Depression & Discouragement

Folly of Unbelief

Luke 24:25

… The possession of gladness is no clear evidence of grace; and the existence of depression is no sure sign of insincerity. The brightest eyes that look for heaven …

Temptations On The Pinnacle

Matthew 4:5-7

… his life seemed to be dried up—and his soul was full of heaviness. After such seasons he would so preach that each of his hearers thought that …

The Saddest Cry From the Cross

Matthew 27:46

… Quite involuntarily, unhappiness of mind, depression of spirit and sorrow of heart will come upon you. You may be without any real reason for grief and yet may …

Enquirers and Converts (Continued)

… Many of God's people are perplexed with questions concerning their interest in Christ, or they are afflicted with deep depression of spirit out of which only the …

Joy And Peace In Believing

Romans 15:13

… It is still more desirable for the sake of your acquaintances and kinsfolk, for they set down your present despondency to your religion, and so you tend, unwittingly …

Strength in Weakness

… If we could only put certain men into the positions which their brethren faithfully occupy under great discouragement, they would know themselves better, and leave off boasting, and …

A Singular Plea in Prayer

Psalm 41:4

… I said to a dear friend who is greatly depressed at this time, "I should like you to have a little rheumatic gout, just to take your thoughts …

Lame Sheep

Hebrews 12:13

… Do you not know some friends of yours who naturally incline to despondency? They always look at the dark side of everything and if there is no dark …

Unprofitable Servants

Matthew 25:30

… When I was exceedingly ill in the South of France and deeply depressed in spirit—so deeply depressed and so sick and ill that I scarcely knew how …

Woe and Weal

Micah 7:9

… never depressed in spirit by them, I question whether they would answer any good design. The "necessity" is not only for the trial, but for the "heaviness" which …

An Old-fashioned Remedy

Psalm 107:20

… My Lord Jesus Christ can heal that! He can take away the depression, the despondency, yes, and the despair. Though you may have written yourself down as damned …

A Wilderness Cry

Psalm 63:1

… In some forms of sickness the soul is apt to be grievously depressed and cast out of its proper condition. Some of you may remember the venerable Watts …

The Perseverance of Faith

Matthew 15:28

… The first remark which I shall make and enlarge upon is that FAITH ALONE CAN KEEP A SOUL UNDER DISCOURAGEMENT SEEKING AFTER CHRIST. Other causes may send us …

Concern For Other Men's Souls

Romans 9:1-5

… We can be in great heaviness and in great exultation at the same time! Whenever Paul's thoughts turned towards his Jewish brethren, a great heaviness came upon …

A Question for a Questioner

Psalm 77:9

… Nor did he only pray, but he used the fittest means for escaping from his despondency. Very wisely this good man argued with himself, and sought to cure …

Fever and Its Cure

Luke 4:38

… It has been my lot to deal with the fevers of doubt, depression, anxiety and despair—and it is hard to deal with these without catching them! I …

Christ Loosens From Infirmities

Luke 13:11-13

… Oh, that the same miracle might be worked in them as in her! She typifies persons who are depressed in spirit, who cannot look up to Heaven and …

Hearken and Look; or, Encouragement for Believers

Isaiah 51:2-3

… Perhaps a worse result than honest discouragement comes of depressing views, for they often afford an apology for indifference and inaction. The smallest peg suffices to hang an …

Fine Pleading

Psalm 106:4

… A FITTING PRAYER FOR DEPRESSED, DESPONDING SOULS. They are God's people and we give to them, now, this prayer, and we trust that as they pray it …

The Oil of Gladness

Psalm 45:7

… Occasional fits of depression there may be, but these are not because we do not love the work, but because we cannot do it so well as we …

Jesus—"All Blessing and All Blessed"

Psalm 72:17

… one as a specimen. Depression of spirits comes upon the man. He scarcely knows how or why, but his soul melts because of heaviness. There is, at the …

Faith Victorious

Matthew 15:21-28

… This woman had a further discouragement, for JESUS REFUSED THE PRAYER OF HIS OWN APOSTLES. They began to help her in prayer, as she was not, herself, heard …

Election no Discouragement to Seeking Souls

Exodus 33:19

Election no Discouragement to Seeking Souls A Sermon (No. 553) Delivered on Sunday Morning, February 7th, 1864, by the Rev. C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington …

The Pity of the Lord—the Comfort of the Afflicted

James 5:11

… We shall laugh to think that we were so depressed by our light affliction which is but for a moment! The far more exceeding and eternal weight of …

The Place of Prayer and Pardon

2 Chronicles 6:28-30

… Not only do we have manifold trials, but we get into heaviness through them. It does happen to many of the best of God's servants that they …

The Fifth Beatitude

Matthew 5:7

… The worst ill in the world is not poverty—the worst of ills is a depressed spirit. At least I scarcely know anything that can be worse than …

Under His Shadow

… When we are very sick and sore depressed, when we are worried with the care of pining children, and the troubles of a needy household, and the temptations …

Love's Medicines and Miracles

Isaiah 38:17

… But now fresh mountains rise before you! Unexpected Alps lift up their frowning battlements and your spirit is filled with heaviness at the dreary prospect—for peace you …

Fresh Grace Confidently Expected

Psalm 92:10

… Or, under severe depression of spirit, we may imagine ourselves to be ready to die. But at all such times God will supply strength to us—our extremity …

Faith Without Sight

John 20:29

… He had fallen into a fit of despondency and got away, as broken-hearted, depressed people often do, trying to get quite alone, when Christian company would be …

Why May I Rejoice?

Luke 10:20

… not out except with prayer and fasting? Why, Man, you will be sorely depressed, then, and your courage will fail! If you have fed your soul upon such …

Earthquake But Not Heartquake

Psalm 46:1-3

… Perhaps some of you feel this sad depression of trade weighing upon your spirits. "I do not know what is coming of it," says one. "I do not …

Sovereign Grace and Man’s Responsibility

Romans 10:20-21

… He went after it; over hills of difficulty, down valleys of despondency he pursued its wandering feet, and at last he laid hold of it; he did not …

The Ravens' Cry

Psalm 147:9

… This, however, is no discouragement to you, but rather a reason why you should be more earnest than you have been. When ravens need food, they do not …

The Best Strengthening Medicine

Hebrews 11:34

… Again, it may be that I am speaking to sad ones who suffer under mental depression. Some of us are, by constitution, inclined to that condition. I have …

God's Gentle Power

1 Kings 19:11-13

… We all know that when we have passed through any great excitement of high joy there almost always comes following, a corresponding reaction and depression. Elijah had gone …

The Necessity of Growing Faith

2 Thessalonians 1:3

… A man struggles up against slander and the discouragement which comes of it may not be an unmixed evil, but praise soon suggests pride and is, therefore, not …

Truth Stranger Than Fiction

Joel 2:25

… There are some whose years have been eaten by the locust through great sorrow, depression and disappointment. They remember those happy springtide days when they greatly rejoiced in …

Every Man's Necessity

John 3:7

… There may be great changes taking place in politics—trade may be very prosperous, or it may be depressed, but the dead man has no interest in the …

Delight in the Almighty

Job 22:26

… Oh, my strong Brother, listen to one who knows by experience the heaviness of a child of sorrow! Who made you a ruler in Israel? God's children …