DEPRESSION
DEPRESSION is a real problem! Did you know that depression is a multi-billion dollar industry in just our one country alone? In fact, millions of Americans are so depressed that they cannot even go to work!
When you get depressed, you begin to feel listless and passive. It involves a feeling of sadness, a feeling that there is nothing really worth feeling good about any more! Depression centers around a state of constant hopelessness, over-ridden with anxiety and worry.
Now, when a person gets depressed like that, please don’t make the mistake of just putting your arm on their shoulder and saying “Cheer up!” Usually that will just make them feel worse because if they could cheer up, they would! And please don’t just offer them a lot of pious platitudes and quote them numerous verses of Scripture. These approaches can often cause more harm than good.
But thank God there is help, and, the Lord willing, we’ll be looking at some practical help on Sunday morning, September 25th. On that particular day, I am going to show you how to get up when you’re down! And between now and then, please be praying specifically for people whom the Lord lays on your mind and heart to invite to NCC to get some help in this battle over depression.
Devotedly your pastor,
Bill Blanchard