5. Spirit of Heaviness

Spirit of Heaviness
Manifestations: Excessive Mourning, Sorrow-Grief, Insomnia, Self-Pity, Rejection, Broken Heart, Despair-Dejection-Hopelessness, Depression, Suicidal Thoughts, Inner Hurts-Torn Spirit, Heaviness Scriptures: (Isaiah 61:3; Luke 4:18; Nehemiah 2:2; Proverbs 15:13; Psalms 69:20; Proverbs 12:18; 15:3,13; 18:14; Luke 4:18; 2 Corinthians 1:8–9; Isaiah 61:3; Mark 9; Luke 4:18; Proverbs 18:14; 26:22)
Roots: "The Works of the Flesh," Galatians 5:19–21.
"By their fruits you will know all men," Matthew 7:20.
According to Matthew 6:10; 11:12; 12:29; 16:18; 18:18; 28:18
Bind: The Spirit of Heaviness
Loose: Comforter, Garment of Praise, Oil of Joy, John 15:26; Isaiah 61:3

Overcoming the Spirit of Heaviness Overcoming the Evil, Strong Men Overcoming evil spirits and demolishing strongholds of Satan, which fight against the soul of man

The spirit of heaviness

Grief, a constant depressive mood, bitterness, despair, resentment, hopelessness, rejection, and self-pity are all under the influence of the spirit of heaviness. Most people who are addicted to smoking, alcohol, drugs, and gluttony are subjected to the spirit of heaviness.

The aim of the spirit of heaviness is to bring sadness, depression, grief, and sorrow—to quench the joy of the spirit in you. The enemy knows that if you lose this joy, you will not be able to access God’s throne of grace, and if this occurs, you will not be able to receive new revelations and new anointings.

How to overcome the spirit of heaviness

The remedy for releasing the spirit of heaviness is found in Isaiah 61:1–3. The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because The Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; He hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord and the Day of Vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be glorified. (KJV)

The Holy Spirit is the one who qualifies you to preach the gospel.

Praise drives away the heaviness of the heart. The joy of the Lord enables you to grow in His grace. But heaviness of heart breaks your link with heaven. It is extremely difficult for a sad heart to hear the voice of God. Our Redeemer is called the Messiah, the Christ, because He was anointed with the Oil of Joy (Gladness) above his fellows. By God's ordnance and appointment, He came as a preacher (publisher, bringer) of good news (good tidings) and executed the office of the Greater Prophet. He came to bind up the brokenhearted. That’s why in Matthew 11, when John heard in prison what Christ was doing, he sent his disciples to ask Him, "Are you the One who was to come, or should we expect someone else?"

He replied, "Go back and report to John what you hear and see: the blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.

As Isaiah was authorised and directed to proclaim liberty to the Jews in Babylon, so Christ, the Son of Man, came and published a more joyful jubilee for a lost world. And even we ourselves, who are "called according to His purpose," are given “the ministry of reconciliation.” Christ was fitted and qualified for this work; the Spirit of the Lord was upon him. He had the Spirit always resting on him without measure. The prophets had The Spirit of God moving them at times, both instructing them what to say—exciting them to say it—and also what to do.

Today, the same spirit of counsel and power is given to us. We are to pray to God (not for a double portion of anointing, but to release His Holy Spirit to us without measure). All who have received the commission of Jesus to “go into the world and preach the gospel" should ask for the Holy Spirit, for He is ‘the Spirit of Wisdom and of Understanding,’ the Spirit of Counsel and of Power (Isa. 11:2), by whom we bring the good tidings of Jesus Christ.