Dealing with Depression: Finding Hope and Victory in the God of All Comfort | J. Allen Mashburn

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This episode discusses the biblical perspective on dealing with depression and finding hope in God.

Dealing with Depression: Finding Hope and Victory in the God of All Comfort Depression is a profound heaviness of soul that the Scriptures describe with raw honesty. The Bible does not employ our modern clinical term, but it portrays the experience vividly: the spirit overwhelmed, the heart cast down, the bones troubled, the soul in despair, even the wish that life would end. Yet the same Word that records this darkness repeatedly declares that God draws near to the brokenhearted, that He is the lifter of the head, that His comfort abounds in affliction, and that joy comes in the morning. Throughout Scripture we see God’s choicest servants pass through seasons of deep discouragement. Their stories are recorded not to magnify their weakness but to display God’s faithfulness in the lowest places. By examining these lives, and by listening carefully to the voice of God in His Word, we discover divine principles for enduring and overcoming depression from a thoroughly biblical standpoint. I. Elijah: Despair After Victory The prophet Elijah stands as one of the clearest examples. In 1 Kings 18 he experienced one of the greatest public triumphs in redemptive history—fire falling from…

People in this episode

Host: J. Allen Mashburn

Topics covered

• depression
• hope
• faithfulness
• scripture
• overcoming discouragement

Keywords

• depression
• hope
• God
• Elijah
• scripture
• faithfulness
• comfort

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: gospeldynamite.org

Books & works: 1 Kings 18, 1 Kings 19

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