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…)

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…)

1ch 4:9 And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
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1ch 4:10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

A powerful and popular prayer outside of the Lord’s Prayer is the prayer of jabez. (more…)

OH, HOW GREAT IS YOUR GOODNESS, WHICH YOU HAVE LAID UP FOR THOSE WHO FEAR, REVERE, AND WORSHIP YOU, GOODNESS WHICH YOU HAVE WROUGHT FOR THOSE WHO TRUST AND TAKE REFUGE IN YOU BEFORE THE SONS OF MEN–(PSALMS31:19)—-THE PHRASE, “BEFORE THE SONS  OF MEN” MEANS THAT IF YOU WILL NOT BE A CLOSET CHRISTIAN, BUT LIVE FOR JESUS OPENLY BEFORE OTHERS, GOD WILL STORE UP GOODNESS FOR YOU. MANY CHRISTIANS AREN’T COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT THEIR FAITH. WE ALL HAVE MOMENTS WHERE WE DON’T TAKE A STAND FOR GOD LIKE WE SHOULD. MAYBE WE ARE AFRAID OF BEING REJECTED, ISOLATED, OR RIDICULED. IT CAN FEEL AWKWARD TO SAY, I REALLY DON’T WANT TO HEAR A DIRTY JOKE. I’M A CHRISTIAN AND I’M NOT INTERESTED IN GOING  TO AN INAPPROPRIATE MOVIE, OR HITTING THE BAR AFTER WORK. THATS NOT WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT. MY RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IS TOO IMPORTANT TO ME. YOU SHOULD NOT BE LUKEWARM, WISHY-WASHY CHRISTIANS. WHEN YOU TAKE AN UNCOMPROMISING STAND FOR CHRIST, GOD WILL REWARD YOU OPENLY—BE BLESSED

AND I AM CONVINCED AND SURE OF THIS VERY THING, THAT HE WHO BEGAN A GOOD WORK IN YOU WILL CONTINUE  UNTIL  THE DAY OF JESUS CHRIST, DEVELOPING AND PERFECTING AND BRINGING IT TO FULL COMPLETION IN YOU. (PHILIPPIANS1:6)—–NONE OF US HAS ARRIVED. WE ARE ALL IN THE PROCESS OF BECOMING. IN ROMANS 7, PAUL SAID THE GOOD THINGS HE WANTED TO DO,HE COULD NOT DO, AND  EVIL THINGS  HE DID NOT WANT TO DO, HE , ALWAYS FOUND HIMSELF DOING. HE SAID HE FELT WRETCHED. YOU CAN PROBABLY RELATE TO THAT FEELING,( I CAN). WE ALL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO, AND SATAN SEEMS TO ENJOY REMINDING US DAILY. IF YOU STRUGGLE WITH A CONSTANT SENSE OF FAILURE, ADOPT A NEW ATTITUDE. TELL YOURSELF, I AM NOT WHERE I NEED TO BE, BUT THANK GOD I AM NOT WHERE I USED TO BE .I’M OK, AND I’M ON MY WAY!–BE BLESSED

DO NOT REMEMBER THE FORMER THINGS, NEITHER CONSIDER THE THINGS OF OLD. BEHOLD, I AM DOING A NEW THING! (ISAIAH 43: 18-19)—-GOD CREATED US TO NEED NEW  BEGINNINGS–PLACES WHERE WE CAN RELEASE OUR FAITH AND SAY, “THIS IS A PLACE OF NEW BEGINNINGS FOR ME, A PLACE TO HAVE A FRESH START. “THE DAWN OF A NEW YEAR IS ALWAYS A GOOD TIME FOR A FRESH START. YOU CAN EXPERIENCE THE ABUNDANT LIFE JESUS SAYS YOU CAN HAVE, BUT IT REQUIRES MAKING A DECISION TO LET GO OF THE PAST. UNLESS YOU REFUSE TO GO ON THE WAY YOU HAVE BEEN, NO CHANGE WILL COME. GOD WANTS TO CHANGE THINGS FOR YOU, BUT HE IS WAITING FOR YOUR TOTAL COOPERATION. SELDOM DO YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE WITHOUT SOMETHING FIRST CHANGING IN YOU. SO IF YOU WANT TO EXPERIENCE GOD’S NEW THING THIS YEAR, RELEASE YOUR FAITH RIGHT NOW AND SAY. THIS IS A PLACE OF NEW BEGINNINGS FOR ME. THEN WATCH FOR THE RESULTS.  BE BLESSED