Derek Prince (1915-2003) was a Bible teacher with a Ph.D. in philosophy. He discovered that the more highly refined and cultivated a person’s mind is, the more vulnerable that person can be to the adversary. That is because the intellectual trusts his mind which can be used against him but the spiritual man has the mind of Christ to be guided by his thoughts and purposes. So in my random theological studies, I came across his testimony regarding how he overcame depression. His story began in the mid-1950s when God was a manifold blessing in his ministry. But almost day and night during this period of his life, he was surrounded by an awful sense of depression. It took the form of a dark, heavy cloud that would descend over him—pressing him down, closing in on him, and shutting him off from normal communication with other people including his family. Ironically, the more successful he became in his ministry, the worse the oppression grew. The Breakthrough Th...
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