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Depression: (Apathy, Boredom, Sadness)

Wilson, N. S. (2000). In The Handbook of Bible application (p. 145). Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) estimates that 16.2 million U.S. adults had at least one major depressive episode in 2016.

This represents 6.7 percent of the U.S. adult population.

Depression is most common in ages 18 to 25 (10.9 percent) and in individuals belonging to two or more races (10.5 percent).

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What age group has the highest rate of depression?

The data clearly shows depression rates soaring among kids as young as 12 and young adults up to 25.

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What causes depression?

1. Financial Stress

2. Relationship/Family Issues

3. Lack of job Security,

(1) There is Always Hope in God:

Psalm 16:8

ESV I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

Set- 7737. שָׁוָה šāwāh: I. A verb meaning to be or become like or equal, to match, to suffice. It means basically to be like or equivalent (Prov. 26:4; Isa. 40:25).

2. It also takes on the sense of being suitable or sufficient (Esth. 3:8; 7:4). In its causative stem, it means to make like (2 Sam. 22:34); or to compare or equate (Isa. 46:5; Lam. 2:13). It is used of leveling the ground (Isa. 28:25). Wisdom is not to be compared even to jewels (Prov. 3:15; 8:11). It indicates that something is fitting, sufficient or not (Job 33:27). It takes on the meaning of to set, to place, to establish (Ps. 18:33[34]. See II below). II. A verb meaning to set, to place, to put, to lay.

3. It means to focus on someone (Ps. 16:8); or something (Ps. 119:30); it refers to God’s granting something, such as deliverance to a person (Ps. 21:5[6]; 89:19[20]). It takes on the sense of producing something. In context it is used figuratively of God causing Israel to produce fruit (Hos. 10:1).

Psalms 1. The Benefits of Guidance and Security (7–8)

I have set the LORD always before me: This speaks of a decision David made to put God first in his life. He determined that God would always be his focus, his perspective.

Psalms 1. The Benefits of Guidance and Security (7–8)

only Jesus did this perfectly. He was always in the intimate presence of His Father. “The method taken by Christ, as man, to support himself in time of trouble, and persevere unto the end, was to maintain a constant and actual sense of the presence of Jehovah

Psalms 1. The Benefits of Guidance and Security (7–8)

Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved: This was the plain result of David’s decision to put God first. There was a standing and security in David’s life that would not have otherwise existed.

(2.) God has not forgotten us and will help us move forward and beyond Depression.

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (NCV) 16  So we do not give up. Our physical body is becoming older and weaker, but our spirit inside us is made new every day. 17  We have small troubles for a while now, but they are helping us gain an eternal glory that is much greater than the troubles. 18  We set our eyes not on what we see but on what we cannot see. What we see will last only a short time, but what we cannot see will last forever.

We Don’t Give -Up

We rely on the Holy Spirit and not the things in this world or what we thank we can do all by ourselves.

3. We must know that trouble don’t last forever.

4. Our troubles are to help develop us and prepare us for what God has in-store for us.

5. We don’t focus on our situation but we trust in a God that can deliver us out of that situation.

6. The issues are only a distraction and proof that you heading in the right direction.

(3.) Biblical cures for common depression.

1. Depression can be relieved by meditating on God’s Word.

Psalm 1:2 (AMP) 2  But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law (the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God) he habitually meditates (ponders and studies) by day and by night. - This will take your mind off the present situation and give you hope that it will improve.

- It will focus your thoughts on God’s ability to help you rather than on your inability to help yourself.

2. Depression can be relieved by expecting God to act.

Psalm 42:11 (NIV) 11  Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.

God is my Savior which mean: salvation, deliverance, help, victory, prosperity. The primary meaning is to rescue from distress or danger.

3. God has plans for our life is concrete.

Psalm 33:11 (NIV) 11  But the plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.

From this basic meaning comes the meaning "to be established, immovable, and standing upright" on a single spot;

Point: Nothing can stop God so why should we be worried or depress if we are serving God.

The Handbook of Bible Application What Are Some Biblical Cures for Common Depression?

What are some Biblical cures for common depression?

BIBLE READING: Psalm 42:1–11

KEY BIBLE VERSE: Why am I discouraged? Why so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again—my Savior and my God! Now I am deeply discouraged, but I will remember your kindness—from Mount Hermon, the source of the Jordan, from the land of Mount Mizar. (Psalm 42:5–6)

Depression can be relieved by meditating on God’s Word. Depression is one of the most common emotional ailments. One antidote for depression is to meditate on the record of God’s goodness to his people. This will take your mind off the present situation and give you hope that it will improve. It will focus your thoughts on God’s ability to help you rather than on your inability to help yourself. When you feel depressed, take advantage of this psalm’s antidepressant. Read the Bible’s accounts of God’s goodness and meditate on them.

Depression can be relieved by patience. Later in this psalm, the writer tells his own soul to be patient. There are plenty of reasons from the past to trust God. In spite of the discouragement of the moment, the author is convinced that God has plans for tomorrow that are better. That fact may not make the darkness bright, but it may make it more bearable until the morning.

Depression can be relieved by expecting God to act. The psalmist confidently closes this song with a statement of hope in the midst of difficult emotions. He may not feel like it, but he knows that he will again have plenty of reason to praise him for all that he will do (42:11).