Depression & Discouragement

The Sorrowful Man's Question

Job 3:23

… The irritation, the pain and the depression of spirit that come with that particular form of disease all tend to make us treat very gently the petulant expressions …

Psalm 143

Psalm 143

… Memory, meditation, and musing are here set together as the three graces, ministering grace to a mind depressed and likely to be diseased. As David with his harp …

Israel's God and God's Israel

Deuteronomy 33:26-28

… often happens that God's servants are greatly depressed. I suppose some Brethren neither have much elevation or depression. I could almost wish to share their peaceful life …

The Tenderness of Jesus

Hebrews 4:15

… Our pain, our depression, our trembling, our sensitiveness—He is touched with these though He falls not into the sin which so often comes of them. Hold fast …

One War Over and Another Begun

Judges 6:22-24

… And then, again, when all around him like the wet floor, were dampened with discouragement, he, alone, remained in his ordinary condition, with not a drop of cowardice …

A Sermon for the Most Miserable of Men

Psalm 77:2

… Our text, however, might very fittingly describe individuals who, although free from outward trial or bereavement, are subject to deep depression of spirits. There are times with the …

Alive or Dead—Which?

1 John 5:12

… It is unspeakably precious in hours of discouragement, then, to fly straight away to Jesus, with the contrite cry of— “Just as I am—without one plea But …

Psalm 69

Psalm 69

… Our blessed Lord ever had a tender concern for his people, and would not have his own oppression of spirit become a source of discouragement to them. Let …

Divine Love and Its Gifts

2 Thessalonians 2:16

… would never have an inclination to leave off any good work or word. Depression of spirit often leads to slackness of hand. No doubt many, through sad hearts …

Comfort for the Tempted

1 Corinthians 10:13

… John Bradford, the famous martyr, was often subject to rheumatism and depression of spirit—in which I can greatly sympathize with him—but when he was laid by …

Psalm 126

Psalm 126

… Joy! Joy! Joy! Since then, from multiplied troubles, from depression of spirit, from miserable backsliding, from grievous doubt, we have been emancipated, and we are not able to …

Mercy for the Meanest of the Flock

Micah 4:6

… But you have become so depressed in spirit that you do not feel that you have any right to be in the church. You have made up your …

The Faculty Baffled, The Great Physician Successful

Mark 5:25-28

… Multitudes like she are diseased with a wasting despondency, an unceasing tendency to despair—and they have been trying all the miserable comforters with which this world abounds …

Earnestness: Its Marring and Maintenance

… Under a great discouragement a man pulls himself together, and then throws himself upon his God, and receives divine strength: but under lesser depressions he may possibly worry …

The Touch

Mark 5:28

… If you, dear child of God, feel very depressed this morning—coldhearted, dead, sluggish—if you touch but His clothes you shall become warm-hearted again! You shall …

God's Tender Mercy

Luke 1:78

… If you are very sad and depressed, desponding and almost dismayed, there are Divine declarations and promises that are exactly suited to your case! Here are a few …

Miracles Of Love

Isaiah 38:17

… Now, what was true of Hezekiah with regard to his sickness and depression is true in the fullest sense of all Believers. See, dear Brethren, where we lay …

The Empty Seat

1 Samuel 20:27

… A new preacher has come into the neighborhood and the rolling stones are moved in his direction for a season to the grievous discouragement of the pastor. This …

Underneath

Deuteronomy 33:27

… If under deep depression of spirit and sore travail of heart their feet should be almost gone, what a blessing it is to think that "underneath are the …

An Assuredly Good Thing

Psalm 73:28

… Timorous spirits will find it especially good to cultivate intimate communion with God, for unless they do this, depression of spirit may grow upon them and despondency may …

Fathomless

Psalm 36:6

… There is enough of depression of spirit, enough of despondency, enough of heartbreak without our saying a word to increase it among the sons of men— "Bear and …

The Sheep Before the Shearers

… If your soul is depressed the Lord does not send you a very heavy burden; he reserves such a load for times when you have joy in the …

The Pastor's Life Wrapped Up with His People's Steadfastness a Pleading Reminder for the New Year

1 Thessalonians 3:8

… They get depressed and they go back to their Master with this complaint, "Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been …

The Son Glorified by the Father and the Father Glorified by the Son

John 17:1

… The best preparation for the worst hour is prayer! The best remedy for a depressed spirit is nearness to God! In this, then, let us follow our Master …

The Vanguard and Rereward of the Church

Isaiah 52:12

… You shall perhaps be much depressed in spirit, but that heaviness shall be for your good, and shall come from your Father; you shall have the rod, but …

God Rejoicing in the New Creation

Isaiah 65:17-19

… when I give way to depression and melancholy. I certainly should not go to a place of worship seeking for doubt and despondency! Neither should I conclude that …

Tokens For Good

Psalm 86:17

… His tenderness to me in this respect has made my life singularly happy though I have had a large share of pain and depression. When I think over …

Good Cheer From Grace Received

Matthew 9:20-22

… Her faith is to be commended because it outlived a long season of discouragement She had been afflicted 12 years —think of that! Patience had indeed had its …

Harvest Men Needed

Matthew 9:37

… No discouragement ever dampened His ardor. He persevered till His work was done. A brave, glorious heart was that of Jesus, always melted to tenderness, but, at the …

Dead, Yet Alive

Romans 6:11

… Even the pains of the body may become the means of attack upon the soul, for great pain will often bring depression of spirit and despondency—and through …

God's Work Upon Minister and Convert

Acts 26:16-20

… Give not way to despondency. Resign yourself into My hands and be prepared, with activity and diligence, to spend the rest of your life in doing good. Arise …

God's Fatherly Pity

Psalm 103:13

… of joy for mourning and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. Still, He does not steel His heart to the immediate and the present trouble …

The Sweet Harp of Consolation

Isaiah 41:10

… I pray that my dear Brothers and Sisters who are cast down may have Divine Grace to struggle with their despondency and to overcome it. Martin Luther used …

Our Glorious Transforming

Ephesians 2:13

… When the bones ache, when the body is racked, when sleep goes from the eyelids, when the mind is depressed, when the head turns; ah! then we say …

Solace for Sad Hearts

Isaiah 61:3

… were a superfluity to attempt to offer consolation to those who were never depressed! The Holy Spirit hovers like a dove over the assemblies of the Sabbath and …

Early Wedded Life (Continued)

… The dear Pastor is not only weary, but sorely depressed in spirit. "Oh, darling!" he says, "I fear I have not been as faithful in my preaching to …

Good Cheer For Outcasts

Psalm 147:2

… The expression of the text may certainly be applied to those, also, who have loved the Lord for years, but who have fallen into great depression of spirit …

The Holy Spirit—the Need of the Age

Micah 2:7

… You are already convinced of sin, but you are, by that conviction, driven to despondency and almost to despair. Now notice this—whatever Grace you need in order …

Faith—life

Habakkuk 2:4

… And on what He suffered, not on what you can suffer by way of repentance, despondency and distress of soul. You must look right away from anything there …

Mistrust of God Deplored and Denounced

Numbers 14:11

… before they believe Me?" Observe that God's account of all the murmuring, discouragement and fear which these people felt was simply that they did not believe Him …