Andrew Dealy | How Do I Overcome Anxiety and Depression? | TGC Q&A
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- In the second episode of our biblical counseling series on TGC Q&A, Andrew Dealy answers the question, “How do I overcome anxiety and depression?” He addresses:
0:00 Introduction
0:37 Fighting guilt and finding resilience
1:22 The natural response to a fallen and broken world
1:56 Lessons from Matthew 6 and Philippians 4
3:09 Learning not to be ruled by our emotions
5:15 Jesus fighting anxiety in the Garden
7:22 A great hope to overcome anxiety
8:10 Deciphering the factors that feed anxiety
13:55 Finding purpose in our struggle
14:28 Medication as a personal help
15:27 Expected pain and suffering in the Christian life
16:47 Being honest about our pain
17:32 No promise of answers to all of our questions
18:00 Self-forgetfulness instead of an inward focus
19:03 Practical tools for overcoming anxiety and depression
19:56 An invitation to carry our struggles to God
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I've been depressed lately because of my job, I definitely needed to hear this. Thank you, God bless anyone listening to this... God is present through your pain ❤
I think that Christians are not clinically depressed rather things happen in life that can get them down where they feel sadness than constantly depressed. You see this in the Bible. Right now I’m sad, but not depressed.
@@jogmas12 I'm a Christian ..adhd as well. I've had continuing depression nearing 25 years.
2021 was the hardest, darkest time of my life. I was physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually BROKEN. But now I feel genuinely GRATEFUL and BLESSED that I had to go through that phase because GOD has graciously REVEALED Himself to me in miraculous ways. I am fortunate that He allowed me to know Him at a very young age, but this year is SPECIAL because of what WE (yes, GOD and me) have been through last year. He showed me how POWERFUL prayers truly are when I started to focus on WHO HE IS rather than who I am, on WHAT HE CAN DO rather than what I deserve. The experience was MAGICAL. He showed up BIG TIME and assured me that HE is indeed a LISTENING and RESPONDING GOD. Oh how my faith has skyrocketed as a result! Now more than ever, I have very bright HOPE for my future because I personally experienced how RELIABLE God is. And for that I will forever be grateful. GLORY BE TO GOD, MY EVER FAITHFUL FATHER. ♥️♥️♥️
To everyone who's struggling right now, please know that GOD LOVES YOU. He wants to help you and give you peace. Please surrender your burdens to Him and allow Him to move in your life.
"Because he loves Me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges My Name. He will call on Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him." (Psalm 91:14-15)
Please hold on to this bible verse because WHATEVER GOD SAYS, HE FULFILLS. 🛐
I’m so thankful for this video. I’ve dealt with severe panic attacks my whole life due to trauma. They’ve gotten so bad that I decided I just hated living like this. I called out to God the other day and asked him to just take my life and be in control. I have been a Christian for a year but it was the first time I ever asked God to do that. My anxiety lessened but it’s still there and at night, I still get panic attacks. By his grace, I hope to be healed from this but if I have to bear it to show his glory I will. I have started singing worship songs when I am not shaking too much and I pray and praise God. Thank you for this. I know that it is all worth it in the end.
You have such a great attitude. I love it. Thank you for sharing this. You're right, it will all be worth it. I'm a newbie Christian, too.
Thank you so much for this message. I’ve been suffering from anxiety and depression all my life. Now that I’m a grandmother with children in distress everything has been exasperated. I am on medication but also Christian and it was just so heartwarming to hear someone actually talk about it, I am one of those people who do you feel shame and guilt when I feel depressed or anxious. May God bless you richly love, Mary.
LOVE THIS SO MUCH I really needed to hear this. Humans just feel things, but God is with us in the battle. The warning signs are not the final end.
Ohh it's so hard to get out of my way at times but deep down I know that my creator has A special place in his heart 4 me and that he cares more than I will ever know or comprehend. I desire to be a well mannered man who abides and clings upon my heavenly father. I am tired of being beat up emotionally, mentally and physically by the enemy's influence. I just want to give it all to my lord and Savior. Thank you for this video. To anyone reading this, I love you and that may not mean much but your heavenly father loves you more than anyone ever will. Stay strong 🙏🏽👑
I’m in the midst of what seems to be a constant state of anxiety. This is a helpful video
To you reading this right now: God hears you and wants you to know that HE is working on your behalf at this moment. May His peace wash over you and keep you restful today and beyond.
I am so glad I came across this uplifting and encouraging video by Andrew Dealy, I'm 64 and doing course of studies, and when our instructor inform us that we had to do a thesis, my bloodpressuer went up, and as Adrew stated being anxious and looking a head verses lifting my head to the Lord in prayer trusting He has my best interest.I will speak to the anxiety and depression through Christ in his word.
I fell, cracked my skull and injured my pineal gland. With that came a lot of "feelings". I have found rest in The Bible because when my mind gives me cues to over feel, The Bible sets me right back on the narrow straight path. Thanks for this. It was very enlightening to listen to. I got some good infor about dealing with not only myself but a loved one going through mental fracas as well. God bless and smile upon you!
God spoke to my heart and truly changed the way I see anxiety through your video! Saying this as someone with severe anxiety, panic disorder and depression.
Thank you so much for sharing!!! GBY
God made a way for me to come across this video, a blessing!!!
Thank you for making this video!! You have been a gift from God today. ❤
Thank you for this. I’m a single mom saddled with expenses for three kids. Taking care of my elderly mother. Feeling overwhelmed and depressed
Please know that you are not alone, Amy. I am praying for you. May God bless you 🙏.
Wow! It never dawned on me that Jesus felt anxiety too..😩
But I almost ALWAYS feel anxious and those times I don’t is a blessing. I believe in God but for some reason I struggle with this depression and anxiety.. its hard to go through it, every day is a struggle
Finally something useful
This was one of the most helpful messaged I've ever heard on depression. Thank you for your encouragement and insight.
Before I became chronically ill, I used to hike 10-plus miles or ride my bike 30-80-plus miles, and I would feel so much better afterward. It would lift my mood so much. Now I don't have that option (because of illness). I miss that relief. And then there's insomnia, so sleep isn't much of an option either. My family is Mormon, so they avoid me. I don't have the strength for conversations, and I can't go to church. So, I'm trusting that the Lord has a perfect reason for this situation. Thankfully, I get a good day once in a while, and it's wonderful, but it passes too quickly. Sorry for the sob story.🙃🙂
Jesus is our PROMISED deliverer and overcomer. Through HIM we will overcome. I once had PTSD, Anxiety, panic disorder, Depression, suicidal attempt and thoughts. The LORD redeemed me.There is a reason we need the Armor of God. We MUST pray and read the word, DAILY. Prayer is how we speak to Jesus and scripture is how Jesus speaks to us directly. Both are tools of protection against the evil one. WE ALL SUFFER. We need to take our eyes off of ourselves, our sufferings, trials and tribulations and FIXATE them onto Jesus. Jesus MUST BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF ALL THOUGHTS. Pray, read the word, study the word, listen to Christian music, listen to sermons, christian audiobooks and simply praise HIM for everything in your sight. When you have ungodly thoughts.. say "Father, glorify your name!" John 12:28 over and over. STAND FIRM IN HIM AND TRUST IN HIS PROMISES. Remember feelings are not facts.. It is all about Faith and the grace needed to wait on HIM. Romans 8:15-17 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father!” The Spirit Himself testifies together with our spirit that we are God’s children, and if children, also heirs-heirs of God and coheirs with Christ-seeing that we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.
I just stumbled onto this… I so needed this. Thank you.
I wish I could express just how much clarity this video has given me, and how much hope! It's been really, really tough to pick up my bible recently, let alone to speak to the Lord, because the devil tells me over and over again that I am just too broken, and his constant lies & the shame I feel have kept me away (hence why my depression and anxiety have rocketed sky high).
So it's beautiful to be reminded that the Lord is able to sympathise with us, and that He cares for us even at our lowest point. When anxiety hits, I've honestly never even tried speaking back! I've only ever listened, hooked on the lie that I'm utterly alone in this, as I slip slowly into the blackness that would consume all my convictions and smother the joy of my salvation. Listening without resistance has only ever caused me to turn inward and to isolate myself. To become so self focused that I am fully unaware that Jesus, my Help and Salvation, is yet beside me, before me, above me, below me, behind me, within me: and that He will _never_ forsake me.
However distant from the Lord I may feel, I've realised I need to be intentional about reading His word because it is our sword (eph.8) and unless we equip ourselves with these things (truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the glad tidings of peace, the shield of faith & the helmet of salvation etc..) then we are open to the elements and so vulnerable to the deceptions of the enemy. But _with_ the panoply of God, Paul assures us that "ye will be able to quench all the inflamed darts of the wicked one". (- I have read that scripture many times and only now have I realised it says _'all'_ !)
I'm a very sick lost sheep, but Jesus makes me whole. I pray that I can put these things into practise to overcome the wicked one and grow in faith, even if I live with this weakness all my life. To be able to see anxiety and depression as a gift, as something I can accept, knowing the Lord is on my side 👑🙏
I'm so blessed I found this..thank Jesus! I needed this so much. I just can't I cry myself to sleep I just don't know how to handle myself I feel like God use to hear me but now He is so far away😔 I just can't handle this
Don't give up Petunia. He has never left you. He hears everything, even your silent cries. Nothing misses his attention. I wish you peace.
He’s never to far away even when it’s so hard and we think he’s not there we need to trust that he is there with us always and that he is working everything out for our good 🙏🏼 I am praying God comforts you and Govea you peace and joy always ❤️
Thanks for this video 🙏🏻 my heart feels destroyed with emotions. I guess my wounds haven’t healed. I havent even gone to church. I miss it 😪
You nailed it. Thanks.
Thank you so much for this video I really resonated with what you said about depression and anxiety causing us to block out Jesus’s favor over us when he’s always there to help us
Thank you so much.
This! This! I needed to hear this! Thank you Jesus for coming through for me just now because you and only you know how I feel
I did had an heavy depression. Identity in Christ really helped me to get rid of it. Now im symptom free.
What is reality, is it what the media tells you, the opinion of others. Or is it what God is saying about you.
God gave you your worth. You are loved, you are special, you are good. The reality of the world isn't real. maybe you are poor or have not many friends. or don't have a job. but don't let that stuff make your identity.
Identity in christ:
1 Corinthians 6:11 (proverbs 23:7): you are pure,clean
Colossians 3:12 (1 Corinthians 1:2) (romans 1:7) you are holy
1 Corinthians 1:30 (romans 10:5 | romans 3:9-10) you are righteous, without sin
(romans 3:21 | romans 10:4 | 2 Corinthians 5:21 | Galatians 5:4)
Colossians 2:10 |Hebrew 10:14 | Colossians 1:28 you are perfect (having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be.)
Galatians 3:26-28 everyone has equal worth (human)
romans 5:17 | job 36:7 you are a king, because Jesus Christ is.
you are more than a conqueror!!!
This cured my depression. Reading my bible and believe this with my whole heart. You can heal from depression too.
please share this with others who struggle with depression. My depression lifted after eight years, I almost didn't believe it. but the Word is powerfull. God bless you!
Thank you for this 👍🏻
Sure God's Word helps. Trusting God is in control sure helps. But would you say the same to someone who has diabetis, I don't know. I think you cant simplify things so much. Only Jesus knows every heart, mind and soul...who may have been through so much, our minds can't bear. it's a terrible illness so missunderstood...it's so sad, only Jesus knows.
@@anneerin3533 there is hope for everyone with Jesus he knows what you’re going through and he has a plan for your life
I'm Happy for you !
Wow that first question pretty much just described my feelings atm. Just struggling with feelings, then bad thoughts happen, THEN I feel guilty for not being able to get rid of the feelings through faith in Christ. I know God loves me, I just get overwhelmed with situations, and I guess blinded to His love.
Good word l needed this with my new season of retired and moved down South. Left all behind my children and grandchildren.
I just want to say thank you so much for this help :) It hurts to see self-help videos with millions of views when this is the message that truly heals our broken minds. I hope that those searching for the truth will find it ❤️
Been dealing with anxiety and stress related to work. Thank You for this message
Love it! Thanks so much!
Praise Jesus! In Christ Crucified, His Grace is given so that we may know His name in Glory upon the repentance of our sins. I am so grateful to Him for that gift. And for this channel. Titus 2:11
Thank you and bless you. I’m fighting overwhelming depression as I approach my 69th birthday and a 5X coronary bypass operation. I know I’m near the end and have so many regrets over my failures in my life. Bless and thank you. 🙏🏻🖤☮️☯️
Praying for grace and strength to come your way
Hi there Stephen,
I'm sorry to hear about that. I too have been dealing with depression for a number of years.
Would you mind me asking if you are a believer in Christ?
Recommit your life to God. He will deliver you.
Thank you
thank you so much for this.
This was so helpful. Thank you!
This was so well said. Thank you ☺️
Amen !! Perfectly said
thank you for this! i need to hear this! this makes so much sense now1
This was really helpful!
Thank you I needed this so much today
I need this so much
Thank you for your prayers and support with bibilcal truths to deal with anxiety and depression
I’m sure I did not chance upon this video by accident. Been having mild anxiety 😥 I do not want it to escalate into something worse
thank you so much for this. I needed this so much.
do not be afraid of things that we cannot see, there are times when I feel low, and to demolish the negative evil thought that comes in the night, I profess this to myself and claim the words of God into me daily, say this to myself loudly and know Who I am in Christ. Thought of sharing this with you today.
Because you are in Christ, EVERY ONE of these statements is true of you. This is what God the almighty thinks of you.
I am loved. 1 John 3:3
I am accepted. Ephesians 1:6
I am a child of God. John 1:12
I am a joint heir with Jesus, sharing His inheritance with Him.
Romans 8:17
I am united with God and one spirit with Him. 1 Corinthians 6:17
I am a temple of God. His Spirit and his life lives in me.
1 Corinthians 6:19
I am a member of Christ's body. 1 Corinthians 12:27
I am a Saint. Ephesians 1:1
I am redeemed and forgiven. Colossians 1:14
I am complete in Jesus Christ. Colossians 2:10
I am free from condemnation. Romans 8:1
I am a new creation because I am in Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:17
I am chosen of God, holy and dearly loved. Colossians 3:12
I am established, anointed, and sealed by God. 2 Corinthians 1:21
I do not have a spirit of fear, but of love, power, and a sound
mind. 2 Timothy 1:7
I am God's co-worker. 2 Corinthians 6:1
I am seated in heavenly places with Christ. Eph 2:6
I have direct access to God Ephesians. 2:18
I am chosen to bear fruit John. 15:16
I am one of God's living stones, being built up in Christ as a
spiritual house. 1 Peter 2:5
I have been given exceedingly great and precious promises by
God by which I share His nature. 2 Peter 1:4
I can always know the presence of God because He never leaves
me Hebrews. 13:5
God works in me to help me do the things He wants me to do
Philippians 2:13
I can ask God for wisdom and He will give me what I need.
James 1:5 Also say this prayer, it greatly benefitted me - th-cam.com/video/5G6Nh4VvSR4/w-d-xo.html
I’m so anxious. I feel God’s called me to intrepreneurship and continue with my teach in Sunday School. I want to dedicate more time to him. Maybe even go to college for elementary education. I’ll need to quit my big girl job that I just got in order to do this. I love Him and I trust Him to provide for me but my family does not really support me and they will be very angry at me. I trust God but they don’t trust me. I don’t really blame them but it’s my duty to obey God and His will, not everyone else’s’ will.
Thank you, Andrew. This was really helpful. Appreciate it!
really good material..
would be great / worthwhile to remaster it...
Wonderful love from 🇬🇧 x
God healed me from anxiety, and the deceptive feelings of condemnation which caused obsessive compulsive behaviors. If he can do it for me, he can do it for you. Don't give up. Keep going. Keep praying. (If you comment/ reply, I can pray for you too ❤) Only believe. All things are possible to those who believe.
"Luke 1:37 "For nothing will be impossible with God.”
God loves you and he cares deeply about you. He sent his son to save you. Will he stop at that? Will he not also graciously give you all else that you need? Can he not save from anxiety, from fear? (Romans 8:32) He is the God who created the heavens and the earth. He has full control of the wind and the sea. Is he not also able to save you? Have faith in God. Trust him and his perfect timing.
I would love to hear more. I'm sitting here trembling from yet another attack of anxiety. I've been told that depression and anxiety are SIN. because they take focus off God. Please pray for me.
Watching 12/01/21
My first thought when he said this anxiety and depression is my thorn in the side for life made me think that I don’t want to live any longer. Because of the mental anguish I’m experiencing now, I couldn’t listen to all of this video. It’s making me feel worse.
Stay strong my friend your fight is not over God is actively working hard for you and your recovery it’s okay to not be okay in this moment but don’t believe it is over because it’s not over. God bless you❤️
@@spareperky9537 Thank you so much. ❤️
Oh no don’t give up I understand what you might be going through I have been going through it and let me just say although it’s not easy we need to lean on God because this battles are his and he’s already won them and I myself have to remind myself that God is in control and that he loves us and we need cast all our cares to him. Jesus loves you 💕God bless you
I suffered from severe anxiety for many years. The following books have saved my life: Handbook to Happiness by Charles Solomon
Lifetime Guarantee by Bill Gillham
How did they help you? What did you learn?
Please pray for my boyfriend he is now in this situation..he doesnt like to talk to anyone.. he doesnt understand himself too..I feel sorry for him.
I just prayed that God will open your boyfriends heart and show him how to battle this. I have battled this for a very long time. The answers are always in the Bible.
@@IronSharpensIron127 thank you so much. I want to know how did you battle it? Spiritually and practically?
Interresting thoughts
I can accept being single on overtime.
I will never accept the levels of depression it leads to.
Thank you! Are there more videos from this man on the channel?
What about anxiety about body pain? Im working on the body pain but living w the nerve pain for now it so hard. Plz help me.
The pain if beyond what I can handle anymore
You are deeply loved by Jesus and he has a great plan for your life!! Don’t give up this is just a trial and he wants you to persevere and conquer this and he doesn’t want you to do this alone. Trust him and relief will come!!!
i feel the exact sme way but i must hold on to God. i never experienced anything like this in my entire life but only with God i can overcome.
Help help help help
He makes us walk on water like Peter, you will be ok if you trust in Jesus Christ. It may seem your foot is slipping but he will pull you up like he did with Peter
That’s really good we can walk on water --beautiful!!!
❤
Can you help me my anxiety and depression after i got ringing in the ears or tinnitus pls make video for this
Any recommendations for courses in Biblical Counseling?
My brother, can you link us to this epic intro and outdo song?
3k would solve all my problems
🙂👍
😥😥😥😥 i hate anxiety. Its worst when you feel it at work and you cant just leave and cry your eyes out to God.
Stand up in faith. I use to be there but you have to have knowledge of Gods word, we have authority over the enemy. Don't be manipulated by him and don't be ignorant of his devices as the Bible says. We have authority over these feelings, if you seek Him you will come to know that nothing can pluck you out of His hand and you will understand what it means when people say, the joy of the Lord is my strength!
How are you been? I'm in the same boat
@@juliafernandez4633 hi, ive been feeling better thank God. 🙏
Struggle for the rest of our lives? So God chose not to heal? And we are commanded to love him for all our hearts? Makes sense..
"An imbalanced gastrointestinal ecosystem (dysbiosis) seems to be a contributor to the development and maintenance of several diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, depression, and type 2 diabetes mellitus." (Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity / 2019). I was cured of severe depression with antibiotics. There are other physical causes I read about, such as brain tumors and physical brain abnormalities.
Really? Both of my major depressive episodes started with stomach pains and diarrhoea. Did you ask for antibiotics for this reason or were you subscribed them for something else? I'm currently going through depression and would like to try this.
@@gavinlynas2833 They (three courses) were prescribed for a nasty sinus infection. I don't remember their names, but they were potent and available in generic.
Sure God's Word helps. Trusting God is in control sure helps. But would you say the same to someone who has diabetis, I don't know. I think you cant simplify things so much. Only Jesus knows every heart, mind and soul...who may have been through so much, our minds can't bear. it's a terrible illness so missunderstood...it's so sad, only Jesus knows.
Horror films? Christian? Can't sleep? Good grief that guy has bigger problems !
Sorry but to trust a God who claims he identified with our pain when he only had to deal with the cross for 3 days to a week and then ascended to heaven, that's all he had to go through, not chronic pain for years on top of health anxiety and depression Triggered from the helplessness, God could just heal someone from it instead nope he prefers the deal he made with the devil to ruin you so he can simply enjoy watching you be destroyed just because he can.
Jesus suffered on the cross more than we have the capacity to comprehend. He suffered the equivalent of eternal hell for millions of us, so that's hell times millions or billions.
I pray the Lord will soften your heart toward him. He's your only hope, you know, and he cares for you.
I understand your thought; however, as Howtogetsaved has shared, you have to realise that Jesus not only took all of mankind’s sin onto Himself, but ‘became sin,’ (2 Cor5:21), so nothing could possibly separate anyone from God, under any circumstantial reasoning in someone’s mind. He substituted Himself for us in God’s judgement. Why? 2 Corinthians 5:21: “So that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.” It’s stunningly beautiful - the proof that God is love, and specifically, loves you. God bless you 🙏.
How do I overcome anxiety and depression? Go seek therapy from a medical professional--not a pastor.
or read a good book. Have you read the short book "The Present" yet? It's available free here. Just go to the website: globaltruthproject.com- click on the entry called “The Present.” What it says will turn this world around if it reaches enough people. You will see what I mean when you read the first page.
I agree...although trusting God may help too, seeking medical help should be a must.
@@anneerin3533 when it comes to mental health, people need science and professional help. Myths that are thousands of years old won't help.
Did you have anything to say about the actual video and it’s message? Or did you come here for an atheistic rant only?
@@rockster71 My OP was about the video. Nice try.