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Adam Mesa is Lead Pastor of Patria Church and speaks to a congregation of 12,000 about how the gospel of Jesus Christ brings purpose to every life. Patria
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Understanding Anxiety and Depression 0:00 We're gonna jump into the word and the message today. If you have your bible, you can open and hold it at Philippians chapter 4. That's where we're gonna open. And then we're gonna spend the day in Psalms 55. What0:11 we're talking about today is we're asked for it during the Easter. We asked many people to fill out a survey and say, hey, what are you? And here in the0:23 Bible. What things do you have questions about? Or what things do you want clarity? And so 4 things resonated as the resonated as the top. The number 1 by far was people wanted a conversation on anxiety0:35 and depression, which we're gonna talk about today. The second thing people wanted to learn about was in times. And so we'll we'll have a conversation at the end of the month. People also wanted to know how to0:48 Not just the importance of prayer, but how do I take a step towards prayer? So we share about that next week.0:52 And so, we share about0:52 that next week.0:56 That.0:58 And so we're going to talk about that.1:01 And so we're1:01 going to talk about that. Also throughout the rest of the year, we're going to have some series that break down some of these more. Like in October, we have1:13 October, but us in our service actively seeking the Holy Spirit. And the gifts of the spirit. And so we're going to talk about that in the month of October. But this we're going to do like a 30 foot overview1:25 of these 4 topics that our most and so today we are we are trapped in a conversation on anxiety and depression. And we see it, in Philippians chapter 41:37 versus 4 to 7. So1:58 Rejoice. Let your gentleness be evident to The Lord is Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation by prayer2:13 God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ,2:27 little bit. It's quite interesting that the Apostle Paul would write this in the letter of Philippians, and he is absolutely well aware about what2:36 anxiety and anxiousness gets. For most of the time, it's just that the apostle Paul would write this in the letter of Philippians, and he is absolutely well aware about what anxiety and anxiousness gets.2:36 For most what anxiety and anxious We often treat mental health, issues or mental,2:48 obstacles as somewhat of a modern conversation.3:08 Talked about mental health many, many times. And so this isn't a new conversation. Elijah struggled with mental health. Hannah struggled with mental health. Moses struggled with anger and3:20 mental health. So the idea of anxiety and depression and mental health, it's all over the place. And it's and it's all over the place. And it's all over the place. And it3:36 has to say. Here's some stats that are only about 2 to 3 years old, and so they're pretty raisitive. So in the past 2 to 3, 2 to 3, 2 to 3, 2 to 3, 2, 3, 2, 3,3:45 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2,3:45 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2 Antidepressant medication is up 300 percent. The mental hotline, mental health hotline went up, by3:57 900 percent. CDC says 1 out of 5 students have considered suicide.4:20 COVID, maybe it's because of economy, maybe it's because of society. The reality is many of those things have a part to play with it. But also, many of our families and our upbringing can have a4:35 it says anxiety may be defined as apprehension, tension, or uneasiness that stems from anticipation of danger. Maybe internal or4:46 external in necessity. Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest, also called major depressive4:58 disorder or clinical depression. It affects how you feel, how you think, how you behave, and can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems. You may have trouble doing normal day5:10 to day activities, and sometimes you feel as if life isn't worth living.5:30 Disorder. And so there are chemical imbalances that are naturally occurring to us, but for us, for some of us, they're just completely displace. They don't work the way they normally should work5:42 in a in a way that most chemicals So in other words, someone who gets around 10 puppies, you may produce dopamine or serotonin because they're cute and they're playful. And so you just you5:54 get 10 puppies jumping on you and you're so happy and you're so joyful. But what happens is for someone whose chemicals may be off, it doesn't matter how many puppies you put around them. It doesn't matter what6:04 environment you put them around. There's no dopamine being created. There's no serotonin being created. So therefore, they they feel like they are in a paused state where their chemicals are6:16 not working. So there's no happiness, there's no joy, there's no idea of purpose. And so that is a chemical displacement. The second thing is there is a genetic aspect to depression as well.6:32 Depression, the other has a 70 percent chance of having the illness some time. In other words, in Theology, and in Bible stories, we would also6:44 maybe ascribe that to a generational curse or something that's passed down in generations. But here's what we know according to the word of God, that if there is something that is passed down through generations,6:57 whether it be anxiety, depression, sin, addiction. We know that by Jesus stripes, we are healed, and there is victory in the blood of Jesus. So though7:09 we may have an effect of what has genetically happened or what is happening through generations, deliverance that can occur through Jesus. Also7:20 through handling it and getting help and walking through it, potentially with a counselor or a psychologist. Care providers, it's7:32 actually covered to go to counsel. There are many biblical counselors where your health insurance may cover it as well. And so there are opportunities that you can also sit down and work.7:46 Pastor Diego had said for many years when he had cancer and he has ate and healthy, he says, I'm gonna do my part and I'm gonna let God do his. Yes. And so seeking help and working with community and confessing7:58 and going and seeking somebody is not you admitting that you're broken, it's you admitting that you need help. Yes. It's you confessing that you need help. So sometimes, and many times, we will need that. The third8:09 aspect of depression is personality. People who sometimes have low self esteem. Pessimistic by more likely to experience depression. The fourth8:20 1 is this. Your environment can cause depression. Continue exposure to violence,8:32 depression. How you raise what's been said about you, what's been said to you or not to you. Those aspects can cause8:46 depression is a very real thing. So much so that God's word talks about it many times. And we're going to in a few moments what God's word has to say about it. But here's what I want to do first. It's important that8:58 before we talk about that, we understand the difference between the stress of anxiety and the stress of because there is a difference between being stressed and in difference between being9:10 stressed and in distress. Yeah. These are 2 totally different Yeah. And sometimes we confuse anxiety and9:27 grew up and we used to have all types of versions of Stretch Armstrong. So you guys remember 1 of these and so you had a Stretch Armstrong. And the point of a Stretch Armstrong is you can stretch a and in time,9:39 he goes right back to the way he was before. That's what he does. So you apply a little stress on and then he goes back to the way that he wants to be. And then he goes, to the way that he wants to be. And we say that9:50 we're in distress when actually we are just experiencing the stretch or the stress of life. Okay? So I'll tell you this. Getting married10:02 is going to be stressful. Doing life with someone else that's not you, that they have the capacity to make mistakes, they have the capacity to be selfish, they have the capacity to be angry, they have the10:14 capacity to be imperfect. I'll tell you this right now. You are going to be stressed.10:20 There are10:20 days you're going to be stressed.10:21 It'll be10:22 days you're going to be. And you're going to be stressed. I'll tell you when you decide to have kids and you start having there are going to be days you're going to be stressed. Okay? They're going to do this. They're10:32 going to stretch. They are. That is part of the game. It's part of life. Comes with stress. Especially when you start having teenage daughters. Trust me. It's going to be, the moms know10:44 this, it's gonna be a stretch, it's gonna be stress. You're working for somebody else. You have crazy hours, you got early mornings, you got to get the kids ready, you got to get them some breakfast, you got to10:56 get their lunch made. You gotta get them to the car. You gotta box up your things. You gotta pack up the car. And you gotta get on the road. And you go to work. And you don't get thank yous. And you don't get11:04 appreciation. You may not get a promotion. You may not get a great guess. What? It's stress. It's gonna stress you. That's what happens in life. And a lot of times, we'll think that this stress is11:16 something that's going to be permanent. But regular stress of life, most of the time, in a week, in a couple days, it goes back to normal. That's why some of us just say, oh, I'm11:28 so stressed right now. I feel like I just need a mental health day. In other words, what you're saying is, if I just go to Glen Ivy and get a massage, if I could just go get my nails done, fellas, you're like, if I could11:40 just go hunting or shoot a gun or go go on my motorcycle, you say, I'll come back and I'll be good. Well, then guess what? If a couple hours of rest or a day of11:52 rest going to San Diego or something like that, if that's enough to get you back regular, then that's just stress. That's just stress. And that's natural and that comes with12:04 the game. But a lot of times, we act like it's complete distress. Difference. And here's what often could be the difference. You have the stretch, but here's an12:15 example of distress. This right here, this is distress. Okay? We're not getting the arm back, y'all.12:28 The arm is gone. Now that's distressed. That's losing a loved 1. That's someone you care about being terminal or you being terminal. That's a marriage that's on12:40 the verge of divorce or going through divorce. That's a that's a relationship that has seen an affair. That's a child that's going through a suicide attempt. That is distress.12:57 Fix this, God. Going out to the bar and having a couple beers, it's not fixing this, God. So we have to know what is the difference between stress13:09 and distress. And you can get yourself back in line. Distress, you need something bigger than a13:21 massage. You need something bigger than the night off from being a parent. You need something different than 7 days off of your work. You need something more than that. And the beauty about the Lord is God has something13:32 to offer more than that. That's what we're going to see today on how God sees this and views this. God cares about your distress. Oh, he cares about your stress, but he13:44 really cares about your distress. Through your anxiety. He wants to walk alongside of you through your depression. He does not13:56 want to leave you where you're at. He doesn't want to isolate you. God actually cares About your How do I know? We're going to look at Psalms 55. Here's what Psalms 55. You're taking notes14:08 today. They're going to be 3 simple notes. Here's the first note I want to share with you that we're going to see right now in the first 15 verses of Psalms 55.14:15 First thing we have to recognize is shame is a14:15 shame. Is shame is a sham.14:32 And shame. When you experience guilt, guilt will lead you to repentance. It'll lead you to say, I'm sorry. It'll lead you to seek forgiveness. It'll lead you to admit that you've fallen short. Shame14:44 becomes your identity. It becomes who you are, and it's something that you live in every single day. And the enemy will love to keep you in shame because that is who14:56 you begin to personify and believe you are. Accepted shame for our life. What we saw when we were15:08 younger, what we are around, what we've gone through, who've we've been with, what we've been addicted to, we start to say, that is who I am and that is what I deserve. And so then we live in shame. But David15:20 rejects the notion of shame and he believes that's a sham. That is a lie. And here's how he begins to reconcile it. Look at this. He says this, listen to my prayer, oh God. Do not ignore15:32 my plea. Hear me and answer me. My thoughts trouble me. There's the anxiety. His thought He is in his thoughts. He's in his brain. And he says, I'm distraught enemy15:45 is saying, because of the threats of the wicked, for they bring down suffering on me, and they assail me in their anger. My heart is in anguish within me. The terrors of death have fallen on15:57 me. Fear and trembling has beset me. Horror has overwhelmed me. I said, oh, that I would have wings of a dove. I would fly away. He's saying, God, if you'll allow me, I'll be a16:09 runner. I want to be a runner. I want to run from circumstance. I want to run for situation. I want to run from a You think about this. 3 verses prior Psalms 51, he's confessing his air of16:21 having an adultery with a married woman named Das. He has a child with her that now leads to a mis He has killed the woman he had in adultery with, her husband.16:33 His son Absalom is trying to kill him for the throne. He's got Philistines and Canaanites all around him trying to fight him every single day. This dude can't catch a16:45 break. He's causing his own issues. People are causing his issues. Enemies are calling his issues. He is having a bad day, a bad week, and a bad year.16:57 And so what does he say? God, if you'll allow me to grow wings, I'm out of here. God, let me get some wings. I'm I'm out of this marriage. God, let me get some wings. I can't do these kids no more. God, let me get some17:09 wings. Give me a better job. I'm done with this place where I'm working. God, He's saying, God, give me some wings and I'll leave. And then he tells God, if you let me leave, this is what I'll do. He says, I'll fly away17:21 and I'll be good. I'll be at rest. I won't have to deal with none of these human beings. No more. Desert. I would hurry to a place of shelter far from the17:32 storm, far from the tempest. And then he says, now Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words, for I see violence and strife in the city. Day and night, they prowl about on its walls. Malice and abuse are within it.17:44 Destructive forces are at work in the city. Threats and lies never leave its city. If an enemy were insulting me, I can endure it. If a foe were rising against me, I could hide. But it is you,17:56 a man like myself, my companion, my close friend with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship at the house of God as we walked about among the worship is. Let death take my enemies by18:08 surprise. Let them go down alive to the realm of the dead for evil finds lodging among them. You see his statement there, let death take my enemies by surprise, that's not meant for you to apply and18:20 start saying about your coworker. Okay? David's an actual king and he's he's known as the war king. He's he does a lot of war. That's what he's known. His son Solomon was not defined18:32 by war, but David is defined by war because he's expanding the Israel kingdom. And so what he's asking about is a literal kingdom. There's a there's a fight battle that's going there. But in the same way, we can believe18:43 God that he could put to death the negative, the brokenness of a relationship, the hurt of a relationship, the pain of a relationship. But what happens is as David18:55 is speaking aloud, what he starts to do, and we'll see in the next verse 16, as he has confessed it all, he basically, what he did is he's right now, he's word vomiting.19:08 Head hurts. My soul hurts. I don't like that person. I don't like that person. I don't like that person. I wanna fly away. I wanna go to Palm Springs.19:22 Or if you let me live in the desert, I'll go there. He just he just worded. Because what he's doing is starting as he's as he's computing and conversating with God, he's starting to find God as a safe19:33 space to move to the next level. So he's throwing it all out. He's putting it all out. He's putting it all out. He's giving God everything he's processing and Sometimes we do that on the phone with a friend. Sometimes we19:45 do that over Yes.20:03 My this is what's going on. And in the right environment, that may be healthy. In the wrong environment, that's very unhealthy. But I'll tell you this, God is always the perfect environment that you can20:15 begin to process with the Lord out loud. That's what David is doing right now. And he's starting to come to the realization that this shame he's feeling, it's a sham.20:27 Because now he starts to lean into God deeper. Look what he says now on, verse 16. He says this,20:34 he says this,20:34 he says this, he says, as for me So he said a bunch of things. But he said, as for me, I call to God and the Lord saves me.20:46 Evening, morning and noon, I cry out in distress and he hears my voice. He rescues me unharmed from battle waged against me. Even though many opposed me, God20:58 who is enthroned of old, who does not change, he will hear them and humble them. He says, I'm matter of fact, God, I am worried about them. I went21:10 from do something do them God to matter of fact, God, I just leave them alone. I'm gonna leave them alone, and you can humble them. You do it for you. And he goes, because why, God? I've realized they have no fear of21:20 you. And he goes, my companion check this out. My companion attacks his friends. He violates his covenant. Oh. His talk is smooth21:32 as butter. You know that talk. We're family. I wouldn't hurt you. What are you talking about? I wasn't talking. What do you mean? I didn't say that about you. You're21:44 hearing things. Smooth talk that you know that something is21:55 wrong, but the lips are like butter, as David would say. We know it. We've heard it before. And he says this. He says, his talk is smooth as butter, and he says what? But yet war22:07 is in their heart. The lips say 1 thing, but the heart, and when you turn around, it says another thing.22:20 Recognize who's not in my corner. It's starting to reveal these things to him. And then he says, his words are soothing more soothing than oil, yet they draw out swords. They draw out a22:32 sword. Here's what David begins to recognize and begin to see. Here's what we have to realize is, ships sink not from water around them, but from water within them. And a lot of times we22:44 will start to drown, drown and a lot of times we will start to drown and a lot of times we will start to drown and a lot of times we will start to get into a place of isolation not because of what's around us, it's22:52 because what we've allowed in us. And so therefore, you and I have to be really conscious of who and what we hang around because it does have the capacity to get in you.23:07 And so what David begins to recognize, even taking notes, second point is, he's realizing that Sabbath takes a surrender. Rest. Sabbath is rest. Rest23:19 takes surrender. We have to surrender things over to God and truly begin to rest. When God created the heavens and the earth, he did it for 6 days and on the seventh23:31 day, he rested. So, so in order to rest well, you have to surrender and that's what David's doing. When he says, matter of fact, God, erase what I just said a couple seconds before. So, you know, you have to surrender.23:37 And that erase what I just said. A couple of Never mind. Never mind. Never mind. Never mind. Never mind. Never mind. I'm going to trust you'll23:49 humble them. I'm not worried about them. I'm not watching them. I'm not leaving in a Google review on them. I'm not calling their family member. I'm not calling their spouse. God, you you will handle this. And he says,24:00 but I he starts to recognize, I will I will careful of what IShow more In this video 0:00 Understanding Anxiety and Depression24:01 Finding Rest and Safety in God1:02:32
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