.

Dardin was among 150 graduates who completed the Texas Offenders Reentry Initiative, a yearlong program that seeks to maximize the potential of former inmates for successful reintegration into society. (more…)

By Maria Mackay|Christian Today Reporter

LONDON – The Kingdom of God is not about me but about transforming the world and everything in it, says Brian McLaren.
Speaking on day two of the Faithworks conference on Saturday, the popular emerging church leader asserted that Christians tend to put themselves and their entry to Heaven at the center of their faith, while neglecting to consider the significance of their faith for the world around them. (more…)

By Michelle A. Vu|Christian Post Reporter

The murder of two young street preachers in Florida by a teenager whom they shared the Gospel with is “alarming,” said a spokesperson for a religious freedom watchdog group.
Eighteen-year-old Jeriah Woody, whose street name is “Plug,” is charged with two counts of first-degree murder. Woody allegedly shot and killed Tite Sufra, 24, and Stephen Ocean, 23, on Jan. 30 after they shared about Christ with him during the 15 minutes they talked. (more…)

By Jennifer Riley|Christian Post Reporter

Every Christian must be a soul winner, declared an African church planter who oversees a fellowship of more than 18,000 local churches.
Target church plants by world region.
Synergize! Attracts 2,100 Christians to Win the Next Billion
1,200 African Church Leaders Attend Billion Soul Summit in Uganda
Synergize 2! Pastors Conference to Attract Over 1,000 Leaders
Alex Mitala, the general overseer of the National Churches of Uganda, pointed to the Bible and said the Scripture says all believers are called to participate in a soul-winning campaign. (more…)

Isaiah 1 [show]Isaiah 1 [1:1]The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. The Wickedness of Judah [2]Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the LORD has spoken: "Children(1) have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. [3]The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand." [4]Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged. [5]Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. [6]From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it, but bruises and sores and raw wounds; they are not pressed out or bound up or softened with oil. [7]Your country lies desolate; your cities are burned with fire; in your very presence foreigners devour your land; it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners. [8]And the daughter of Zion is left like a booth in a vineyard, like a lodge in a cucumber field, like a besieged city. [9]If the LORD of hosts had not left us a few survivors, we should have been like Sodom, and become like Gomorrah. [10]Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom! Give ear to the teaching(2) of our God, you people of Gomorrah! [11]"What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the LORD; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed beasts; I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of goats. [12]"When you come to appear before me, who has required of you this trampling of my courts? [13]Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and Sabbath and the calling of convocations-- I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly. [14]Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates; they have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them. [15]When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood. [16]Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil, [17]learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause. [18]"Come now, let us reason(3) together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. [19]If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land; [20]but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be eaten by the sword; for the mouth of the LORD has spoken." The Unfaithful City [21]How the faithful city has become a whore,(4) she who was full of justice! Righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers. [22]Your silver has become dross, your best wine mixed with water. [23]Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not bring justice to the fatherless, and the widow's cause does not come to them. [24]Therefore the Lord declares, the LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: "Ah, I will get relief from my enemies and avenge myself on my foes. [25]I will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as with lye and remove all your alloy. [26]And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city." [27]Zion shall be redeemed by justice, and those in her who repent, by righteousness. [28]But rebels and sinners shall be broken together, and those who forsake the LORD shall be consumed. [29]For they(5) shall be ashamed of the oaks that you desired; and you shall blush for the gardens that you have chosen. [30]For you shall be like an oak whose leaf withers, and like a garden without water. [31]And the strong shall become tinder, and his work a spark, and both of them shall burn together, with none to quench them. Footnotes 1. [1:2] Or 'Sons'; also verse 4 2. [1:10] Or 'law' 3. [1:18] Or 'dispute' 4. [1:21] Or 'become unchaste' 5. [1:29] Some Hebrew manuscripts 'you'

Isa 1:1 [show]Isaiah 1:1 [1:1]The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. (ESV)
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
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Isa 1:2 [show]Isaiah 1:2 The Wickedness of Judah [2]Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the LORD has spoken: "Children(1) have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. Footnotes 1. [1:2] Or 'Sons'; also verse 4
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. (more…)

http://www.christianblog.com/blog/bimonics/for-all-have-sinned/Instructing my soul in the things of God.

The righteousness of God.

Dwell inwardly on the righteousness of God, but first on the God of absolute righteousness. Who else could that be, except for the God you know through Jesus or rather in Jesus? He is righteous, He is right, He is rightness its-self. And when you consider His right-wise-ness …how wise is that? Consider what He has established and what He has done? He is righteous indeed. He is exactly right about what is best for you. (more…)

Genesis 13:15-16 [show]Genesis 13:15-16 [15]for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever. [16]I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted. (ESV)

For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever. And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

Many times we focus on what we see with our natural eyes. Try looking at what is before you, but then looking at what God has promised you. His promises will always supercede what you can see in the natural. What you can see is what you get.