“Spiritual Depression” By Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Summaries to Encourage, Edify, and Bless

(Recap and Series Introduction: Part 1 | Part 2) | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 )

Chapter 12 The Spirit of Bondage

Romans 8:15-17

This passage is one of the most magnificent statements in Scripture. 

“Spiritual Depression” By Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Summaries to Encourage, Edify, and Bless

(Recap and Series Introduction: Part 1 | Part 2) | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 )

Chapter 8 Feelings

2 Timothy 1:6

            Feelings brings many Christians to their pastors to address depression. 

“Spiritual Depression” By Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Summaries to Encourage, Edify, and Bless

(Recap and Series Introduction: Part 1 | Part 2) | Part 3 | Part 4 )

Chapter 7 Fear of the Future

2 Timothy 1:7

            Not only are there countless ways that spiritual depression can manifest in a believer’s life,

“Spiritual Depression” By Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Summaries to Encourage, Edify, and Bless

(see prior week for introduction)

Chapter 2  The True Foundation

            Romans 3:28 “Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law”

Why should we care about the bodies which convey our eternal souls about this world?  Won’t they be renewed in heaven anyway?  Aren’t we supposed to focus on the eternal things rather than worldly things? 

            Romans 8:29
could be used to argue that we are to focus our energies on spiritual
transformation so that we can be made into the likeness of Christ as could
other verses urging spiritual transformation. 

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Psalm 136

“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,

for his steadfast love endures forever.

Give thanks to the God of gods,

for his steadfast love endures forever.

Give thanks to the Lord of lords,

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Psalm 92

“The righteous flourish like the palm tree

and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

They are planted in the house of the Lord;

they flourish in the courts of our God.

They still bear fruit in old age;

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“When I remember God, I moan; when I meditate, my spirit faints.

You hold my eyelids open; I am so troubled that I cannot speak.” (Ps. 77:3-4) (ESV)

Have you ever felt such overwhelming sorrow?  More than likely,

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I don’t know about you but when I read that Moses, “the man of God”, wrote this particular prayer it causes me to take notice (superscript of Psalm 90). What themes does Moses stress in this prayer? A few spring from the page.

Theme One: Transcendence.