Welcome back on this Friday.

Last time we were together on Wednesday, we looked at Psalm 77.

ASAP, the author of the Psalm, was deeply despondent.

So despondent.

He couldn't even sleep.

That's what he says in verse 4.

There are physical dimensions to despondency, and we're going to look at that today in

this episode and what to do when despondency hits.

It's another episode we recorded live in Nashville.

Here it is.

We got an email from an anonymous woman who asked this, Pastor John, hello in a previous

episode of this podcast back in 2018 in ABJ 1157.

You mentioned at the very end of the episode in a brief little mention, quote, the sin

of despondency, unquote.

I've never heard that before.

When you explain what that is, what is despondency and why is it considered a sin against God?

That's a necessary question because it could easily be misunderstood.

I went back and listened to it.

See what I really said.

What I said was I jog.

I said I jog to forget the verb I used, preempt or avoid or lessen my bent toward the

sin of despondency.

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