Depression & Discouragement

Comfort To Seekers From What The Lord Has Not Said

Isaiah 45:19

… What God has said tremble at! But suffer not your own fears and suspicions to overwhelm you with despondency and sinful despair. Many timid persons have been vexed …

The Holy Road

Isaiah 35:8

… into error, vice and hardness of heart, or into the gloomy valley of despondency, for even there, this highway runs in a straight line! God, who makes rivers …

Brought Up from the Horrible Pit

Psalm 40:1-3

… Some that have a touch of despondency in their nature have been brought so low as almost to despair of life. They have sat in darkness and seen …

The Free-agency of Christ

Mark 8:22-26

… He must have had a feeling of astonishment and despondency when he felt that touch—a prolonged touch—a touch that gripped his hand and led him through …

God of the Hills and God of the Valleys

1 Kings 20:28

… I have known this despondency of heart arise from another cause. "Ah," say some, "I do not know what is to become of the Church, because in those …

Our Lord's Question to the Blind Men

Matthew 9:27-30

… In every hour of darkness, in every season of despondency, in every time of trial I have found Him faithful and true! And, as to trusting Him with …

The Best Burden for Young Shoulders

Lamentations 3:27

… and tries to say very kind things, but he does not understand your despondency. Now, it would be a great pity for a Christian minister to be lacking …

The Holdfast

Proverbs 4:13

… I have to question whether I have been converted! I go down into such depths of despondency that unless the Truth of God holds me, I shall never …

God Is With Us

Romans 8:31

… And, on the other hand there are some of us whose daily burden is to fight against despondency and low-ness of spirits—so that we have all …

The Lord,—the Liberator

Psalm 146:7

… As I passed along, there was another cell, called The Low Dungeon of Despondency. I had read of this in the book of Jeremiah—a pit wherein there …

The Warrant of Faith

1 John 3:23

… What room can there be for despondency? Surely if anything Could cut off Giant Despair’s head, Christ preached to sinners is the sharp two-edged sword to …

Ten Wrong Kinds of Hearers

Isaiah 58:1

… as this, one who has been, for many years, the victim of deep despondency. How I wished that I could lay my hands on her and say, "Woman …

Where Can We Find Anecdotes and Illustrations?

… I do believe that some fellows have a depression in their craniums where there ought to be a bump. I knew a young man, who tried hard to …

High Doctrine And Broad Doctrine

John 6:37

… This seems to me to be a sweet suggestion for the help of despondency when she is at her worst—some must come to Christ, why should not …

Life by Faith

Galatians 3:11

… In the next place, faith is the life of the Church in opposition to reliving despondency. In our own Churches it used to be the habit for our …

Lecture IV: Where Can We Find Anecdotes And Illustrations?

… I do believe that some fellows have a depression in their craniums where there ought to be a bump. I knew a young man, who tried hard to …

What the Farm Laborers Can Do and What They Cannot Do

Mark 4:26-29

… Many have watched their own feelings till they have become blind with despondency and others have watched the feelings of the young till they have done them more …

Children'S Bread Given To Dogs

Matthew 15:27

… The Gospel was taught me by my parents but I was in such darkness and despondency of spirit that I could not do what I was bid to …

The Glorious Gospel of the Blessed God

1 Timothy 1:11

… Its comfort is suitable to his despondency. And the older he grows the more he loves the Gospel of the Grace of God. Give it up? Ah, never …

A Savior Such As You Need

Hebrews 10:15-18

… blood of the Lamb." Christian, let not your past sin lead you into despondency. Hate it, repent of it—but do not let it depress your spirit, or …

Light—Natural And Spiritual

Genesis 1:1-5

… You may be, today, going down, down into the vaults of despondency and even despair—ah, but if your soul has any longing towards Christ, and if you …

What Meanest Thou, O Sleeper?

Jonah 1:5-6

… Thy despair is wicked, for it gives God the lie; thy despondency is sinful, for it doubts the truth of him who cannot be false to himself or …

On the Voice

… impaired, and put out of their common play, producing a break, languor, or depression, as in a musical instrument which is deficient in a note. It is vain …

A Traveller’s Letters Home

… Though wearied by the long hours of travelling, I am in every way more fresh and free from depression. May the Lord enrich me also in spiritual blessings …

Psalm 25

Psalm 25

… For this last some add because if he should fail of his hopes, he knew this would be a great discouragement to others. Arthur Jackson, M.A., 1593 …

Our Manifesto

Galatians 1:11

… with such luster as only the Lord God could have given to it. Depression of spirit and torture of body have been forgotten while the bright promise has …

Faith.

… religion of modern thought; but when my body is sick, or I am depressed in spirit, nothing suits my case but the gospel of our Lord and Savior …

Psalm 142

Psalm 142

… The language of Despondency. "I am brought very low." "My enemies are stronger than I." "My soul is in prison." 2. Of Prayer. "Attend unto me." "Deliver me …

The Holy Spirit in Connection with Our Ministry

… He can make you feel your subject till it thrills you, and you become depressed by it so as to be crushed into the earth, or elevated by …

Psalm 121

Psalm 121

… Our soul is kept from the dominion of sin, the infection of error, the crush of despondency, the puffing up of pride; kept from the world, the flesh …

Election

2 Thessalonians 2:13-14

… Therefore, take heart, thou poor sinner! Cast away thy despondency—mayest thou not be elect as well as any other? for there is a host innumerable chosen. There …

Psalm 11

Psalm 11

… Is not this a sufficient ground of confidence, and an abundant answer to the solicitations of despondency? My danger is not hid from him; he knows my extremity …

Individuality, and Its Opposite

… This thought should encourage you, and relieve the despondency engendered by loneliness. When God sent the flies, and locusts, and caterpillars to conquer Egypt, Pharaoh might have ridiculed …

Psalm 104

Psalm 104

… many a depressed spirit has been comforted by a good substantial meal. We ought to bless God for strength of heart as well as force of limb, since …

Psalm 33

Psalm 33

… It was only permitted to the Jews, as sacrifice was, for the heaviness and grossness of their souls. God condescended to their weakness, because they were lately drawn …

Psalm 112

Psalm 112

… If the darkness be caused by depression of spirit, the Holy Ghost will comfort him; if by pecuniary loss or personal bereavement, the presence of Christ shall be …

Psalm 148

Psalm 148

… The wildest, the quietest, the most depressed, and the most aspiring should each have its song. Verses 11-18. 1. The universal King. Alone in excelling. Supreme in …

Psalm 39

Psalm 39

… If believers utter hard words of God in times of depression, the ungodly will take them up and use them as a justification for their sinful courses. If …

Psalm 41

Psalm 41

… We are all cheered by tokens for good, and the psalmist felt it to be an auspicious omen, that after all his deep depression he was not utterly …

Psalm 44

Psalm 44

… It is misery, indeed, when the heart cannot escape from itself, is shut up in its own dejection, and bound with the cords of despondency. God's saints …