All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and trainingin righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God[a] may be thoroughly equipped for everygood work”. 2 Tim All Scripture is inspired by God[a] and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, forcorrecting, for training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be complete,equipped for every good work. 2 Tim This means God’s word is appropriate for any and every situation that we face:• It is breathed out by Him therefore it is legit – not man theories• Profitable for teaching – useful tool in teaching us about all things on earth• It rebukes us – our thinking needs to be confirmed to God’s word Romans Proverbs • It corrects us – because our ways are foolish and only the word can truly convict us• It is useful for training in righteousness – not secular or man’s thinking/ opinions/ waysSo based on that foundation we now turn to our topic todayDefinition of depression:Jay Adams:...[Depression is] a cyclical process in which the initial problem is mishandled in such a way thatit is enlarged in downward ... spirals that eventually plunge one into despair..... The downward cycle enslaves one in hopelessness and guilt, thus bringing a slowing downor cessation of activity, called depression. (The Christian Counselor's Manual, 375)We were created in the image of God (Gen 1: 27; Col. reliable and untainted with sin, it is ever the same and trustworthy. Our emotions are thereflection of our thoughts, motivations and desires. They follow our thinking. Most of the time ourthinking is false, corrupt, fallen because of what happened in the garden.Wayne Mack gives us a quick breakdown of different types of depression:Mild depression or “normal sadness” is the kind that most of us experience when somethingprecious is lost (Hodges 2012:Chapter 5; Mack this response at this time as it is appropriate to the occasion. Moreover, this kind of sadnessdoes not result in the loss of hope (1 Thessalonians Moderate depression results from a sinful response to sadness (Mack circumstances rather than on God and His Word. In the Bible, we see many examples of menand women who in their depression were controlled by sinful patterns of thinking, feeling andacting, tempting them to submit to their feelings and nearly abandon hope (see Moses inNumbers Severe depression “is a permanent spirit of heaviness or gloom that affects, controls, anddominates every area of a person’s life” (Mack helpful in describing the total effect that this kind of depression can have on a person – on theirbody, emotions, actions, thoughts, motives, speech and so on. And Elijah’s hopelessness as aconsequence of his circumstance in 1 Kings 19 is a hallmark of severe depression.