God Rescued Me from Dead-End Alleys and Dark Dungeons

Jul 21

Friend, I am no stranger to anxiety and depression.

For years it dogged my tracks. Depression was a quagmire where I lived for many years. In those days, there wasn’t a name for it; today it would be called “clinical depression.” Ultimately, there were days of emotional agony so great that I contemplated taking my own life. But God!

God met me where I was that day and took me to where I am—an overcomer in Jesus Christ. He promises in His Word to do the same for you. Jesus Christ wore a crown of thorns on His head for your peace of mind, so refuse to walk in anything but peace. Allow our dear heavenly Father to rescue you from doom and gloom.

Dear Father, Thank You for rescuing me out of the doom and gloom of Satan’s kingdom and bringing me into the kingdom of Your dear Son. Jesus Christ bought and paid for my freedom and liberty, and I refuse any anxiety or depression that would once again cage me and put me in bondage.

God rescued me from dead-end alleys and dark dungeons. His Son got us out of the pit we were in and got rid of the sins we were doomed to keep repeating. No more tyrannical rule! Now, I live and move and have my being in Him. God in me!

As I live this new life, I will be strengthened from God’s boundless resources, so that I find myself able to pass through any experience and endure it with courage. I will even be able to thank God in the midst of pain and distress because I am privileged to share the lot of those who are living in the light.

Father of glory, I pray You would impart to me the riches of the Spirit of wisdom and the Spirit of revelation so that I may know the Lord Jesus Christ through deepening intimacy with Him. I will grow in the knowledge of You and be flooded with light so I understand the confident hope and rich and glorious inheritance You have given to me. I pray to grasp the immensity of this glorious way of life You have for Your followers—oh, the utter extravagance of Your work in us who trust You—endless energy, boundless strength!

Scripture References Colossians 1:11-14 TLB, PHILLIPS, MSG, TPT Acts 17:28 • Ephesians 1:17-19 NLT, TPT, MSG

Excerpted from Prayers That Avail Much® to Overcome Anxiety & Depression

Germaine Copeland

Germaine Griffin Copeland, founder and president of Word Ministries, Inc., is the author of the Prayers That Avail Much family of books. Her writings provide scriptural prayer instruction to help you pray more effectively for those things that concern you and your family and for other prayer assignments. Her teachings on prayer, the personal growth on the intercessor, emotional healing and related subjects have brought understanding, hope, healing, and liberty to the discouraged and emotionally wounded. She is a woman of prayer and praise whose highest form of worship is the study of God's Word. Her greatest desire is to know God. Germaine is the daughter of the late Reverend A.H. "Buck" and Donnis Brock Griffin. She and her husband, Everette, have four children, and their prayer assignments increase as grandchildren and great-grandchildren are born. Germaine and Everette reside in Greensboro, Georgia.

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