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Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Cures

by David Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Publisher:

Zondervan

, 2016

ISBN: 9780310531012

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Overview

If Christianity is such ‘good news’ why are its followers often unhappy?

Spiritual Depression is one of the great classics of the modern Church, diagnosing the causes of the unhappiness that many Christians experience and prescribing the practical care to lift your spirits and bring you freedom, power, and joy.

A medical doctor by training and one of the great Christian teachers of the twentieth century, Spiritual Depression—comprised of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones’ greatest sermons on the topic—draws together his professional understanding of the mind with a profound understanding of biblical theology.

Spiritual Depression is ideal for:

Any believer struggling with depression.
Church leaders ministering to their flock.
Friends and family members of loved ones who are going through a bleak period in their lives.
Anyone who wants to tap into the profound encouragement in God’s Word.

Spiritual health is possible. This book explains how everyone can grasp it for themselves.

Top Highlights

“Indeed I can put it, finally, like this; the ultimate cause of all spiritual depression is unbelief. For if it were not for unbelief even the devil could do nothing. It is because we listen to the devil instead of listening to God that we go down before him and fall before his attacks. That is why this psalmist keeps on saying to himself: ‘Hope thou in God for I shall yet praise Him. . . .’ He reminds himself of God. Why? Because he was depressed and had forgotten God, so that his faith and his belief in God and in God’s power, and in his relationship to God, were not what they ought to be. We can indeed sum it all up by saying that the final and ultimate cause is just sheer unbelief.” (source)

“The essence of sin, in other words, is that we do not live entirely to the glory of God.” (source)

“The first is that spiritual depression or unhappiness in the Christian life is very often due to our failure to realize the greatness of the gospel.” (source)

“In other words, we have to learn to say, that what matters in any of these positions is not what is true of us but what is true of Him.” (source)

“next principle. Do not keep a record or an account of your work. Give up being book-keepers.” (source)