Depression: The Spirit of Heaviness

I was a full gospel preacher for a good many years, but I had various internal problems.

I'll mention only one. It's a common one. It was depression. Another thing I

noticed was when I really wanted to serve Christ to the utmost, that was when the

pressure was worst. But when I was content to kind of go along with the stream and not make too

much efforts against the kingdom of Satan, the pressure let up. And I could not

find the solution to this until one day reading Isaiah 61:3, I read this phrase,

"The garment of praise in place of the spirit of heaviness." And when I read

that phrase, "The spirit of heaviness," I suddenly saw, that's your problem. It's not a mental