Suicide, Antidepressants & Demons
About this sermon
In “Suicide, Antidepressants & Demons,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about demons and deliverance, stewardship and giving, family discipleship. Drawing especially from Isaiah 60, Romans 12, 1 Timothy 6, Mark 9, the teaching emphasizes that demonic influence must be answered through Christ’s authority and the freedom He provides. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that material stewardship reveals priorities and should be governed by generosity, integrity, and obedience to God.
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Odle focuses on holiness while working through Isaiah 60. The message argues that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. It connects this with the conviction that spiritual anointing is given for service and must remain joined to character and obedience. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on healing and faith. The message argues that the message connects prayer for healing with faith in Christ, pastoral care, and submission to God. It connects this with the conviction that God’s commands reveal His standard and direct the obedient life. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on divine judgment while working through Romans 12. The message argues that God’s judgment is treated as righteous, certain, and a reason to repent while mercy is offered. It connects this with the conviction that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on Saul’s example while working through 1 Timothy 6. The message argues that Saul’s decline illustrates the danger of insecurity, partial obedience, and resistance to correction. It connects this with the conviction that faithfulness in the home requires instruction, loving correction, protection, and a consistent Christian example. The practical emphasis is to practice patient, truthful love in relationships and conflict.
Odle focuses on demons and deliverance while working through Mark 9, John 1. The message argues that demonic influence must be answered through Christ’s authority and the freedom He provides. It connects this with the conviction that God’s grace forgives and also trains believers to leave sin and live in obedience. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on demons and deliverance. The message argues that demonic influence must be answered through Christ’s authority and the freedom He provides. It connects this with the conviction that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes. The practical emphasis is to respond with honest repentance and concrete obedience.
Odle focuses on stewardship and giving. The message argues that material stewardship reveals priorities and should be governed by generosity, integrity, and obedience to God. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on faith. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that the believer must answer fear with trust in God, sober judgment, and faithful action. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on stewardship and giving. The message argues that material stewardship reveals priorities and should be governed by generosity, integrity, and obedience to God. It connects this with the conviction that the message connects prayer for healing with faith in Christ, pastoral care, and submission to God. The practical emphasis is to practice patient, truthful love in relationships and conflict.
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Lord your presence Lord your presence is real your presence is our strength we thank you Lord that in your presence is fullness of joy and that the joy of the Lord is our strength God we need you we need your touch we need your anointing we need your Holy Ghost Fire your holy ghost power your Holy Ghost function in our lives God we need you more and more every day uh we live in a world that lies in the power of darkness and the deception and lies of the evil one Satan we live in a world completely almost almost completely controlled by dark Forces evil spirits and evil people the Lord you promised that when gross Darkness would cover the Earth that Lord you're you're a glory and your anointing will arise upon your people so we stand upon that promise in Isaiah 60. we pray that your anointing Your Glory your fire your power would increase Upon Our Lives and just like that song we sang a minute ago Lord we want that holy fire to burn anything out of us it's not from you Lord we want Jesus Christ Our Messiah our Lord and savior to shine through to this world and help us set the captives free Lord we pray this today in Jesus name amen and amen you may be seated this morning good morning welcome you to Fire and grace church this morning we welcome those listening by Blog Talk Radio those also watching by Periscope we welcome you this morning uh we're going to get into a serious subject and I think it's going to take me more than one uh just seeking God on how to do this but we're going to talk about suicide this morning antidepressants and demons um there's a reason for that because uh I'm trying to think if it was I'm thinking that it was Thursday this past Thursday I was on the phone with someone whom I will not name but I was on the phone talking to this Christian Born Again Spirit-filled Christian mind you about someone in her life one of her family members and uh she began to tell me about this person and how that she had never seen them so depressed so sad and depressed and um down and defeated and
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um and to the point that she stated I'm really worried about her and then she said she's so depressed she's so discouraged she so down and she's so uh you know sad and emotional and weepy and crying and miserable and everything she said I really think she ought to get on some kind of medication now this is a Spirit-filled Christian talking here and of course my first response was are you serious and so I began to just you know State some facts about all this so-called medication Zoloft Paxil goodness help me Xanax Prozac uh goodness there's so many of them now and so I got to thinking about you know how in my personal life the people that I've seen that I've tried to counsel and minister to over the years the people that I've seen that have gotten on these drugs their life did not improve it didn't get better now I'm not saying that it doesn't for some it doesn't appear that they get better a little bit but we as Christians now the world can do what it wants the unsaved the heathens the lost they can do what they want to do they got to deal with the demons without the power of Jesus without the power of the word of God without the truth but Jesus never prescribed a medication for anyone dealing with an emotional or suicidal problem now what did Jesus do and I know this is not going to be popular because today most pastors are nothing more than religious psychologists a psychiatrist but here's the deal most of our emotional psychological problems do not stem from a chemical imbalance in our brains in fact I watched the most interesting documentary it was about two hour documentary last night called the marketing of Madness I would encourage every one of you to take the time it's going to take you some time but to watch that because it blew my mind I thought I knew about the dangers of Paxil and Zoloft and these drugs and the the effects that I've seen them have on people's lives not to mention the facts that they do cause
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Suicidal Tendencies and actions as the commercials admit that they do especially in younger people now these are what they these are what these heathens admit these psychiatrists and drug companies have to admit that a lot of this stuff that they Proclaim that they're treating actually their drugs make the symptoms worse make the problems worse if it's depression depression gets worse if it's suicidal thoughts and tendencies the suicidal thoughts and tendencies get worse or the person just gets so numbed out they might as well be smoking Mary Jane every day right marijuana for those of you who uh marijuana that don't know what we're talking about here wacky we wacky to backy right really I actually think smoking marijuana or drinking alcohol would be safer than these drugs I'm not advocating that I'm just telling you they don't know in in fact this documentary many many doctors are in this documentary psychologists psychiatrists scientists I mean we're talking about people with degrees and phds behind their name and they're saying there's no science whatsoever to back up we we can't no one can can do a test or a scan or anything in your brain and say there's a chemical imbalance that is a made-up thing it's completely made up it doesn't exist whereas you can do a CAT scan or an MRI whatever to find out if you have a brain tumor there is no test there is no science there is no study to find out if you have a chemical imbalance in your brain you could just go to the doctor go to a psychologist or a psychiatrist I'd feel depressed oh you have a chemical imbalance here take this and what I saw last night blew my mind but before I watched the documentary now again I'm gonna give you the name it's called marketing the marketing of Madness but before I watch that this on Thursday I have this conversation with this Christian who should know better right in fact this particular Christian I knew years ago the same person advocating this got on these drugs and it screwed them up screwed up their their mind screwed up their whole life for a long time and then they're going to try to push this on somebody else mind-boggling
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right but anyway I have this conversation on Thursday and on Friday morning we get up and I think I emailed you I I emailed you something there but just put up the New York Times article just just where they can see the headline so the New York Times article that I just happened to look down and there it was from April 22nd 2016 so this is a very recent article here and it's U.S suicide rate surges to a 30-year High do you see this he's going to pull it up here in a second I'm wearing on there you got it down there at the end there you go that's all right U.S suicide rate surges to a 30-year high now let me just read some of this suicide in the United States has surged to the highest levels in nearly 30 years a federal data analysis of federal data analysis has found with increases in every age group except older adults the rides were particularly steep for women because we all know y'all are crazy but we'll deal with that in a second it was also substantial among little aged Americans but hey the highest suicide rate is middle-aged white men by the way uh one of them anyway it was also substantial among middle-aged Americans sending a signal of deep anguish from a group whose suicide rates have been stable or falling since the 1950s the suicide rate for middle-aged women ages 45 to 64 jumped by 63 percent over the period of the study while it Rose by 43 percent for men in that age range the sharpest increase for males of any age the overall suicide rate Rose by 24 percent from 1999 to 2014 according to the National Center for Health statistics which released the study on Friday the increases were also so widespread that they lifted the nation's suicide rate to 13 per 100 000 the highest since 1986 the rate Rose by two percent a year starting in 2006 double the annual rise in the early period of the study in all 42 773 people died from suicide in 2013 compared to twenty nine thousand one hundred ninety nine in 1999. did you hear that um when they go on to talk about it's real stunning um but something that I discovered also and you can put this up too it's let's see in what I sent you there Kevin it's going to be it
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