June 13, 2025 • 21 mins
Anxiety and depression have become silent epidemics in our modern world, leaving countless individuals trapped in cycles of suffering despite seeking help from medications, therapy, and various treatment options. But what happens when conventional approaches fail to address the root of these struggles?
Whether you're personally struggling or know someone who is, this episode provides insight, hope, and practical direction for finding freedom. The Universal Church's doors are open every day of the week, and our helpline (1-888-332-4141) is available for those ready to begin their journey to healing. As Bishop Joshua reminds us, "Why keep waiting for one more day?" Your breakthrough might be closer than you think.
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(00:02):
Now streaming on all major podcast platforms, edifying your
mind, body and soul. We welcome you to listen now to
Soul Food with your main host, Bishop Joshua.
Here. We are always ready to share a
(00:23):
Word of Faith, unpack powerful testimonies, divinely inspired
music to enhance your faith. Walk, feed your faith wherever
you go, Quench your spiritual hunger.
(00:48):
Give the food that lasts foreverhere on the Soul Food Podcast.
Naked the truth to uncover the truth and tell you that there is
a solution to your problem, to your situation.
(01:09):
I have Miss Wendy and she's going to share with us her story
because before knowing the truth, she had anxiety, she had
depression. But now, praise God, she is
free. I have known her, her life, her
husband, the kiddies because she's a member of our church
(01:33):
serving Gods in Los Angeles, CA.Hello, Miss Wendy, How are you?
Hi, Bishop. I'm good.
Thank you. Thank you for joining us, your
testimony, your story will inspire, will help many ladies
that are having the semi problems you had.
(01:54):
Tell us the dark side of your life, your best life.
Well, the dark side of my life was I used to suffer a lot with
anxiety and depression that I remember since very little.
(02:15):
I was very little when I startedexperiencing that I was
depressed that I had all these kind of feelings inside of me,
emotions, you know, frustrated. I was, I was happy some some
days, some days I was like, you know, fighting in my own self.
And I never knew what it was until, you know, I had all these
(02:36):
feelings until I came to the church, to the Universal Church
11 years ago. And I remember that day when I
enter the church, it was a Friday night.
It was my very first time. And the pastor was talking
about, you know, he said he, he was doing a strong prayer of
(02:57):
deliverance. And that day I remember that I
closed my eyes, I put my, my hands on, on my head like he
said. And he was just praying very
strong. And, and I felt like, like it
was talking to me, like it was helping me.
I just felt like something very something just came off me.
(03:18):
Well, I'm going to show right now what anxiety is all about,
the way that she was feeling. And if you feel this way, you
can also count on us. She came on Friday night.
The Universal Church is open every single day.
On Fridays we have the chain of prayer for Deliverance, for
(03:39):
Freedom. Let us take a look now.
According to the World Health Organization, the number of
people with an anxiety disorder in the world increased by 18.4%
in the last 10 years. There has never been as much
medicine sold today to control anxiety than there ever was
before. Anxiety is characterized by too
(04:00):
much fear, the fear of what willor will not happen.
This disorder triggers a wave ofhormones that creates a physical
reaction in the body. Common symptoms of anxiety
disorder are excessive sweating,dizziness, tremors, rapid
heartbeat, lack or excess sleep,excess hunger or lap of
(04:22):
appetite, disinterest and activities, and even suicidal
thoughts. Anxiety is triggered when one's
emotions become too overwhelmingand prevents them from taking
care of their tasks and commitments.
Anxiety disorder can progress into depression.
It is estimated that four out offive depressed patients
(04:42):
initially had anxiety. And if this is how you feel,
Miss Wendy had this problem, of course, she overcame me.
She's going to tell us in a few how her life is.
(05:03):
But if you suffer from anxiety, call the helpline number
1-888-332-4141. Send us a text message.
The text is 1-888-312-4141. Let me go back to Miss Wendy and
(05:25):
you said that you had anxiety, anxiety, depression.
How did it affect your life? Like family was financial was
career, job. How did it affect you?
It affect me in a lot of ways because I always felt
frustrated. There was a time that the, the,
(05:48):
the anxiety was too much that I will get so bothered of people
getting close to me. I will feel irritated.
Sometimes I will get frustrated not even going to work because I
had, I had to be like, Oh my God, I'm going to face the same
things again, you know, thinkingit was my job, but it's not my
job. It's me.
But never knew it's me because of all those things that I was
(06:11):
going through. So it did affect me and affected
me because I, I had to let go ofmy job for the same reason.
There was one time that I went to the doctor and I even told my
doctor, I said, you know what? I don't know what's going on
with me. I need you to help me.
I need you to give me something.Because I just felt like, like
my mind is just telling me 100 things like at the same time,
(06:34):
like it's just bombarding my mind.
And you know, I had to let go myjob for the same reason.
I I let go of everything I had my house and everything.
I let it go. And because I was it was
affecting me that I wasn't beingable to function well.
Like I wanted to like I wanted to incite of me, but I couldn't.
And did you take medications fordepression, anxiety?
(06:58):
Yes, I took medications for anxiety.
Was it helping me? No, to me, it wasn't helping me.
You know, maybe it maybe it helped me for a little bit for
the moment, but I can literally,I can't say that oh, it it
helped me. It cured me because it didn't.
The issue is when the problem isspiritual problem.
(07:19):
Doctors, medications, pastors, bishops, physicians, social
work, any professional 1 cannot help only God, only the power of
God. People go from doctors to
doctors, psychologists, counselors, pastors, bishops,
(07:41):
many church and they still have the same problem.
Why? Because they are not free.
In this ministry. We decided to go to the root of
the problem, to uproot it by theroots by coming to the universal
church. Miss Wendy, what did you do and
(08:02):
how is your life right now as weare speaking?
By coming to the Universal Church, like I said, I'm, I came
faithfully the first three yearsI did a chain of prayer on
Fridays for strong prayers of deliverance because I want it to
be free. I want it, I want it to be
(08:22):
delivered. And the more that I will hear
the pastor say, you know, just come Fridays, do a chain of
prayer, you're going to be set free from this problem.
And, and every time that I will go in there, I remember I used
to tell God, my God, I don't want to go in the same way.
I don't want to come out the same way.
I came in. You have to help me.
You have to change me. You have to do something.
(08:45):
And because I, I told him with this boldness and, and, and
frustration, because I was already tired of it, I told him
and, and he just literally, you know, set me free.
I remember one day I just came out and, and I felt like, like I
just came out from a cage, like like a bird that just came out
of a cage and started flying. That's exactly how I felt in my
(09:07):
life now. It's, it's amazing.
It's, it's beautiful. It's, it's blessed.
I'm super blessed. I I thank God for everything
that he has done inside of me and outside, and he's
continually doing even more. What has God done inside of you?
What he has done inside of me, I'm he set me free from my
(09:27):
anxiety, from my depression. I'm happy, I'm at peace.
I'm more calm. I mean, I'm able to talk how I
wanted to talk and I have the Holy Spirit and I feel great.
I feel, I feel wonderful. So he replaced, He took the
anxiety, he took the depression,and he gave it to you, his
(09:48):
spirit. Yes, Amen.
And how is the outside? What has got done outside?
Outside like in? What do you mean?
Like family was, how is your family?
How is your your life as a whole?
Yeah, my family as a whole, I mean, I have a good relationship
(10:09):
with my husband, my kids, we are, we are all blessed.
I mean, my financial life, he has blessed me in an amazing
ways and he's still doing it. I mean, some, I asked Scott for
certain things, but I think he'sjust doing a little more and and
that's just who God is, you know, but I, I can literally say
that my life outside it's, it's wonderful.
(10:32):
I'm blessed. Amen.
Thank you very much for your story.
Congratulations for your faith. All the best.
Thank you, Bishop. Bye bye, you'll see my friends.
One more story here on the NakedThe Truth.
If you are tired of suffering going here and there, and
(10:52):
perhaps you go to the same placefor many years and you have not
found yet the help that you want, why wait for one more day?
Why keep waiting for one more day?
The doors of the Universal Church are open for all.
The church is open every single day and you can come.
She came on Friday, but you can come Friday, Thursday,
(11:16):
Wednesday, Tuesday, Monday, Sunday, Saturday.
The church is open every single day and you will be my guest.
Don't stop listening. Soul food has more to feed you.
You are listening to soul food with Bishop Joshua.
We'll be right back. So if you see me cry, it's just
(11:47):
the same. I, I'm still, I'm still, I'm
still, I'm alive. Oh, I may have some scars, but
(12:11):
I'm still alive in spite of my calamity.
He still has. A plan.
For you and nae nae nae nae nae,it's working.
For. Our good and it's building how a
(12:32):
test demo remix. Oh, they ready.
He saw the last in me. When everyone else around can
(12:55):
only see the worst in me. Good got the money.
Good, got the money. Won't you help me sing?
I won't help me sing right now. He's all the best with everyone
else. With everyone else.
(13:15):
I wish I had a witness in the house today.
I wish I had a witness in the house.
Can I tell you why this is? Why?
Oh, he's mine. He's.
I am here. He doesn't.
He only sees the. He's mine.
(13:43):
I am here. It doesn't matter that matter
what he has sees me, only sees me.
Oh, I said, what did he see? He's all the best.
I said what did he see? The best.
I said what did he see? The best?
(14:04):
I said what did he see? I said, what did he see?
I said fire the best. I said fire the best.
Tell me, please. Tell me.
(14:26):
Please fall the best. I'm strong now.
I'm wiser. Yeah, I'm better, Sir.
When I look back. I said when I look back, I said
(14:47):
when I looked back, oh, he brought me through.
I realized I made it because I had him to hold onto.
Oh, never could have made it. Never could have made it.
Never could have made it. I would have lost it all.
(15:14):
But now I can see. We have now come to the end of
our program. But before I go, I want to
(15:36):
intercede for you. This is the moment of
intercession. Let me intercede.
Join me now in prayers because through this prayer our God will
hear our prayers, our voice, andbless your life.
It's now the moment of prayer. Let us talk to God.
(16:04):
Here I am in this moment of prayer, so despised, without
love. Need.
(16:25):
To talk with my Lord, Oh my. Lord, Oh my Lords, coming
quickly, help this person that is unloved, unwanted, nobody
(16:46):
cares. She feels like unwanted, a
person that was born and raised in suffering.
Now she came into her terrace 40s just man is in suffering,
pain, not knowing oh Lord, what to do anymore.
(17:07):
But I ask you Holy Spirit for the change, for the
transformation. I know that you can do it.
So let the life of this person begin to change.
And I ask you, my Lord, that in this month you may do something
great, amazing, powerful for this person.
(17:29):
She cannot take it anymore. This person has reached the
limit. Yes, she cannot do anything
else. But I ask you, my Lord,
transform this life. Water into whining, come to give
peace to this person, come to wipe away their tears.
(17:52):
Those who are in suffering pain,those whose life is broken.
Lord Jesus, restore the life of this person.
Set disperser free from crack cocaine depression.
All curses deliver dispersed words and for all consecrate
(18:14):
right now this cup of water, there we may drink and receive
your peace. Peace inside of the soul, Peace
of Mind, peace to keep on going.In the name of the Father, the
Son, the Holy Spirit, Amen. Praise God, drink right now.
(18:36):
This water is blessed. I will lift up mine eyes to the
hills. From whence cometh?
My hell, my hell cometh from theLord the.
(18:57):
Lord, which made heaven and. Earth, he said he.
Will not. Suffer thy foot, thy foot to
the. Moon.
The Lord. The Lord keepeth you, my friend.
(19:18):
The Lord giveth you peace. The Lord is your help.
He's your shade. He has sent me to you to rescue,
to save you. Help somebody to find this God,
this faith that can transform and change lives.
You can keep calling me. The helpline is available, or
(19:40):
you send a text. Though the program is over
anytime you want, send the text message.
We are going to be there to helpyou.
Your help comes from the Lord. May the God of the Bible bless
all of you. I swing a hill strong when
(20:23):
strong hit my head, or betray heaven and her the key sand
evil. I saw where life was delighted.
(21:04):
Thank you for listening to Soul Food podcast.
Make sure your notification. Button is on.
Stay tuned to the next episode coming up.
Don't forget to share the food that will last forever.
Now streaming on all major podcast platforms, edifying your
mind, body and soul. We welcome you to listen now to
Soul Food with your main host, Bishop Joshua.
Here. We are always ready to share a
(00:23):
Word of Faith, unpack powerful testimonies, divinely inspired
music to enhance your faith. Walk, feed your faith wherever
you go, Quench your spiritual hunger.
(00:48):
Give the food that lasts foreverhere on the Soul Food Podcast.
Naked the truth to uncover the truth and tell you that there is
a solution to your problem, to your situation.
(01:09):
I have Miss Wendy and she's going to share with us her story
because before knowing the truth, she had anxiety, she had
depression. But now, praise God, she is
free. I have known her, her life, her
husband, the kiddies because she's a member of our church
(01:33):
serving Gods in Los Angeles, CA.Hello, Miss Wendy, How are you?
Hi, Bishop. I'm good.
Thank you. Thank you for joining us, your
testimony, your story will inspire, will help many ladies
that are having the semi problems you had.
(01:54):
Tell us the dark side of your life, your best life.
Well, the dark side of my life was I used to suffer a lot with
anxiety and depression that I remember since very little.
(02:15):
I was very little when I startedexperiencing that I was
depressed that I had all these kind of feelings inside of me,
emotions, you know, frustrated. I was, I was happy some some
days, some days I was like, you know, fighting in my own self.
And I never knew what it was until, you know, I had all these
(02:36):
feelings until I came to the church, to the Universal Church
11 years ago. And I remember that day when I
enter the church, it was a Friday night.
It was my very first time. And the pastor was talking
about, you know, he said he, he was doing a strong prayer of
(02:57):
deliverance. And that day I remember that I
closed my eyes, I put my, my hands on, on my head like he
said. And he was just praying very
strong. And, and I felt like, like it
was talking to me, like it was helping me.
I just felt like something very something just came off me.
(03:18):
Well, I'm going to show right now what anxiety is all about,
the way that she was feeling. And if you feel this way, you
can also count on us. She came on Friday night.
The Universal Church is open every single day.
On Fridays we have the chain of prayer for Deliverance, for
(03:39):
Freedom. Let us take a look now.
According to the World Health Organization, the number of
people with an anxiety disorder in the world increased by 18.4%
in the last 10 years. There has never been as much
medicine sold today to control anxiety than there ever was
before. Anxiety is characterized by too
(04:00):
much fear, the fear of what willor will not happen.
This disorder triggers a wave ofhormones that creates a physical
reaction in the body. Common symptoms of anxiety
disorder are excessive sweating,dizziness, tremors, rapid
heartbeat, lack or excess sleep,excess hunger or lap of
(04:22):
appetite, disinterest and activities, and even suicidal
thoughts. Anxiety is triggered when one's
emotions become too overwhelmingand prevents them from taking
care of their tasks and commitments.
Anxiety disorder can progress into depression.
It is estimated that four out offive depressed patients
(04:42):
initially had anxiety. And if this is how you feel,
Miss Wendy had this problem, of course, she overcame me.
She's going to tell us in a few how her life is.
(05:03):
But if you suffer from anxiety, call the helpline number
1-888-332-4141. Send us a text message.
The text is 1-888-312-4141. Let me go back to Miss Wendy and
(05:25):
you said that you had anxiety, anxiety, depression.
How did it affect your life? Like family was financial was
career, job. How did it affect you?
It affect me in a lot of ways because I always felt
frustrated. There was a time that the, the,
(05:48):
the anxiety was too much that I will get so bothered of people
getting close to me. I will feel irritated.
Sometimes I will get frustrated not even going to work because I
had, I had to be like, Oh my God, I'm going to face the same
things again, you know, thinkingit was my job, but it's not my
job. It's me.
But never knew it's me because of all those things that I was
(06:11):
going through. So it did affect me and affected
me because I, I had to let go ofmy job for the same reason.
There was one time that I went to the doctor and I even told my
doctor, I said, you know what? I don't know what's going on
with me. I need you to help me.
I need you to give me something.Because I just felt like, like
my mind is just telling me 100 things like at the same time,
(06:34):
like it's just bombarding my mind.
And you know, I had to let go myjob for the same reason.
I I let go of everything I had my house and everything.
I let it go. And because I was it was
affecting me that I wasn't beingable to function well.
Like I wanted to like I wanted to incite of me, but I couldn't.
And did you take medications fordepression, anxiety?
(06:58):
Yes, I took medications for anxiety.
Was it helping me? No, to me, it wasn't helping me.
You know, maybe it maybe it helped me for a little bit for
the moment, but I can literally,I can't say that oh, it it
helped me. It cured me because it didn't.
The issue is when the problem isspiritual problem.
(07:19):
Doctors, medications, pastors, bishops, physicians, social
work, any professional 1 cannot help only God, only the power of
God. People go from doctors to
doctors, psychologists, counselors, pastors, bishops,
(07:41):
many church and they still have the same problem.
Why? Because they are not free.
In this ministry. We decided to go to the root of
the problem, to uproot it by theroots by coming to the universal
church. Miss Wendy, what did you do and
(08:02):
how is your life right now as weare speaking?
By coming to the Universal Church, like I said, I'm, I came
faithfully the first three yearsI did a chain of prayer on
Fridays for strong prayers of deliverance because I want it to
be free. I want it, I want it to be
(08:22):
delivered. And the more that I will hear
the pastor say, you know, just come Fridays, do a chain of
prayer, you're going to be set free from this problem.
And, and every time that I will go in there, I remember I used
to tell God, my God, I don't want to go in the same way.
I don't want to come out the same way.
I came in. You have to help me.
You have to change me. You have to do something.
(08:45):
And because I, I told him with this boldness and, and, and
frustration, because I was already tired of it, I told him
and, and he just literally, you know, set me free.
I remember one day I just came out and, and I felt like, like I
just came out from a cage, like like a bird that just came out
of a cage and started flying. That's exactly how I felt in my
(09:07):
life now. It's, it's amazing.
It's, it's beautiful. It's, it's blessed.
I'm super blessed. I I thank God for everything
that he has done inside of me and outside, and he's
continually doing even more. What has God done inside of you?
What he has done inside of me, I'm he set me free from my
(09:27):
anxiety, from my depression. I'm happy, I'm at peace.
I'm more calm. I mean, I'm able to talk how I
wanted to talk and I have the Holy Spirit and I feel great.
I feel, I feel wonderful. So he replaced, He took the
anxiety, he took the depression,and he gave it to you, his
(09:48):
spirit. Yes, Amen.
And how is the outside? What has got done outside?
Outside like in? What do you mean?
Like family was, how is your family?
How is your your life as a whole?
Yeah, my family as a whole, I mean, I have a good relationship
(10:09):
with my husband, my kids, we are, we are all blessed.
I mean, my financial life, he has blessed me in an amazing
ways and he's still doing it. I mean, some, I asked Scott for
certain things, but I think he'sjust doing a little more and and
that's just who God is, you know, but I, I can literally say
that my life outside it's, it's wonderful.
(10:32):
I'm blessed. Amen.
Thank you very much for your story.
Congratulations for your faith. All the best.
Thank you, Bishop. Bye bye, you'll see my friends.
One more story here on the NakedThe Truth.
If you are tired of suffering going here and there, and
(10:52):
perhaps you go to the same placefor many years and you have not
found yet the help that you want, why wait for one more day?
Why keep waiting for one more day?
The doors of the Universal Church are open for all.
The church is open every single day and you can come.
She came on Friday, but you can come Friday, Thursday,
(11:16):
Wednesday, Tuesday, Monday, Sunday, Saturday.
The church is open every single day and you will be my guest.
Don't stop listening. Soul food has more to feed you.
You are listening to soul food with Bishop Joshua.
We'll be right back. So if you see me cry, it's just
(11:47):
the same. I, I'm still, I'm still, I'm
still, I'm alive. Oh, I may have some scars, but
(12:11):
I'm still alive in spite of my calamity.
He still has. A plan.
For you and nae nae nae nae nae,it's working.
For. Our good and it's building how a
(12:32):
test demo remix. Oh, they ready.
He saw the last in me. When everyone else around can
(12:55):
only see the worst in me. Good got the money.
Good, got the money. Won't you help me sing?
I won't help me sing right now. He's all the best with everyone
else. With everyone else.
(13:15):
I wish I had a witness in the house today.
I wish I had a witness in the house.
Can I tell you why this is? Why?
Oh, he's mine. He's.
I am here. He doesn't.
He only sees the. He's mine.
(13:43):
I am here. It doesn't matter that matter
what he has sees me, only sees me.
Oh, I said, what did he see? He's all the best.
I said what did he see? The best.
I said what did he see? The best?
(14:04):
I said what did he see? I said, what did he see?
I said fire the best. I said fire the best.
Tell me, please. Tell me.
(14:26):
Please fall the best. I'm strong now.
I'm wiser. Yeah, I'm better, Sir.
When I look back. I said when I look back, I said
(14:47):
when I looked back, oh, he brought me through.
I realized I made it because I had him to hold onto.
Oh, never could have made it. Never could have made it.
Never could have made it. I would have lost it all.
(15:14):
But now I can see. We have now come to the end of
our program. But before I go, I want to
(15:36):
intercede for you. This is the moment of
intercession. Let me intercede.
Join me now in prayers because through this prayer our God will
hear our prayers, our voice, andbless your life.
It's now the moment of prayer. Let us talk to God.
(16:04):
Here I am in this moment of prayer, so despised, without
love. Need.
(16:25):
To talk with my Lord, Oh my. Lord, Oh my Lords, coming
quickly, help this person that is unloved, unwanted, nobody
(16:46):
cares. She feels like unwanted, a
person that was born and raised in suffering.
Now she came into her terrace 40s just man is in suffering,
pain, not knowing oh Lord, what to do anymore.
(17:07):
But I ask you Holy Spirit for the change, for the
transformation. I know that you can do it.
So let the life of this person begin to change.
And I ask you, my Lord, that in this month you may do something
great, amazing, powerful for this person.
(17:29):
She cannot take it anymore. This person has reached the
limit. Yes, she cannot do anything
else. But I ask you, my Lord,
transform this life. Water into whining, come to give
peace to this person, come to wipe away their tears.
(17:52):
Those who are in suffering pain,those whose life is broken.
Lord Jesus, restore the life of this person.
Set disperser free from crack cocaine depression.
All curses deliver dispersed words and for all consecrate
(18:14):
right now this cup of water, there we may drink and receive
your peace. Peace inside of the soul, Peace
of Mind, peace to keep on going.In the name of the Father, the
Son, the Holy Spirit, Amen. Praise God, drink right now.
(18:36):
This water is blessed. I will lift up mine eyes to the
hills. From whence cometh?
My hell, my hell cometh from theLord the.
(18:57):
Lord, which made heaven and. Earth, he said he.
Will not. Suffer thy foot, thy foot to
the. Moon.
The Lord. The Lord keepeth you, my friend.
(19:18):
The Lord giveth you peace. The Lord is your help.
He's your shade. He has sent me to you to rescue,
to save you. Help somebody to find this God,
this faith that can transform and change lives.
You can keep calling me. The helpline is available, or
(19:40):
you send a text. Though the program is over
anytime you want, send the text message.
We are going to be there to helpyou.
Your help comes from the Lord. May the God of the Bible bless
all of you. I swing a hill strong when
(20:23):
strong hit my head, or betray heaven and her the key sand
evil. I saw where life was delighted.
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