What are the things that can pull you down into discouragement and depression? Devastating loss can spiral you into a deep depression and we need to know how to handle that loss. That’s what we'll be looking out of this episode of Married By Design.
We want to take some time in a parallel passage related to depression because Job, like Elijah, was devastated and struggled with depression. Job lost all his worldly possessions, all his children and his health. He struggled deeply through the book and, in the end, did not have answers. But with all the bad counsel or his friends, the Lord finally tried to set him on a better path in working through all that he suffered.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to read through chapters 38 through 42 in Job. Look for what the Lord said to Job and what Job learned in the process. If you have faced a great trial that has lead to despair like Job, consider the Lord's words as directed to you. Then look back in first Kings 19 and consider how Job's conclusions in chapter 42 may have helped Elijah in what he faced.
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