the reality is that Godly Believers sometimes get depressed as you examine depression you discover that sooner or later people who know the Lord can find themselves going through a difficult moment a down moment a depressing moment depression has been called the common cold of the Soul and sooner or later most people catch it and God’s servants including job and David and Moses and Elijah they caught it sometimes people don’t understand that Dr David Murray writes but Christians don’t get depressed how many times have

you thought that or said that or heard that how many times have Christian pastors or counselors made this claim or at least implied it if it is true that Christians don’t get depressed it must mean that either the Christians suffering from depression is not truly depressed or he’s not truly a Christian but if this notion is false what extra and unnecessary pain and guilt are heaped upon already darkened minds and broken hearts it is common for spiritually mature men and women who feel depressed to think that they are doing something wrong

after all the scriptures filled with words of joy and happiness and when they aren’t feeling happy they feel they must be missing something or that God is punishing them and John lockley writes being depressed is bad enough in itself but being a depressed Christian is worse and being a depressed Christian in a church full of people who do not understand depression is like a little taste of hell now I want to answer some questions why do people get depressed I need you to understand friends I I’m a teacher of the word of God I’m a pastor

I’m not here to solve all the problems people have through depression I’m not an expert on depression I am just a pastor and I want to help you so my counsel is going to be rather General and as much as possible based upon what I’ve learned from the scripture and from life the dictionary defines depression as Low Spirits gloomy feelings dejection sadness a condition marked by feelings of worthlessness failure and accompanying guilt you may wonder why I would even address such a subject why I would talk about