Depression & Discouragement

Watching to See

Habakkuk 2:1-4

… that I would not like to have had one ache less, or one depression of spirit less, or one affliction less of any sort. I would rather not …

Your Personal Salvation

1 Peter 1:9-12

… Nor by despondency and despair. Nor by any effort, mental or spiritual, involving a purchase by labor and pain. It is entirely and only by faith, or trust …

Tell It All

Mark 5:33

… Poor creature! We can little tell the days of languishing and the nights of pain she endured—and the seasons of despondency and despair which would come upon …

The Anchor

Hebrews 6:17-20

… You will not be able to get away from it! Under temptation, depression of spirit, trial and affliction you will not only hold your hope—that is your …

Freedom At Once and Forever

Isaiah 61:1

… Some receive these wages in their bodies, others receive them in their minds when they begin to feel despondency and despair creeping over them. The prospect of death …

Precious, Honorable, Beloved

Isaiah 43:4

… In dark days and times of deep depression, when her candle was ready to go out, still was she honorable in the sight of the Most High. She …

A Luther Sermon at the Tabernacle

Habakkuk 2:4

… afraid that he has no faith at all! And when he has deep depression of spirits, it is as much as he can do to keep his head …

Little Faith and Great Faith

Matthew 14:31

… Feeble-Mind, and Mistress Much-Afraid, and Miss Despondency and the whole tribe of the little ones to take heart of hope this morning and observe that they …

Sabbath-work

John 5:9

… for that poor soul! I know that many of you belong to the Despondency family. Miss Much-Afraid, down there, you think there is nobody so bad as …

Sincerity And Duplicity

1 John 2:3

… We shall also exterminate the mass of our despondency, if not the whole of it. Although, my dear Brethren, I never said, nor thought that you must be …

Good News For Thirsty Souls

Revelation 21:6

… more and more sensible of danger until you reach the sensitiveness of morbid despondency—but you will be no nearer salvation. It is not your sense of need …

The Blind Befriended

Isaiah 42:16

… I think that the Lord's people are subject, at times, to a sudden fluttering of heart, a nervous depression of spirits and a great trembling just when …

The Underlying Gospel for the Dying Year

Romans 5:6

… trouble is, do not believe that God can leave you! Whatever the deep depression of your spirit, do not imagine that He can forsake you! He that died …

Never! Never! Never! Never! Never!

Hebrews 13:5

… Then next, we ought to cast off our despondency. Some of you came here this morning as black as the weather. Just now we saw some gleams of …

When Should We Pray?

Luke 18:1

… And you will be sure to faint, at times, through weariness and depression of spirit, through a sense of your own pow-erlessness. "Oh," you say, "would God …

Zion's Prosperity

Psalm 102:13

… If it is the worst dungeon in Doubting Castle, He will discover them there! They may have wandered upon the mountains of Despondency and Dejection. They may have …

Full Redemption

Exodus 10:26

… Feeble-Mind, or our excellent sister, Miss Despondency; suppose these must perish. Ah! then this would impugn the power of God, for then the enemy would cry, “Aha …

Children Brought to Christ, and Not to the Font

Mark 10:13-16

… They do in effect say, “Unless you have felt so much depression of spirit, or experienced a certain quantity of brokenness of heart, you must not come to …

The Perseverance of the Saints

Philippians 1:6

… Then, Beloved, if some temporary depression of spirit should just now overwhelm you. If some heavy personal trial should pass over you, hear the words, "I am the …

Letters concerning Settlement in London

… could serve you. “I hope you will not give way to doubts and despondency; but do what you can, and leave the rest to God. Blessed is the …

Another Royal Procession

Matthew 21:5

… Send us but a revival, O God, and Ready-to-halt shall leap upon his crutches, and Much-afraid, and Fearing, and Despondency, shall sing with holy mirth …

Fear Not

Revelation 1:17

… trust you may be, you may also be made to feel the mysterious depression which takes the place of self-exaltation in those who know that every good …

That Horrible East Wind!

Colossians 3:15

… If a cutting wind causes despondency, vexation, discontent and bad temper—may soft gales visit us frequently and bring us healing in their wings! As fair weather will …

A Sunday School Sermon

Isaiah 40:11

… If you are to be like your Master, you will try to take away from young Believers' hearts all temptation to despondency. You will set before them the …

A Sermon From A Rush

Job 8:11-13

… growth of Christians is not quite so rapid and uninterrupted—seasons of deep depression chill their joy. Hours of furious temptation make a dreadful onslaught upon their quiet …

The Sword of the Spirit

Ephesians 6:17

… Fight despondency and despair with the sword of the Spirit. I cannot tell what your particular difficulty may be at this moment, but I give you this direction …

The Prosperous Man's Reminder

Hosea 13:5-8

… would leap upon them like a leopard? Men have been struck down with depression of spirit so that they could not rejoice in anything—they seemed to be …

Putting the Hand Upon the Head of the Sacrifice

Leviticus 1:4

… lean upon Him by full reliance! In times of sharp pain, or great depression of spirit, or in seasons when death is near, you are forced to look …

A Feast For Faith

Isaiah 28:29

… Your being led through a certain state of deep depression and of severe mental exercise is down in the book—and as for my Brother yonder—his being …

The Preacher's Last Sermon for the Season

John 7:37

… Now, Soul, if you are suffering from fear or despondency—if your heart is heavy and you have disquietude of spirit—if you have a longing, a sighing …

The Voice from the Cloud and the Voice of the Beloved

Matthew 17:5

… He has touched us in depression of spirit, for He cried, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful even unto death." He is touched with a feeling of our infirmities …

Fearing and Hoping

Psalm 147:11

… He is such a condescending God that He walks the hospitals and is familiar with despondency—and enters in sympathy into the cases of distress which others shun …

On Humbling Ourselves before God

1 Peter 5:6

… making, let us humble ourselves under the hand of God because of our despondency and mistrust! O my Soul, if your ceilings are painted with black instead of …

The Glories of Forgiving Grace

Ephesians 1:7

… David, till all God's waves and billows have gone over us, our despondency and unbelief cause us to sin amid our humiliations! Should I take the wings …

Spiritual Glean1ng

Ruth 2:15

… Then is the time when prayer is needed even more than in seasons of depression and loss! 12-16. Lest when you have eaten andare full, andhave built …

The True Position Of Assurance

Ephesians 1:13

… up with the candlelight of your doubts and fears in the dungeon of despondency. But if assurance is gone, still hang onto Jesus— "When your eye of faith …

The Secret of Failure

Matthew 17:19-21

… Or possibly you have a spirit tending to despondency. I do not know what your particular sins are, but do you not sometimes ask the question, "Why could …

From The Dunghill To The Throne

Psalm 113:7

… Believe me, however, whatever they were, we who trust in Jesus are the happiest of people—not constitutionally, for some of us have great depression of spirits. Not …

The Lion and the Bear—Trophies Hung Up

1 Samuel 17:36

… you in your present trouble—and to deliver you from your present doubt, despondency and despair— remember what He has already done! He has left the thrones and …

Fire—the Need of the Times

Luke 12:49

… They are orthodox, but they feel no power in their own souls produced by these Truths of God! They feel no depression because the Truth of God convicts …