Depression & Discouragement

Jerusalem the Guilty

Luke 13:33

… of assurance and rather frowned on some of the Brethren who were sometimes depressed and filled with doubt and fears—have not we seen you very Church members …

Consulting With Jesus

1 Kings 10:1-3

… Are you in some very sharp trial? Is your spirit terribly depressed and have you, because of that, kept away from Christ? Have you felt that you could …

Distinguishing Grace

1 Corinthians 4:7

… they are pinched by want, they are deserted by friends, they know what despondency means, and all the ill which dejection and disappointment can bring to them; they …

Good Cheer From Christ's Victory Over the World

John 16:33

… by the bravery of His endurance—a Man rejoicing in man's joy, depressed in man's grief—a Man who ran up the entire scale of humanity …

Believing With The Heart

Romans 10:10

… What was sung by angels becomes the song of the poor depressed spirit. Jesus, the Son of God, was born in Bethlehem's manger—God was made flesh …

Deliverance From the Power of Darkness

Colossians 1:13

… good works of which to boast—and that is why you are so depressed. Throw them all away and come, now, as a poor, empty-handed sinner, having …

Our Youth Renewed

Psalm 103:5

… We may get depressed in spirit. We may be nervous, fearful, timid. We may almost come to the borders of despair. We may cry out with David, "All …

Early Criticisms and Slanders (Continued)

… A short, squarely-built man, with piercing eyes, with thick black hair parted down the middle, with a sallow countenance only redeemed from heaviness by the restlessness of …

The Fruits of Grace

Isaiah 19:18-25

… That long depression of trade that brought you oft low will appear a very different thing now. Your lot is very lowly now perhaps, and your toils severe …

Assurance Sought

Psalm 35:3

… You may come in very heavily burdened, and go out very light-hearted! You may be exceedingly depressed and, all of a sudden, your soul may be like …

Things Present

1 Corinthians 3:22

… in some happier hour, but they are ours now! Are any of you depressed, do you feel yourselves great sinners? Then the fountain is yours as sinners, the …

Preparation for Heaven

2 Corinthians 5:5

… be afraid to be happy! Some Christians seem to court the gloom of despondency as if they dared not bask in the sunshine of Heaven. I have sometimes …

The True Christian’s Blessedness

Romans 8:28

… However troubled, downcast, depressed, and despairing, the Christian may be, all things are working now for his good; and though like Jonah he is brought to the bottom …

The Relationship of Marriage

Jeremiah 3:14

… poor drooping hearts! Here is sweet encouragement for some of you who are depressed, and disconsolate, and sit alone to draw living waters out of this well. Do …

Particular Election

2 Peter 1:10-11

… Array yourself with patience, that you may not murmur in your sicknesses; that you may not curse God in your losses, nor be depressed in your afflictions. Pray …

The Sweet Uses of Adversity

Job 10:2

… business runs cross against you; sickness is never out of your house; while in your own person you are the continual subject of a sad depression of spirit …

The Voices of Our Days

Job 32:7

… to see things upon a broader scale! We would neither be too much depressed nor too exultant because of our immediate present condition if we knew that things …

Fifteen Years After!

Job 1:21

… And we need to be brought low and to have our spirits depressed in order to make us grateful that we have had such cheerful spirits and been …

The First Cry from the Cross

Luke 23:34

… He must have been, moreover, greatly depressed, and brought into a condition of extreme weakness by the agony of the night in Gethsemane, and by the scourgings and …

'The Shadow of a Great Rock'

Isaiah 32:2

… in which he once delighted, which first intoxicated him and then left him depressed and heart-broken, but a joy like the course of a great river, increasing …

Psalm 61

Psalm 61

… He was banished from the spot which was the centre of his delight, and at the same time his mind was in a depressed and melancholy condition; both …

The Personality of the Holy Ghost

John 14:16-17

… When we are depressed, the Holy Ghost comforts us. You cannot tell what the wondrous power of the indwelling of the Holy Ghost is; how it pulls back …

The Tomb of Jesus

Matthew 28:6

… ones, ye may go too. Ready-to-halt, poor Fearing, and thou, Mrs. Despondency, and Much-afraid, go often there; let it be your favorite haunt, there build …

With Golden Band Girded

Revelation 1:13

… Those bold spirits, when they lose liberty, are apt to be depressed. Perhaps, too, John sent the disciples as much for their sakes as for his own. At …

The Immutability of Christ

Hebrews 13:8

… Your raptures and your ecstacies were turned into depression and forebodings. Alas! for our changes, and hallelujah to him that hath no change. But greater things have changed …

A Christmas Question

Isaiah 9:6

… He became so extremely sad in heart, so depressed in spirit, that at last he conceived the idea that his soul was annihilated. It was all in vain …

The Water and the Blood

John 19:34

… Perhaps you have got an envious spirit—a murmuring spirit? Naturally so, you are generally depressed and downhearted. Did you ever believe in the power of Christ to …

The Compassion of Jesus

Matthew 9:36

… I do well remember when I was under conviction of sinand smarted bitterly under the rod of God—that when I was most heavy and depressed, there would …

Attention!

Matthew 17:5

… We know some who are so sickly and depressed in spirit, that "their soul abhors all manner of meat, and they draw near unto the gates of death …

The Soul's Desertion

Song 5:6

… When Christ hides His face from a disciple, his spirits flag and he feels a general depression. He cannot pray as it was his habit to do— he …

The Unrivalled Friend

Proverbs 17:17

… I know many men will think that the Presence of Christ with the sick and with the depressed is mere fancy. Ah, blessed fancy! Such a fancy as …

Danger. Safety. Gratitude.

… It is the tender mercy of God that keeps some of you poor—and makes others of you so frequently depressed in spirit. It is God's loving …

The Sad Wonder

Mark 6:6

… what is usual, or visible means are straitened, our spirits sink! We become depressed, and the demon of unbelief suggests that now our defeat is certain, and the …

Providence

Matthew 10:30

… I know that I shall be depressed in a very few hours. If the balance goes too much up, it is sure to come down again. The happiest …

A Frail Leaf

Job 13:25

… and yet be in wretchedness more gloomy than death if the spirits are depressed. You may have no outward cause whatever for sorrow and yet if the mind …

The King In His Beauty

Isaiah 33:17

… He will come with that joy with which you cannot work your poor depressed spirit! He will bring you joy which now you have not! He will come …

Christ Made Sin

2 Corinthians 5:21

… If it was ever true, it is always true and always alike true—as true now that you are depressed, as yesterday when you were rejoicing. Jesus' blood …

Wonders

Joel 2:26

… The Lord of Love delights to work these transformations! Do you feel dreadfully depressed in spirit? Have you been long so? Are you one of those who mourn …

Christ Our Peace

Ephesians 2:14

… peace! If Believers would always remember this, they would not be so often depressed and distressed. Ah, I have often heard this cry, as I told you this …

The House of Mourning and The House of Feasting

Ecclesiastes 7:2

… The man who is not often lifted up with joy, nor often depressed in spirit through grief—who walks through the world in a calm and quiet atmosphere …