Great Is His Faithfulness
Depression Statistics in America:
17.3 Million Adults (7.1% of the adult Population) have had at least One Major Depressive Episode.
1 in 7 Women May Experience PPD within a Year of Giving Birth.
Of those Diagnosed with Depression, 1% of Women and 7% of Men Commit Suicide.
Suicide is One of the Leading Causes of Death for 15- to 19-Year-olds.
Proverbs 12:25 (NKJV)
Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression,
But a good word makes it glad.
1. Biological
2. Relational
3. Circumstantial
4. Spiritual
Job 3:1; 11-12
After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
11.“Why did I not die at birth,
come out from the womb and expire?
12 Why did the knees receive me?
Or why the breasts, that I should nurse?
Romans 8:22-23
For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. 23 And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
Your Emotions are Valid - But They are NOT Permanent
Your Situation Feels Hopeless. But w/ GOD, There is ALWAYS Hope
Psalm 116:1-4
I love the Lord, because he has heard
my voice and my pleas for mercy.
2 Because he inclined his ear to me,
therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
3 The snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.
4 Then I called on the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”
Matthew 9:36
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
John 11:33;35
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved[a] in his spirit and greatly troubled.
35 Jesus wept.
Mark 14:33
And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled.
Name Our Emotions to Change Our Emotions
Psalm 42:5-6a
Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation[a] 6 and my God.
My soul is cast down within me;
therefore I remember you
Name Our Emotions to Change Our Emotions
Not to Make Permanent Decisions Based on Temporary Emotions
1 Kings 19:3-4
Then he was afraid, and he arose and ran for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he asked that he might die, saying, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
2 Timothy 1:7
for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
Pray and Read God’s Word
Listen To Worship Music
Journal
Express Gratitude
Sufficient Sleep
Exercise
Healthy Eating
Your Emotions are Valid - But They are NOT Permanent
Your Situation Feels Hopeless. But w/ GOD, There is ALWAYS Hope
Lamentations 3:1-3
I am the man who has seen affliction
under the rod of his wrath;
2 he has driven and brought me
into darkness without any light;
3 surely against me he turns his hand
again and again the whole day long.
Lamentations 3:5-8
he has besieged and enveloped me
with bitterness and tribulation;
6 he has made me dwell in darkness
like the dead of long ago.
7 He has walled me about so that I cannot escape;
he has made my chains heavy;
8 though I call and cry for help,
he shuts out my prayer;
Lamentations 3:17
my soul is bereft of peace;
I have forgotten what happiness[a] is;
Renew Our Mind by Remembering & Rejoicing in His Promises
Lamentations 3:21-24
But this I call to mind,
and therefore I have hope:
22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;[a]
his mercies never come to an end;
23 they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“therefore I will hope in him.”
Isaiah 40:31
but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.
Romans 15:13
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Romans 12:12
Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
1. Renew Our Mind by Remembering & Rejoicing in His Promises
2. Live to Experience REAL LOVE in REAL LIFE in Jesus Christ
1 John 4:9-10
In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Romans 8:38-39
For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
John 10:10
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
Your Emotions are Valid - But They are NOT Permanent
Your Situation Feels Hopeless. But w/ GOD, There is ALWAYS Hope