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COMMENTARY

Psalm 28

Psalm 28

… A sinner's wise resolution in the hour of despondency. Verse 1. The saint's fear of becoming like the ungodly. Verse 1. God's silence—what terror …

SERMON • SERMON 3435

Sanctified Sorrow

Isaiah 54:11

… consolation be applied to any Church that is passing through a time of depression? All the promises of God are like minted gold, of sterling value and intended …

SERMON • SERMON 2925

Reasons For Doubting Christ

Matthew 14:31

… To be gloomy and depressed is not sinful at all, but there may have been in the midst of that, the sin of unbelief. There may have been …

SERMON • SERMON 1535

Christ's Universal Kingdom and How It Comes

Psalms 2:8

… You and I are often downcast and depressed and our forebodings are dark and dismal, but God sits in His eternal peacefulness and serenely overrules tumult and rebellion …

SERMON • SERMON 1399

Am I My Brother's Keeper?

Genesis 4:9

… I remember years ago, when I labored to feel the responsibility of men's souls upon me, I became very depressed in spirit and the temptation arose out …

SERMON • SERMON 2132

Christ Put On

Romans 13:14

… that last little word, "Be thankful," to farmers and others whose interests are depressed. I might equally recommend it to certain trades people whose trade is quite as …

SERMON • SERMON 2638

The Right Observance of the Lord's Supper

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

… I am very glad that I can remember it, but that recollection is of little use to me when I get depressed in spirit. No, then I need …

SERMON • SERMON 3313

A Practical Discourse

1 Kings 5:14

… Does anybody know how precious the Gospel is till he has seen it light up the eyes that were dim with despondency? Does any man know how the …

SERMON • SERMON 2964

'Trust in the Living God'

1 Timothy 4:10

… alive and He can fill it, so you must not give way to despondency or despair. We may grieve, for even Jesus wept, but let us never distrust …

SERMON • SERMON 1011

Job's Regret and Our Own

Job 29:2

… His soul was depressed; he had lost the light of God’s countenance; his inward comforts were declining, his joy in the Lord was at a low ebb …

SERMON • SERMON 2702

'Marvelous Loving Kindness'

Psalm 17:7

… every common blessing of Providence, but they would also see it in every despondency, in every deficiency, in every cross and every loss—and, seeing it, they would …

SERMON • SERMON 1000

Number One Thousand; Or, “Bread Enough and To Spare”

Luke 15:17

… she is going down, the captain is persuaded she must be a wreck. Depressed by such evil tidings, the men refuse to work; and since the boats are …

SERMON • SERMON 1475

Crowning Blessings Ascribed to God

Psalm 65:11

… gone! How many you have helped by sweet encouragement when they have been depressed! I know not all your labors of love, but God knows! This much I …

SERMON • SERMON 2601

Small Things Not to Be Despised

Zechariah 4:10

… If we feel that we have become useless and for that reason our spirit is greatly depressed, let us give heed to this sweet, this charming exhortation of …

SERMON • SERMON 2758

'Return Unto Your Rest'

Psalm 116:7

… Perhaps the rod will fall more heavily upon them and their souls will sink into a deeper despondency. For a Christian to once be a fool, is a …

SERMON • SERMON 1062

Why Am I Thus?

Romans 7:22

… Do not be depressed about it. Say, "after all, there is some life here." Where there is pain there is life. The best of God's saints have …

SERMON • SERMON 1544

Mahanaim—or, Hosts Of Angels

Genesis 32:1

… Alas, as soon as he lost sight of them, poor Jacob was depressed in spirit again about his brother, Esau, lest he should slay the mothers with the …

SERMON • SERMON 736

A Happy Christian

Isaiah 58:11

… The prevalence of unbelief, depression of spirit, backsliding and indifference to heavenly things becomes chronic, and they grow so familiar with reflecting upon it that they regard it …

SERMON • SERMON 2465

Our Omnipotent Leader

Matthew 28:18

… we were aching in every bone of our body and if we were depressed in soul—this ought to be enough to make us full of gladness to …

SERMON • SERMON 2433

Heman's Sorrowful Psalm

Psalm 88:13

… the footprints of another human being? So here, on the lone island of despondency, you shall be able to trace the footprints of another who has been there …

SERMON • SERMON 216

Confession and Absolution

Luke 18:13

… as if your eyes were so used to the darkness of doubt and despondency, that even one stolen ray seemed to be too much for your poor weak …

SERMON • SERMON 1126

A Song Concerning Loving Kindnesses

Isaiah 63:7

… Tell how He has blessed you with countless mercies and it will make the daughters of despondency rejoice, and the sons of mourning lift up their heads! Last …

SERMON • SERMON 3327

Our Lord's Heroic Endurance

Hebrews 12:3

… He did stagger and did sweat great drops of blood when He was under the deep depression of His own spirit—caused by our sins being laid upon …

SERMON • SERMON 784

The Rose and the Lily

Solomon 2:1

… If you are so depressed by your trials that you can by no means rejoice knowing your name is written in Heaven, then I think you do not …

SERMON • SERMON 1292

The Soul-Winner

Proverbs 11:30

… Some are very depressed. You will have to comfort them. Perhaps you will comfort them too much and make them unbelieving! Therefore, possibly instead of comforting them, you …

SERMON • SERMON 895

A Summons To Battle

2 Samuel 11:1

… forth its mire most horribly, so I have found it with regard to despondency and feebleness of faith. At certain times these tyrants make havoc in our souls …

SERMON • SERMON 3436

Christ Glorified

Isaiah 55:5

… glorified! In every step the Believer takes, right out of the slough of despondency, up to the Beulah hilltop of full assurance and still onward beyond the clouds …

SERMON • SERMON 2295

God's People—or Not God's People

Hosea 2:23

… Whether we are joyous or depressed, if we are the Lord's people, all is working for our good! "We know that all things work together for good …

SERMON • SERMON 3034

Reasons for Seeking God

Amos 5:8

… be in the ascendant and we should be visited with a winter of despondency, chilled by howling winds of fear and sharp frosts of dismay—if we seek …

SERMON • SERMON 861

Broken Bones

Psalm 51:8

… Observe, negatively, he did not lie down sullenly or in despondency—he turned to his chastening God in prayer! He did not offer sacrifices, nor attempt good works …

SERMON • SERMON 3453

The Wandering Bird

Proverbs 27:8

… In sheer despondency they shut their eyes and swallowed the bitter pill. It did not take five minutes to do it. Their friends said it was wise. Ill …

SERMON • SERMON 311

The Beginning, Increase, and End of the Divine Life

Job 8:7

… Oh, Mistress Despondency, the dungeons of Giant Despair’s castle are not to be thy perpetual abode; thou, too, shall stand upon the top of Mount Clear, and …

SERMON • SERMON 1999

Small Rain for Tender Herbs

Deuteronomy 32:2

… In His teaching He evidently thought of the feebler sort and suited Himself to those depressed by grief. You find no hard words thrown in to make the …

SERMON • SERMON 3475

The Soul's Great Crisis

Romans 7:8

… And for need of knowing what it is and what God is driving at, some of them are often driven to very great despondency—some even to despair …

SERMON • SERMON 1419

Encouragement to Trust and Pray

Isaiah 30:19

… You are depressed at this time by heavy grief. Things have gone amiss with you—you do not prosper in business, or you are sickening in body—or …

SERMON • SERMON 620

A Warning Against Hardness Of Heart

Hebrews 3:13

… And when much depressed on account of his folly, the devil said to him by way of temptation, "Do it again, do it again," for said he, "the …

SERMON • SERMON 1411

Under Constraint

2 Corinthians 5:14

… or singing, anxious or hopeful, victorious or defeated, increasing or decreasing, elevated or depressed we may still follow our one design and devote ourselves to the holy cause …

SERMON • SERMON 322

A Divine Challenge!

Exodus 8:1

… which is given in the Scriptures is the most deplorable picture that even despondency, itself, could paint! Ah, men talk about some remnants of good that are left …

SERMON • SERMON 164

The Loved Ones Chastened

Revelation 3:19

… perhaps, that you have committed any gross act of sin; still this dark depression continues, and at last you discover that you had been living in a sin …

SERMON • SERMON 334

Man'S Weakness—God'S Anointing

2 Samuel 3:39

… Heaven whose names on earth were Little-Faith, and Ready-to-Halt, and Despondency, and Much-Afraid! You may be an anointed king, and yet exceedingly weak in …