Feelings of Discouragement and Depression Healed Through Prayer

Tonight, I am so grateful for the healing power that is present in all of our services. It is one of the things that I first noticed about the Plainfield Church when I first came here many years ago. It is something to be very grateful for. I remember an experience I had a few years ago. I started going through a period where I was suffering with bouts of self doubt, and even occasionally depression, which was very unusual for me. It just seemed that things were not going right, or well, and it was trying to get me down and discouraged. It got to a point where I asked for the help of a Christian Science Practitioner from this church. She agreed to help and was very encouraging. That next Sunday when I came into the church service I felt different. I could actually feel the love and the warmth that is always present, but I hadn’t felt it for a while until then.

That service, the Quartet sang “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness, and all these things shall be added onto you.” As they sang that song I began to weep. I felt God was telling me something that I needed to hear. After the service it became very clear that I was feeling a personal sense of responsibility about a lot of things in my life. And that is why I had lost my joy.

What I needed to do was to turn everything over to God, and let God be responsible for the things in my life. I needed to trust Him a lot more than I was. So, one by one, the things that I was feeling responsible for I turned over to God, and genuinely left Him with the responsibility for them. As I did this, I could feel the burden being lifted off my shoulders. I could feel this false sense of responsibility being cleansed from me, and I could once again feel the love of God enfolding me. That night I slept peacefully for the first time in a long time, and I learned a very valuable lesson. And I hope I never forget it! So, I’m very grateful for the healing prayers of our practitioners, and the congregation, and for the privilege of being a member of this church.