{"id":26732,"date":"2025-04-10T17:30:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T15:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/?p=26732"},"modified":"2025-04-15T20:03:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T18:03:28","slug":"still-in-the-kingdom-overcoming-anxiety-and-depression-in-my-walk-with-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/still-in-the-kingdom-overcoming-anxiety-and-depression-in-my-walk-with-god\/","title":{"rendered":"“Still in the Kingdom” \u2013 Overcoming Anxiety and Depression in My Walk with God"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My name is Elijah Gamboa and I am part of the Orange County Church of Christ<\/a> in the Los Angeles area. I was reached out to in 2017 by a few college disciples on campus, which led to me joining their Bible studies. Growing up, I never really had a sense of faith. As time went on, Scripture eventually shaped my heart, and I began to finally trust in God. I was then baptized at a retreat on October 29, 2017, which was the greatest decision I had ever made.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As a college graduate who studied Cinema & Television Arts, I felt that I didn\u2019t really have a purpose. I had the passion, experience, and creative knowledge to be able to produce some amazing stories, but at the end of the day, those stories felt aimless. Deep down I desired much more: to make an impact on my life and the people around me, as well as those who would need it.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One day I randomly thought about producing a documentary. Having persevered through death on multiple occasions and through an abusive childhood, I wanted to inspire people to remain strong in their faith, to get back up at their lowest, and remind them that they\u2019re not alone in these trials. From that point on, if felt like God took the reins and I was on autopilot, filming almost every moment my life in my ministry.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At first, the documentary was supposed to be merely about living in my twenties as well as the lives of my peers in our youth, but as time went on, I remembered that living in God\u2019s Kingdom is my life, and that there\u2019s no other way to tell the story other than glorifying him. I produced a feature film called In the Kingdom<\/em>, which was showcased at a film festival. From that moment, I knew that telling God\u2019s story was my purpose.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eventually, it was on my heart to do more. There was still a fire burning within me, and I loved getting the creative juices flowing. Not long after, I came up with idea of producing a series that would span across my lifetime and called it Still in the Kingdom<\/em>, which also had the first season showcased at another film festival.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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