SERMONS ON DEPRESSION
Our sermon ideas on Depression will help you preach a powerful message. Smiles on faces are far too often a disguise for underlying sorrow and depression. This is a topic that many people in your congregation will struggle with at some point in their lives. Prepare your messages on depression with sermon outlines or an entire sermon series.
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Dealing with Your Sadness (Depression) (6 of 7)
by Will McGee
On our website, we have all our sermons posted online. You can download them. Stream them. Podcast them...The website that we use to host all that content... Gives me access to where I can see how many people listen to each sermon. I can see all the statistics...We have a pretty modest amount of podcast listeners... We're not going viral anytime soon... But whenever I look at those statistics... There is one sermon that stands out... There is one sermon that is far and away our most listened to sermon. Nearly 10x the downloads of all the others. It is simply titled, ''Depression.'' I preached that sermon 18 months...
Dealing with Depression
by Adrian Rogers
I want to ask you a question. Have you ever been depressed? Silly question. Have you ever been depressed? Of course you have. As a matter of fact, John W. Stott, a great biblical expositor said that a Christian's two chief occupational hazards are depression and discouragement. So when I talk about depression, what do I mean? What is depression? A psychologist has described depression this way: a feeling of helplessness and hopelessness that leads to sadness. I think that's a good definition. A person who is depressed has problems real or imagined and he doesn't seem to be able to get...
Victory Over Depression
by Jesse Hendley
I want to speak to you today on "Victory Over Depression," and the way of victory for the people of God. Over in Psalm 66 and verse 11 we read these words: "Thou broughtest us into the net." THOU broughtest us into the net. All through my mail this morning you have noticed there are problems. There are difficulties. There is depression. Here is one lady who has a drunken husband. Here is an unsaved son. Here are other needs. Weak faith! The light still burning, but just scarcely burning! And so on. Now, one of the ways of VICTORY is to realize that God is in the midst of our circumstances and that He knows all about...
How to Win Over Depression
by J. Gerald Harris
Depression! Winston Churchill, one of the greats of human history, suffered terribly from depression. He said it followed him like a black dog. Ernest Hemingway was a rugged, macho author of best sellers like "For Whom The Bell Tolls" and "The Old Man And The Sea." But we know that he had such a problem with guilt and depression that he eventually took his own life. Abraham Lincoln delivered a powerful address entitled "A House Divided Against Itself." The speech was so masterfully delivered that it won him the presidency. And yet Lincoln was the victim of divisive doubt and depression. Charles Spurgeon, one of the...
A Study in Depression (15 of 23)
by J.D. Jones
'Elijah,' says the apostle James, 'was a man of like passions with us'; or, as the Twentieth Century Testament more vividly expresses it, 'Elijah was only a man like ourselves.' Only a man like ourselves! It is a startling and rather staggering statement. For I imagine that what strikes most men in reading Elijah's story is the difference between him and ourselves. He was not the ordinary type of man at all. He was a man of volcanic force. He was a man of granite strength. He was a perfect Alp of a man. He was one of those men who emerge occasionally in the world's history, who lift themselves far above the common levels of humanity...
Overcoming Depression (9 of 11)
by Stephen Whitney
When Elijah arrived at Mount Horeb, also called Mount Sinai, he found a cave and spent the night there. There is a cave about two-thirds up the mountain called ''Elijah's cave.'' Some believe that this may have been the same cave where God placed Moses 800 years earlier as his glory passed by (Exodus 33:21-23). The Lord asks Elijah, ''What are you doing here?'' God had told him to go to Samaria to confront King Ahab ((17:1), to go the brook Cherith (17:3), to go Zarephath (17:9) and Mount Carmel (18:19). But God had not sent him here to Mount Horeb. :10 A superficial answer could have been, ''I am here...
Prophetic Depression (33 of 52)
by Christopher Harbin
We often have difficulties in dealing with psychological disorders. We are so used to thinking that we can be in control of ourselves, our actions, our speech, and our decisions that it is very hard to grasp that a psychological disorder is just as much an infirmity as appendicitis, cancer, pneumonia, or gout. It makes it harder for us to deal with something like clinical depression along the same lines as we deal with the flu, diabetes, or acid reflux. It is hard enough for us to understand dementia or Alzheimer's in a way that does not attribute shame or guilt on the victims of these conditions. With mental illnesses like depression, we...
Healing for Depression (1 of 4)
by Jeff Strite
Psychiatry students were in their college class one day when their professor began a discussion to prove a point. ''What we're going to talk about today,'' the professor said, ''are the emotional extremes that many mentally disturbed people go through… for example ''What's the opposite of joy?'' he asked one student. ''Sadness'' the student answered. ''The opposite of depression?'' he asked a young lady. ''Elation,'' she replied. Turning to a young man from Texas he asked ''the opposite of woe?'' ''Well, now,'' the Texan replied ''I suppose the opposite of woe, would be giddy up.'' APPLY: Depression. According to Psychiatrists...
The Blues of Depression (2 of 3)
by Kerry Shook
You never know what you are going to get when you just pick someone out of the audience. You just don't know. We are in a series about how to break through the seasonal blues because Christmas is supposed to be a time of great joy and celebration and happiness. For some people it's a time of deep depression, anxiety, stress and fear. We talked about anxiety and fear last week and how to break through it. I thought I would kind of start out the message today with a little song about fear because as some of you know, I'm now in a boy band. In fact, some of the student ministry team and me have put together a boy band...
Overcoming Depression (3)
by Tony Thomas
We're in a series called Life Verses. A Life Verse is a favorite verse, a go-to verse, a verse that is easily remembered. Our topics so far have been worry and standing firm, based on Matthew 6:34, Philippians 4:6 and Isaiah 7:9. The Life Verses for this week were submitted by Nancy Howald and Ed Simpson: Psalms 42:11 Why, my soul, are you depressed? Why are you upset? Put your hope in God, for I will praise Him again! Matthew 11:28 Come to me all who are weary and heavy burdened, and I will give you rest. Jeff Yalden is North America's No. 1 motivational speaker. He speaks to more high school students...
Depression (3 of 7)
by Will McGee
Earlier this week. I was sitting at the office. I began to hear sirens. Paramedics. Police officers. All speeding down 4th Ave. Then, a few minutes later, my wife calls and says there is all sorts of commotion going on below our apartment. (We live on 4th Ave near a subway stop). A few minutes later, my wife tells me to check the local news. And I see that a man had jumped in front of the R train at 77th street. And was killed. My heart sank in chest. And a lump formed in my throat. I don't know this man's story. But I'm willing to bet that depression, fear, hopelessness is what led to him feeling that ending his life would be...
How To Defeat Depression (3 of 5)
by Stan Coffey
We continue today in our series of messages entitled "Help For Today and Hope For Tomorrow." And today's message is on "How To Defeat Depression." Let's look at I Kings 19 beginning with verse 1 and one of the experiences from one of God's greatest men, Elijah. Now there has never been a more courageous, bold, fearless prophet man of God than this man Elijah. For 3 ½ years he had been God's spokesman to the nation of Israel. He had walked boldly into the court of the king and pointed out the sins of the leadership of the nation of Israel. He would probably be the last person of this particular day that you...
Escape From Depression! (7 of 9)
by Dennis Marquardt
Depression can be a very debilitating experience. Sometimes depression can be caused by really depressing circumstances: ILLUS: Like the man who went in for a corn on his foot, it was too painful to ignore. Because of the pain he asked for an anesthetic. It was injected and he had an allergic reaction so severe his heart stopped. The frantic doctors immediately operated and administered direct heart message to revive him. In the process of the operation an accidental overdose of oxygen was given and another surgery had to be performed to deal with the swollen stomach that resulted. After 2 operations now he was being...
Digging Out of Depression (2 of 4)
by Jeff Strite
Over the past few weeks we’ve been dealing with emotions that can cripple Christians. Two weeks ago, our family minister dealt with the issue of Fear. Last week we dealt with Guilt. And this week we’re going to focus on a very real emotion that has crippled thousands: Depression. OPEN: Psychiatry students were in their college class one day when their professor began a discussion to prove a point. ‘‘What we’re going to talk about today,’’ the professor said, ‘‘are the emotional extremes that many mentally disturbed people go through… for example ‘‘What’s the opposite of joy?’’ he asked one student. ‘‘Sadness’’ the...
Gut-Level Depression (2 of 5)
by Dave Gustavsen
Firsthand testimony of a man struggling with depression. And it's important to mention that this is a man with a strong Christian faith. His name is Terry Powell, and he's a professor down at Columbia International University in South Carolina. And the reason that's important to mention is that there is a myth that if someone is right with God, then depression would never happen. In fact, this man, Terry Powell, talks about a time when there was a member of his church who knew about his depression. And she came up to him one day and asked him about his devotional life-you know, was he spending time reading the Bible...
God's Cure for Depression (2 of 4)
by Richard Bradley
Depression has been defined as ''a feeling of extreme hopelessness.'' Unfortunately, none of us is exempt from depression. David was depressed (Ps. 42:5): 5 Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him For the help of His countenance. Moses was depressed (Num. 11:14-15): 14 I am not able to bear all these people alone, because the burden is too heavy for me. 15 If You treat me like this, please kill me here and now--if I have found favor in Your sight--and do not let me see my wretchedness!'' Jonah was depressed (Jonah 4:3): 3 Therefore now...
Hope in the Hard Place of Depression (2 of 4)
by Joe Alain
The dark night of the soul. That is the title of a poem written by the 16th century poet and Roman Catholic mystic Saint John of the Cross. It is used as a metaphor today to describe a phase in a person's spiritual life marked by a sense of loneliness and desolation. This is how many refer to times of depression among God's people. When I'm speaking about depression, I'm not talking about having a blue day, we all have those. And I'm not overlooking the fact that sometimes people do have chemical imbalances that demand treatment. I'm speaking though of that despondency, that dread that many of God's people...
David's Life in the Minor Key: Is Depression Sin? (10 of 22)
by John Barnett
If you've ever felt trapped, imprisoned, or helplessly caught by life, then you share the emotions of David in the midst of life in the Cave of Adullam. Things had gotten so bad that David makes a confession that is packed with meaning to us today. In the form of an urgent prayer offered to God, and captured for us on paper, David explains that his soul is in prison. The setting is so graphic, look at it with me in I Samuel 22. David is in the midst of his life on the run, under immense stress in verses 1-4: 1 David therefore departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. So when his brothers and all his father's...
Deflating Depression
by Curt Dodd
Depression according to many experts is the number one health problem in our country today. In fact, some have called it the common cold of the emotions. Did you also know that depression is in the top ten of the most common diagnosis that physicians make every year. Now honestly, we need to realize it at the start that some people are genetically predisposed to depression. Sometimes, there are individuals because of the way that the chemistry in their bodies is made up are more prone to depression and deal with long term chronic depression and medicines must be used to help balance the chemistry in their...
