Breaking off the Spirit of Heaviness and Taking on the Spirit of Joy

I'm going to talk to you about something that I have intimate knowledge of, and that is breaking the spirit of heaviness and taking on the spirit of joy. The spirit of heaviness is like a kind of drudgery that comes upon you. It is as if somebody threw a cloak of despondency over you. I suppose you could describe it as 'spiritual depression', and it is so deep that it can actually affect you physically. Just Hebrews 12:12 talks about the hands hanging down, and the knees being weak; you actually begin to experience certain phenomena that I believe are attributed to how your spirit would be within you during this period - it manifests in your body. Often, it’s absolutely inexplicable, and not even the circumstances that are around you warrant the way that you are feeling. But there is a way in Jesus Christ.