I don't know if this is my mental illness or spiritual warfare
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- Опубликовано: 22 июл 2024
- I have mental illness and I've also most certainly been going through a season of spiritual warfare. As a Christian with bipolar disorder, I often have a hard time determining if my depression and anxiety are due to mental illness or spiritual warfare.
Lately, the enemy has been attacking my peace and sleep. I've been in a spiritual warfare season since early February of this year. If you're a Christian with mental illness AND you're going through a season of spiritual warfare - I feel your pain.
Sometimes I feel helpless through the hopelessness and despair that's been clouding my life. However, I know that this is all piling down because my faith in God is worth attacking. My hope is so strong that it's worth destroying. That also means that the things I have hope for are still coming and they're GOOD for God's kingdom.
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God bless you. You're 100% NOT alone in your struggle.
(I end this video in prayer so if you'd like to pray for restored hope and peace, watch 'til the end)
I’ve been going through a deep depression since January. I want to be pulled out of it badly, and I’m starting to be, but very slowly. This is one of the worst depressions I’ve been in in a while. And ofc sadly no matter what I feel depressed but there will be months where it’s just unbearable. I keep praying to win this battle / warfare and to be pulled out of this depression. I’m so sorry you’re dealing with this and I really hope you also receive all of the blessings God is giving you or preparing for you❤️ Thank You for sharing this with us! We’ve got this💪🏼🙏🏼
I am so grateful that I found this video today. I know that I'm struggling with mental health aswell as spiritual warfare. But the worst part of all this that makes me feel extremely discouraged & hopeless, is when people say that we are the reason for our own spiritual warfare. And I'm thinking to myself, all I've been trying to get through each day just trying to survive, however that looks like. I don't know a perfect way to survive, without doing things that would possibly open doors to the enemy. It just all feels so debilitating.😭💔🙏
People who say we cause spiritual warfare as Christians often aren’t close enough to Jesus to realize that the enemy attacks what he’s afraid of. I learned after this video that the true warfare was the confusion. I thought nothing could help me but that was a lie from the enemy. The truth was that I was taking too low a dose of medication which ended up healing my insomnia. My bipolar mania, a health condition, was the cause of my insomnia and the enemy made me feel like the situation was too spiritual for doctors to fix it. I’ve made an updated video on this as well. I prayed for you & I hope you find rest soon. Confusion is from the enemy, clarity and purpose are from God. 🩷
The Lord loves you and is always there he will never leave you nor forsake you ,
I hope you're doing better now. I have schizophrenia, where I hear voices, it feels like spiritual warfare because its religious in nature. Hang in there!
I just watched this video and think about what a person blessed by God you are. Every time you start to feel like you are being spiritually attacked, talk to Jesus and he will always listen to you and be by your side, so the enemy will go away. Every time I start to have negative thoughts, I start singing praises to Jesus and talking to him and everything improves very quickly. The night before you go to sleep, ask your guardian angels to protect you and have a peaceful night's sleep blessed by God and imagine thinking about yourself with Jesus and God and everything will get better, I guarantee you.
It does seem everyone is going through something now a days different since the pandemic but remember to thank the Lord through it all he is our helper, im glad to know im not the only one struggling, but it will be okay
Our father in heaven help this lady to discern what is happening help her to complete this trial and do not let her give up. All things are spiritual and though we suffer we will reign and we fight not against flesh but against spiritual wickedness in high places even in our own high places in the mind and heart can be hard to understand but show her love help her feel your peace and love
I do feel the same as you ,you feel its hell.
Your therapy and meds are not working wright
I have Mental illness to ,when i am not on med i dont even fonction right,but when i am on meds i don t feel joy
It very hard to have joyb,i do need to pray a lot i need to be more with God and have a relationship with him
Thanks my sister in Christ i agree i love what you sayed
Amen
I later learned that it was lack of medication that was causing the insomnia. However, it was spiritual warfare that convinced me I was helpless, that only God could heal me (when in fact I needed to be better medicated for my mental illness). Sending love to you! There are seasons for joy and seasons where we go through hardship. God wants us to feel what we need to feel. There is no requirement in the Bible that says we have to always be happy. We can simultaneously possess the joy of Christ and not be emotionally joyful. That joy doesn’t always override our emotions. Your lack of happiness/joy doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with your relationship with Christ. Even Jesus suffered and wasn’t happy 24/7. Sometimes we need to share in the sufferings of Christ. The Bible often talks about that as well. 🩷
Im struggling too but i can't cry like you can im feeling frozen instead and cut off from real feelings but i do get lots of fear. Overwhelmed this morning with fear havent even gotten out of bed its almost noon. Please pray for me im stressed and unsure of how to deal with this for so long
I'm sorry u feel and going through what you are , it will be okay, have you spoke to a doc ? Maybe get some med for anxiety ? As as well , I take antianxiety med to help some , you are not a bad person if you take a med to help you either , take one day at a time , so many are stressed out anxiety and so on , you are not alone , try to do one thing a day if you can , and keep praying, and know it will be okay chin up , start thanking God , I hope this helps you today ,
I’ll pray for you 🩷 I used to struggle in the morning as well. I felt paralyzed with anxiety. I’m sorry you’re going through this right now. Be gentle with yourself and go at a pace that works for you. I know my medication helped me a lot when I was going through this.
I get the same confusion, asking is this warfare or my mental health.
The one thing that helps sister i find is doing what your flesh hates to do, especially when depression seems to have taken over....is to praise, sing in the spirit
Yes its hard to begin with but i find after 15 minutes or so the spirit overwhelms the flesh and i start to feel more hopeful and positive.
I dont think it matters if its spiritual or mental, i think praise can turn our situations around.
I know this can be really hard, and i say that as a 49 yo who has battled mental illness as far back as i can remember but it feels to me to be a real weapon for our battles sister.
I just found your channel today,
Todays been a struggle but theres comfort in knowing others struggle also.
Yes absolutely 🩷 we praise in all situations!
Going through the exact same thing!!!! Besides bi polar I suffer with gastroparesis and my husband is about to give up and he's not a Christian
I'm so sorry to hear you and your husband are going through a hard time
I was diagnosed with cptsd , borderline personality and bipolar it’s super hard right now . I’m not even sure myself what’s mental or warfare but I think the enemy makes what we have worse when we are under attack . I’m having mold changes several times a day from sad to hopeful to angry . I just can’t wait to be with Jesus . The two worse things for me is the hyper vigilance and feelings of rejection .
Just remember that it’s okay to feel our emotions and even feel like we just want to be with Jesus while knowing that He wants us here for now 🩷 reading the Bible helped me take every thought captive and learn which thoughts are true and which aren’t. Praying for you 🙏
@@CreateCompassionCC thank you sister yes reading the Bible helps me focus more on the Lord vs what I’m going through or feeling . Thank you for talking about your diagnoses it helped me not feel so alone as a Christian many believers do not share stuff like this .
I have been through all this. If you drink alcohol quit it don't consume it at all.
When u wake up in the morning say your morning prayers and read your Bible.
Then keep yourself busy with the things u have to do for the day.
Sometimes, the Lord will use different believers from around the world and they will start going through things without understanding specifically why? It is because they need to intercede and pray for your brothers and sisters in the faith, because they are going through it.
Other times, it is Satan hitting you where it hurts the most, because he doesn't fight fair and knows all of your weaknesses. He goes for the low-blows and hits you relentlessly with his flaming arrows of pervasive thoughts.
Reading your bible, praying and spending time with God is important during these times.
The most important thing to do during these times is surrender.
Casting all your cares on the Lord.
Forgiving people and yourself is also important, if you haven't already, be sure to do so.
It helps. To say the least.
God bless and may peace be with you.
Thank you for your message 🩷 I actually learned since creating this video that it was both mental illness AND spiritual warfare causing my struggles. I talk about it in a few of my recent videos. It’s insane to see how much has happened spiritually since I made this video. God bless you too!
God bless you
The Lord convicts he does not condem that condem comes from satan , and having a relationship with Jesus Christ, not man made religion whom does condem has conditioning people of lies , its in the bible , The lord wants us to return to him
Youre all nuts
You are what you eat! 😋🥜