Depression & Discouragement

Hoping in God's Mercy

Psalm 33:18

… They are so distracted and depressed—and they think they are giving us so much trouble, but oh, it is blessed trouble! There is not one of us …

Fear of Death

Hebrews 2:15

… Even while they are well, if something happens that causes them to think upon their last hours, they are burdened and depressed. Now this sorrow is a sorrow …

A Memorable Interview

John 20:27

… Is there any door between my soul and Christ, tonight, then? Have I shut myself up in the chamber of doubt, despondency, unbelief? He can come to me …

A Call to the Depressed

Isaiah 52:2

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The Growth of Faith

2 Thessalonians 1:3

… unduly delighted at the prospect of the joys of Heaven nor too much depressed by the cares of the world, the responsibilities of my ministry, or the sin …

Our King, Our Joy

Psalm 149:2

… The man grew daily more and more depressed, and as he sank in spirit be was smitten with sickness, and the skill he once showed in his master …

A Sermon From a Sick Preacher

1 Peter 2:7

… I feel extremely unwell, excessively heavy and exceedingly depressed, and yet I could not deny myself the pleasure of trying to say a few words to you. I …

God's Mercy Going Before

Psalm 59:10

… A working man, for instance, may during the day feel depressed, and he does not know why. Some recollections of his early childhood may come across him, but …

The Right Keynote for the New Year

Psalm 115:18

… Dear Brother, how would it do for you to say, "From this time forth I will bless the Lord"? We know some who, like myself, are depressed by …

Peter Walking on the Sea

Matthew 14:28-31

… I have sometimes been full of joy in the Lord and I have usually noticed that depression of spirits almost invariably follows—and that from some circumstance which …

Little, But Lovely

Luke 12:32

… Do not, I pray you, give place to despondency. You can surely worship God in sincerity and truth, though you may lack the excitement of a crowd. Perhaps …

God's Glory Our Rereward

Isaiah 58:8

… But He would not have you live in an anxious, worrying, depressed spirit, as if you had no God, no Heavenly Father, no all-sufficient Friend—and as …

Secret Disciples Encouraged

John 18:25

… You are low and depressed and miserable, and people in the house where you live know it—and yet they know that you are a professed Christian! "Are …

Maroth—or, the Disappointed

Micah 1:12

… Are you depressed? He can cheer you. Are you in the dark? He can enlighten you. Are you at this moment fighting against sin? He can enable you …

The Third Beatitude

Matthew 5:5

… lame, I am thankful that others can run." Or this, "Though I am depressed in spirit, I am glad that there are sweet-voiced singers." Or this, "Though …

Preparing to Depart

2 Kings 2:11

… I wish we sometimes said a little more, not by way of flattery, but by way of commendation which might cheer depressed and burdened spirits. But you need …

The Redeemer Described by Himself

Isaiah 50:2-6

… seasonable to you when you have been weary? When you have been most depressed, have not the consolations of Christ been more precious to you than at any …

Effectual Calling—Illustrated by the Call of Abram

Genesis 12:5

… But, ah, dear Friends, how many there are who set out to go to Canaan, but unto Canaan they come not! Some are stopped by the first depression …

Rough, But Friendly

Genesis 42:25

… your profit and His Glory! May that thought cheer you, you who are depressed and cast down—and may you go on your way rejoicing! As for such …

The Leafless Tree

Isaiah 6:3

… I have known persons rejoicing in the fullest assurance one day, and sinking into the deepest despondency the next. The Lord will sometimes strip you of the leaves …

Christ’s Prayer for His People

John 17:15

… The more trials the more bliss, the more sufferings the more ecstasies, the more depression the higher the exaltation. Thus we shall gain more of heaven by the …

The Royal Prerogative

Deuteronomy 32:39

… what Jehovah-Jesus can recover it! Despair, you must let your captives go! Despondency, you must open your prison when Jesus comes! Has He not come forth from …

The Lamb Our Leader

Revelation 14:4

… Well, follow out that thought and if you begin to be greatly depressed under a sense of sin—if conscience should sting and scourge your heart, if it …

Gratitude for Great Deliverances

Psalm 102:19-22

… WOMAN OF A SORROWFUL SPIRIT] or those who were in an afflicted and depressed condition who could not rejoice as he could. I do not think that charge …

The Waterer Watered

Proverbs 11:25

… While many churches have been depressed and decreased in numbers, we have increased. While other churches have had the hectic flush of a spurious revival, we have had …

The Gracious Lips of Jesus

Psalm 45:2

… till you were like giants refreshed with new wine! Your spirits have been depressed and your souls have been melancholy, but when you have come here, you have …

Messages to Sinners and Saints

Isaiah 30:15

… But if so, be not too easily carried away by secondary matters—be not either excited or depressed by them. Sit loosely by all worldly things, but take …

Believers Tested by Trials

Job 23:8-10

… They say, "You ought to be joyous! You ought never to be depressed—you ought to be perfect!" All which is quite true, but it is a great …

'And It Was So'

Genesis 1:7

… in the tent, for Isaac was born! We err when we become so depressed by our own incapacity as to conceive doubts of God's faithfulness. The Lord …

Theocracy

Psalm 44:4

… If ever you are under slander and reproach, if ever your spirit is depressed—if ever family trials affect you, if ever the clouds in your sky are …

The Evils of the Present Time, and Our Object, Necessities, and Encouragements*

… Apart from this intoxicating sensationalism, there is a sort of heaviness in the air. Do you not feel it? We are getting into the condition into which Germany …

Confirming the Witness of Christ

1 Corinthians 1:6

… could not call it a common course of Providence! Sometimes I have been depressed and downcast—and even out of heart at coming to stand before this multitude …

Fragrant Spices From the Mountains of Myrrh

… Even Despondency and Much-afraid will dance, and Ready-to-Halt leap upon his crutches. Oh, for more of these Bethel visits, more frequent visitations from the God …

Spices, Flowers, Lilies and Myrrh

Solomon 5:13

… Do not get depressed and distressed, dear Friends, because of your own imperfections, or the imperfections of others! Or if you do, quickly rise again to fight against …

The Last Enemy Destroyed

1 Corinthians 15:26

… Many others have found Death to be their foe, not so much because they themselves have been depressed by the thought, but because the great enemy has made …

An Earnest Entreaty

Psalm 17:7

… But he is a child of God for all that, and the Lord still loves him! Brother, you have been much depressed—you have thought the Lord had …

Christ's Sympathy With His People

Hebrews 2:18

… drunk and, instead of comforting and consoling her, he spoke harshly to her, depressed and broken as her spirit was. You, my Brothers, and you, my Sisters, too …

Rejoicing and Remembering

Solomon 1:4

… to be glad in the Lord! I know what it is to be depressed. I do not suppose there is any person in this place who knows what …

The Gospel of the Glory of Christ

2 Corinthians 4:4

… I have often been depressed in view of the high character of certain saints whom I honor because I have felt that I could never be like they …

'Go in Peace'

Luke 7:50

… Possibly there is one at home who is so depressed in spirit as to depress you, too. Never mind! "Go in peace." It will strengthen you to have …