• Anxiety– Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in

the U.S., affecting 40 million adults in the United States age 18 and older (18% of U.S. population).

• Depression– Depression affects approximately 14.8 million

American adults, or about 6.7 percent of the U.S. population age 18 and older in a given year.

– Persistent depressive disorder, or PDD, is a form of depression that usually continues for at least two years.

Depression- “a common mental disorder, characterized by sadness, loss of interest or pleasure, feelings of guilt or low self-worth, disturbed sleep or appetite, feelings of tiredness and poor concentration.” World Health Organization10 percent of adults are currently experiencing the

symptoms of major depression!The second most common cause of disability worldwide

Women are twice as likely as men to have depressionChronic symptoms tend to appear, on average, in girls

around ages 12-13

People with a strong belief in a personal, concerned God, were 75% more likely to OVERCOME depression when combined with proper medical treatment!

Overcoming Depression1 Kings 19:1-10

JobJob 6:8-9 "Oh that my request might come to pass, And

that God would grant my longing! 9 "Would that God were willing to crush me, That He would loose His hand and cut me off!

MosesNumbers 11:14-15 "I alone am not able to carry all this

people, because it is too burdensome for me. 15 "So if You are going to deal thus with me, please kill me at once, if I have found favor in Your sight, and do not let me see my wretchedness.”

JeremiahJeremiah 20:14-18 Cursed be the day when I was born; Let the

day not be blessed when my mother bore me! 15 Cursed be the man who brought the news To my father, saying, "A baby boy has been born to you!" And made him very happy. 16 But let that man be like the cities Which the LORD overthrew without relenting, And let him hear an outcry in the morning And a shout of alarm at noon; 17 Because he did not kill me before birth, So that my mother would have been my grave, And her womb ever pregnant. 18 Why did I ever come forth from the womb To look on trouble and sorrow, So that my days have been spent in shame?

Paul and Timothy2 Corinthians 1:8-9 For we do not want you to be unaware,

brethren, of our affliction which came to us in Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life; 9 indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves . . .

ElijahV.3- He left his servant at BeershebaV.4- He requested for himself that he might dieV.4- “It is enough; now, O Lord, take my life,”

1 Kings 17:1- Elijah confronts king Ahab1 Kings 18:1- No rain for three years

James 5:17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.

1 Kings 18:13- Obadiah protects 100 prophets of the Lord from the deadly persecution of Queen Jezebel

Elijah1 Kings 18:17- King Ahab rebukes Elijah1 Kings 18:19-40- Elijah single handedly confronts 450

prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of the Asherah from 9 a.m. to 3 P.M. [ 6 hours]

1 Kings 18:46- Elijah outruns Ahab from Mt. Carmel to Jezreel20-25 miles [a marathon is 26.2 miles]

Anxiety (fear)19:2- Jezebel issues a 24 hour death threatV.3- He was afraid

ElijahV.3- Ran for his life

Beersheba (90-100 miles south of Jezreel)V.4- He went a days journey into the wilderness

15-17 milesV.5- He lay down and sleptV.6- He lay down again

DiscouragementV.10- I have been very zealous for the Lord

Unlike Israel who has:Forsaken Your covenantTorn down Your altersKilled Your prophets

Now they’re trying to kill me, the only prophet left in all Israel18:13- Obadiah hid 100 prophets of the Lord

V.4- I am no better than my fathers

V.9- The Word of the Lord came to him, and He said to himWhat are you doing here, Elijah?

Elijah- They are trying to kill me!!Where is here?

V.8- Horeb, the mountain of GodV.4- Elijah went a days journey into the wilderness

and requested to dieV.8- He went forty days and forty nights to Horeb

Horeb/Sinai is about 200 miles south of BeershebaV.9- [A] cave (The Cave)

The Provisions of GodV.7- The journey is too great for you

V.6- Bread cake baked on hot stones and a jar of waterVs.7-The Angel commanded Elijah to wakeup and eatV.8- So he arose and ate and drank

This sustained him for forty days and nightsThe Power of God

V.11- The Lord was passing byA great and strong wind shattered the rocks into piecesAn earthquake shook the groundA fire raged

The Presence of GodV.12- Sound of a gentle blowing

V.13- Elijah covered his face (humility)V.13- What are you doing here Elijah

V.14- Elijah gives the same self-centered response

The Purpose of GodV.15- The Lord said to him, “GO, RETURNV.19- So he departed from there

John 16:30-33"Now we know that You know all things, and have no need for anyone to question You; by this we believe that You came from God." 31 Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe? 32 "Behold, an hour is coming, and has already come, for you to be scattered, each to his own home, and to leave Me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. 33 "These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world."