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Where There's Smoke: Depression

Series: Where There's Smoke

Where There's Smoke: Depression

February 28, 2021 | Drew Humphrey

Passage: Psalms 77:1-9

SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION (Psalm 77:1-5)

  • Verse 1 – Deep anguish
  • Verse 2 – No comfort or relief
  • Verse 3 – The very thought of God is hurtful instead of helpful
  • Verse 4 – Insomnia
  • Verse 4 – Isolation from others
  • Verse 5 – Consumed by the “good old days” 
DEPRESSION DOESN’T ALWAYS HAVE A SPIRITUAL CAUSE BUT DEPRESSION IS ALWAYS DEEPLY AND PROFOUNDLY SPIRITUAL.
 
 
THE RESULTS OF DEPRESSION ARE SELFISH THINKING AND FALSE THEOLOGY (Psalm 77:6-9)
 
 

What Won’t Work? — ESCAPISM. 

ESCAPISM WILL MAKE YOU BUSIER BUT IT WON’T MAKE YOU BETTER.
BIBLICAL PRESCRIPTIONS FOR DEPRESSION: (PSALM 77:10-20)
  • Lift your eyes off of your life, and onto God’s Kingdom
    • Proverbs 23:7 “For as he thinks within his heart, so he is."
  • Great heaviness must be countered by a great reliance on others
    • “Things don’t simply happen to us. When they do, we respond with immediate interpretation of their meaning and significance. We filter the events through our view of God, others, and ourselves that we have been developing for our entire lives.    
  • Remember who God is, and what He has done
    • His praise is a prescription for the darkness that is weighing him down. 
“… though Your footprints were not seen, you led your people like a flock…” Psalm 77:19-20

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Where there's smoke, there is fire. In this sermon series, we will discover what the Bible has to say about depression, anxiety, and anger.

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