July 9, 6 ways Jesus fought depression. And taking with him Peter and two sons of Zebedee,

he began to be sorrowful and troubled Matthew 2637.

The Bible gives us an amazing glimpse into the soul of Jesus in the night before he was

crucified. Watch and learn from the way Jesus fought his strategic battle against

despondency or depression. One, he chose some close friends to be with him.

Taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, Matthew 2637.

Two, he opened his soul to them. He said to them, my soul is very sorrowful, even to death.

Matthew 2638. Three, he asked for their intercession and partnership in the battle.

Two, remain here and watch with me. Matthew 2638. Four, he poured out his heart to his father in prayer.

My father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me, Matthew 2639.

Five, he rested his soul in the sovereign wisdom of God. Nevertheless, not as I will but as you will.

Matthew 2639. Six, he fixed his eye on the glorious future grace that awaited him on the other side

of the cross. For the joy that was set before him, he endured the cross, despising the shame

and he ceded at the right hand of the throne of God, he bruised 12, too.

When something drops into your life that seems to threaten your future, remember this,

the first shockwaves of the bomb in your heart like the ones Jesus felt in Gethsemane are not sin.

The real danger is yielding to them, giving in, putting up no spiritual fight,

and the root of that sinful surrender is unbelief, a failure to fight for face in future grace,

a failure to cherish all that God promises to be for us in Jesus. In Gethsemane, Jesus shows us

another way, not painless and not passive. Follow him, find your trusted spiritual friends,

open your soul to them, ask them to watch with you and pray, pour out your soul to the Father,

rest in the sovereign wisdom of God, and fix your eyes on the joy set before you

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