Lesson 26: Worship Flows From What God Has Done For Us

Amanda writes, "I started the depression course after I had finished the weight loss course and realized that the root of my weight issues and laziness had come from depression. I had lived many years under the yoke of what I see now as "works based religion." We are told to pray, read our bible, live righteously, be kind, take of the old coat and put on the new, etc., but sadly many times we are not shown how to do so. There is no wonder I and many others lived in depression. I was trying to do things that I cannot do.

The only way to be truly free is to let Jesus do what He came to do. He truly sets us free. I am guilty of using Jesus as my ticket out of Hell, which He gladly gave me, but I left Him at the "ticket booth" and was trying to ride the train alone and it was derailing. I praise Him that I don't have to do it alone, I can leave it all up to Him like He wants me to. I can trust Him. If there is anything I've realized through this course is I can trust Him, He loves and cares for me. He wants me to have an abundant life, not one lived in fear, dread, anger bitterness, resentment, etc. He bore all that so that I don't have to. I can overcome those things because He has already born them. He took it all on the cross and He now intercedes for me. Praise His Holy Name for broken chains, an open prison door, for light in my darkness, and for freedom!"