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Depression & Discouragement
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The Mighty Arm
Psalm 89:13
… there without his crutches, and Miss Much-Afraid shall be there, and Mistress Despondency shall be there—each able to answer to his or her own name and …
SERMON • SERMON 6Sweet Comfort for Feeble Saints
Matthew 12:20
… Fearing and Miss Despondency are just as much elected as Great-Heart, or Old Father Honest. Again: the little ones are redeemed equally with the great ones! the …
SERMON • SERMON 3236The Gospel Cordial
Proverbs 31:6
… people who answer to his description of Mr. Fearing, Mr. Feeble-Mind, Mr. Despondency and his daughter, Miss Much-Afraid, Mr. Ready-to-Halt and Mr. Little-Faith …
SERMON • SERMON 1671The Value and Rank of the Believer
Isaiah 43:4
… Perhaps you are downtrodden and despised, oppressed and depressed. Is your spirit sinking within you? If so, rejoice that you are precious to God! You are nobodies, so …
SERMON • SERMON 448Another And A Nobler Exhibition
Ephesians 3:10
… Having first melted the heart, He next shows His matchless skill by taking away despair, despondency and terror, and giving to the poor conscience perfect peace and rest …
SERMON • SERMON 2342A New Year's Retrospect And Prospect
Psalm 10:17
… Cowper said, when he was in despondency and distress, writing to Mr. Bull, of Newport Pagnell, "You have advised me to pray, but there is no reason in …
SERMON • SERMON 3301A Prophetic Warning
Matthew 24:12
… It is a wonder that God permitted the world to exist in that loathsome age! It tended greatly to the depression of Christian principle for infamous crimes to …
SERMON • SERMON 3062The Spirit's Office Towards Disciples
John 16:14
… Instead of having any reason for despondency, you will find a subject for joy, for I am sure that the Spirit is honoring Christ when He is lowering …
SERMON • SERMON 3537A Definite Challenge for Definite Prayer
Mark 10:51
… speedily to their rescue, men might soon lose their wits and become frantic, despondency leading to despair—and despair to insanity. Oh, how venomous the poison of sin …
SERMON • SERMON 493Gethsemane
Luke 22:44
… was the temptation so awful, that, in order to master it, his mental depression caused him to “sweat as it were great drops of blood falling down to …
SERMON • SERMON 1284The Sealing of the Spirit
Ephesians 1:13
… seal which comforted our Lord and made Him to know, in times of depression, that He was, indeed, beloved of the Father, was that He had the Spirit …
SERMON • SERMON 3433Love's Reward
Psalm 91:14
… growing years, for you shall be rescued from all the ill-consequences of depression of spirit and of weakness of the flesh—"I will deliver him." It may …
SERMON • SERMON 2419Repentance after Conversion
Psalm 51:17
… If we are desponding, we have, in a large measure, created the despondency. Lord, we grieve and sorrow for all this." Since I have been in this house …
SERMON • SERMON 3455A Message From God
Judges 3:20
… and heal your wounds! Whether your case is that of carelessness or of despondency, that Book says, "I have a message from God for you." Shall I chide …
SERMON • SERMON 3022God's Innumerable Mercies
Psalm 71:15
… You have been delivered from depression of spirits—your eyes have been delivered from weeping and your heart from fainting. You have been delivered in your seasons of …
SERMON • SERMON 2170The Blessing of the High Priest
Numbers 6:22-27
… We come upon a period of gloom and deep depression and midnight lowers upon our day—and then a breath of the heavenly wind chases away the fog …
SERMON • SERMON 2999Railings
Deuteronomy 22:8
… Hence it is that as sure as ever we have high seasons of enjoyment, we shall sooner or later endure periods of deep depression. Scarcely ever is there …
SERMON • SERMON 362None But Jesus—Second Part
John 3:18
… Therefore, look with all thy eyes against the first doubt, lest thou shouldest become confirmed in thy despondency, and grow into sad despair. “He that believeth on him …
SERMON • SERMON 913Method and Music, Or the Art of Holy and Happy Living
Colossians 3:17
… will strengthen yourselves, also—for "the joy of the Lord is your strength." Despondency and murmuring will hamper you in all your efforts to glorify Christ, but to …
SERMON • SERMON 1374"Forever With The Lord"
1 Thessalonians 4:17
… increasing infirmities and pains and this, it may be, is a source of depression of spirits. You know that when a few years are gone you must go …
SERMON • SERMON 2376"I Will," Yet, "Not As I Will"
John 7:24
… There are times when, in great pain of body, or in deep depression of spirit, the Believer, like Elijah under the juniper tree, requests for himself that he …
SERMON • SERMON 2306Servitude Or Service—Which?
2 Chronicles 12:8
… with which I am too well acquainted—and in the hour of deep depression of spirit, with which I am all too familiar—and in the time of …
SERMON • SERMON 740Stephen's Martyrdom
Acts 7:55
… soul the only one which has cheered me in times of extreme deep depression of spirit. As I have told you before, so I tell you now—I …
SERMON • SERMON 2360Come, My Beloved!
Solomon 8:14
… I have told you, before, that some years ago I felt a great depression of spirit. I knew whom I had believed, but somehow, I could not get …
SERMON • SERMON 13Consolation Proportionate to Spiritual Sufferings
2 Corinthians 1:5
… It is true that light-eyed cheerfulness, and airy-footed love, can go through the world without much depression: and tribulation: but it is not true that Christianity …
SERMON • SERMON 2552"Take Heed, Brethren"
Hebrews 3:12
… unbelief. Pressure of circumstances may drive you into an unbelieving state of mind. Depression of soul, due to physical causes, may do it—the spirit often truly is …
SERMON • SERMON 2233Both Sides of the Shield
Exodus 17:8
… Truth of God and let it shelter you in time of doubt or despondency! When the storm is passed, you will find that there are other ways for …
SERMON • SERMON 2572Fellowship With Christ
1 Corinthians 10:16
… You may, from that fact, draw an inference of comfort rather than one of sorrow and despondency. Even should you say, "Because I am not the eye, I …
SERMON • SERMON 2442"My Beloved Is Mine"
Solomon 2:16
… Ah, David was not so stupid as that! He had his times of depression, but when he was singing that Psalm, he was in a positive, certain frame …
SERMON • SERMON 2616Christ's Care of His Disciples
John 18:8
… Therefore you are cared for, you lamb of the flock! You are cared for, poor Ready-to-Halt! You are remembered, Miss Despondency! You are regarded with the …
COMMENTARYPsalm 30
Psalm 30
… The princely prophet says plainly, heaviness may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. As the two angels that came to Lot lodged with him …
SERMON • SERMON 3430Chiding and Cheering
John 14:9
… After making a profession by faith, you have fallen into sin and sunk into despondency. Jesus Christ appears to you and He says, "Soul, have you sinned after …
SERMON • SERMON 2163Immanuel—The Light of Life
Isaiah 9:1
… Come to Jesus, you that have gone furthest into transgression, you that sit down in despondency, you that shut yourselves up in the iron cage of despair. For …
SERMON • SERMON 1024The Throne of Grace
Hebrews 4:16
… Am I depressed and distressed? Do I fear that God himself has forsaken me? There is One upon the throne who said, “My God, my God, why hast …
SERMON • SERMON 2039Crossing the Jordan
Joshua 1:10
… I shall suffer more pain, more depression, more poverty. And thus to me Jordan overflows all its banks." Yes, yes. But still you shall go over it, for …
SERMON • SERMON 2256Daniel's Band
Daniel 10:11
… When the two are blended, they sink the soul very low, not in depression of spirit, but in its estimate of itself. A sense of God's love …
SERMON • SERMON 3131The Fainting Hero
Judges 15:18
… No doubt the excitement of having slain the Philistines would naturally be followed by depression of spirits in Samson. When David had mounted the throne of Judah, there …
SERMON • SERMON 2931Return! Return!
Jeremiah 3:12
… is this, "Though you have lost your way in the blinding snows of despondency and doubt, mercy is still proclaimed to you; therefore, Return, return, return." Can you …
SERMON • SERMON 2726Fourfold Satisfaction
Jeremiah 31:14
… And I have more reason to praise God, at this moment, for deep depression and heart sorrow than for all the joys I have ever known, with but …
SERMON • SERMON 3293'The Blood of the Testament'
Hebrews 9:19
… There have been time of depression. There have been seasons when the light of God's Countenance has been withdrawn. But one thing I know—Christ Jesus came …