This Sunday we’ll talk about the darkness of depression and how even Elijah, the great man of God, suffered from it. Yet Jesus gives a greater hope!
Schedule
@945 Small Groups / Sunday School for all ages
@1045 Worship Gathering
@6pm Adult Bible Study in church library
Sermon Notes
Even Prophets Get Depressed ~1 Kings 19
- Depression is a period or prolonged state of sadness and/or disinterest that can affect relationships, actions, and attitudes
- Everyone has periods of sadness, some people suffer clinical depression
- There are multiple potential causes: spiritual, physical, circumstantial, chemical, or a combination of these
- Elijah faced depression at the threat of his life, though he had seen God do many great things
- We battle depression and dark times by:
- Treating the things that need to be treated (19:5-8)
- Realizing you cannot depend on the spiritual highs of the past to carry you (19:1-4, 9)
- Remembering that God doesn’t always work the way we expect but he is always at work (19:9-18)
- Setting our hope on Jesus, the better Prophet
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