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SERMON • SERMON 1934

"And We Are"—a Jewel from the Revised Version

1 John 3:1

… you may be able to say boldly, "And we are." When you are depressed and your spirit hangs fire, say, "We are." When the devil says, "If you …

SERMON • SERMON 1023

Praises and Vows Accepted in Zion

Psalm 65:1-2

… to me the light of his countenance, and bring me out of this depressed state of mind, I will praise him more than ever before.” Have you remembered …

SERMON • SERMON 3371

Two Choice Benedictions

Numbers 6:23-27

… the foul odor of their fall has filled the Church with nausea and depression. We have known some who were like bright stars who have turned out to …

SERMON • SERMON 2165

The Serpent's Sentence

Genesis 3:14

… And so far as our first parents understood it, it must have been a sun of light to their dark, depressed souls. For many a year this was …

SERMON • SERMON 2117

The Father's Love to His Dying Son

John 10:17

… Persecuted by men and sometimes depressed in His own spirit, He comforts Himself with this, "Therefore does My Father love Me, because I lay down My life, that …

SERMON • SERMON 3447

A Present Helper

Acts 18:10

… Do not think He is ever hard or unfeeling towards His poor, His afflicted, His depressed disciples! No, Brothers and Sisters, the heart of Jesus is full of …

SERMON • SERMON 1005

Lessons From Nature

Psalm 104:17-18

… Some are full of rejoicing, others are often depressed; a few keep the happy medium; many soar aloft, and then dive into the deeps again; let these varied …

SERMON • SERMON 1214

Strengthening Medicine For God's Servants

Joshua 1:5

… with superior minds there is a far greater probability that you will become depressed and may think even less of yourself than humility might require—for humility is …

SERMON • SERMON 902

Safe Shelter

Psalm 91:4

… has often greatly cheered and gladdened me in the times of darkness and despondency, (and I have plenty of such times), to feel that I could abide under …

SERMON • SERMON 2789

Perfect Justification and Perfect Pardon

Jeremiah 50:20

… hope to the very chief of sinners! If any of you are sorely depressed because of your great guiltiness, this passage should afford you much encouragement for, if …

SERMON • SERMON 1147

The Gentleness Of Jesus

Matthew 12:19

… that all your hope is placed in Him, it may be you are depressed because you do not grow in Grace as you would wish to do. And …

SERMON • SERMON 1867

Untitled Sermon

Exodus 15:1

… Perhaps I have been too depressed and heavy in spirit. But from this day on I will exalt my Lord and sound forth His praises! If He will …

SERMON • SERMON 1106

"The Lord Is Risen, Indeed"

Luke 24:5

… your own nature and say, "Is Jesus here?" Beloved, you are sad and depressed and I do not wonder. Look at yonder dry bones and bleaching skeletons. See …

SERMON • SERMON 1206

Heart-Knowledge of God

Jeremiah 24:7

… His voice saying, "This is the way, walk you in it"? To be depressed in spirit and to feel that His comforts rejoice our souls? To be exulting …

SERMON • SERMON 1264

The Man of One Subject

1 Corinthians 2:2

… But when a man is depressed in spirit and tortured in body, where does he look? If he is a Christian, where does he fly? Where, indeed, but …

SERMON • SERMON 1965

God's Thoughts Of Peace and Our Expected End

Jeremiah 29:11

… of suspicion which fly in the darkness! When under affliction we are sorely depressed—and when conscience perceives that there are reasons why the Lord should contend with …

SERMON • SERMON 1587

Jesus At A Standstill

Mark 10:49

… No man here shall ever be able to say, "It was of no use for me to think about religion—my circumstances are too low." "I was depressed

SERMON • SERMON 1350

Enlivening and Invigorating

Psalm 119:25

… flush of comfort, the sudden inflow of supreme joy when you were much depressed—this has greatly cheered and invigorated you. At least I know it has often …

SERMON • SERMON 110

Heavenly Worship

Revelation 14:1-3

… Is Fearful safe? Is Feeble-mind safe? Is Ready-to-Halt safe? Is Despondency safe?” “Yes, O king, they are,” says he. “Shut-to the gates,” says the …

SERMON • SERMON 2052

"On His Breast"

John 13:23-26

… Who, if depressed, have the art of rolling their burden upon the Lord and soon are delivered from it. You know them, they are the Brethren who feel …

SERMON • SERMON 3489

Encouragement for the Depressed

Zechariah 4:10

(No. 3489) A SERMON PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1915. DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON, ON LORD'S-DAY EVENING, AUGUST 27TH, 1871 …

SERMON • SERMON 2013

The Infallibility of Scripture

Isaiah 1:20

… When friends forsake me and foes belie me and my own spirit goes down below zero and I am depressed almost to despair, I am resolved to hang …

SERMON • SERMON 1747

Marvelous! Marvelous!

Zechariah 8:6

… great trial when they have been surrounded with afflictions, oppressed with poverty and depressed in spirit, to become quite incredulous as to the possibility of deliverance. They ask …

SERMON • SERMON 2204

Sin—Its Springhead, Stream and Sea

Psalm 106:7

… You are so sad and so depressed that you cannot believe in salvation. Your presumptuous hopes lie dead in heaps round about you and you cannot believe that …

SERMON • SERMON 1658

Healed or Deluded? Which?

Jeremiah 8:11

… It will be a fearful thing when you are racked with pain and depressed in spirit to see all your evidences blotted and blurred—and all your hopes …

SERMON • SERMON 2733

Christ's Manifestation to Mary Magdalene

John 20:17

… away from God, or neglecting Him and, in our case, when we get depressed in spirit and fancy that God forgets us, it is the same sinful nature …

SERMON • SERMON 2322

When Can We Find Comforters?

Nahum 3:7

… No, we remind you that our Lord, Himself, was in an agony and was greatly depressed in spirit. We have to assure you that the condition of your …

SERMON • SERMON 3491

The Savior's Charity

Mark 10:51

… Let us pray that the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, would effectually make us the instruments of comforting every soul that is depressed and dejected. Not less remarkable is …

SERMON • SERMON 3058

The Joy of Harvest

Isaiah 9:3

… If we were depressed, if we were like a wilderness, we would console one another. Let us now felicitate one another, interchange our cheerful smiles and our thankful …

SERMON • SERMON 1075

A Root Out Of A Dry Ground

Isaiah 53:2

… You are depressed under a sense of being unworthy to be saved, and what is perhaps worse, you feel that though the Gospel is preached to you, you …

SERMON • SERMON 2696

Wordless Prayers Heard in Heaven

Isaiah 41:17

… would not be in the case of those who are tried, troubled and depressed. No, the exception would be the other way. If the Good Shepherd left the …

SERMON • SERMON 548

Forward! Forward! Forward!

Exodus 14:15

… God suffered him not to lose heart! He rose from the dust of despondency. The Spirit of the Lord was upon him. His cry was "Forward!" And once …

SERMON • SERMON 1119

The Spur

Ecclesiastes 9:10

… the space of time into which we must need crowd all—I am depressed in spirit, but sternly resolute to condense much work into a small space. The …

SERMON • SERMON 419

The Roaring Lion

1 Peter 5:8

… When we are depressed in spirit—perhaps some bodily illness has brought us low. Our animal spirits have ebbed and we feel ready to sink—then that old …

SERMON • SERMON 2835

Patients for the Great Physician

Luke 5:31

… Laying the axe at the root— not healing the paralysis, at first, but forgiving the sin which depressed the man's spirit and so was, in a measure …

SERMON • SERMON 2569

The Backslider's Door of Hope

Hosea 2:15

… Many a man has been kept poor, or sick, or grievously depressed in spirit until the time when he has heard the rod and Him that did appoint …

SERMON • SERMON 3191

The True Aim of Preaching

Acts 13:38

… s preaching, did Paul feel disappointed? Oh no, or if he did feel depressed for a moment, there was a strong cordial at hand—that very cordial by …

SERMON • SERMON 2213

"Honey In The Mouth!"

John 16:14

… Oh, how it would cheer you up at any time when you were depressed, only to see Him standing and pleading for you! Do you not think that …

SERMON • SERMON 2953

Spiritual Sight and Eternal Life

John 14:19

… of God working within you? Does He ever comfort you when you are depressed? Does He ever guide you when you are in perplexity? Has He ever come …

SERMON • SERMON 606

Mary'S Song

Luke 1:46

… Let me assure you that when your mind is most heavy and depressed you will find this to be a bottle of richest cordial. Those who doubt these …