Today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.

The marriage fell apart.

Your kids didn't follow Jesus.

The business tanked.

And so you find yourself wondering,

God, I really thought I could see where all this was going.

God, did I do something wrong? God, are you even there? This is the experience that this passage deals with.

It's dealing with, listen to this, godly people getting depressed. Hello and welcome to Summit Life with Pastor J.D. Greer, I'm your host Molly Bitevich.

Today we're dealing with a serious issue here on the program. You know, the topic of

depression is stigmatized in a lot of Christian circles. We act as if believers are

just supposed to be happy-go-lucky all the time and we either ignore it entirely or we talk about

depression and hushed shameful tones. But today on Summit Life,

pastor and author J.D. Greer helps us discover the biblical response to Christians going

through depression. It's part of our study of the Prophet Elijah called

something better and we're picking up the story after Elijah's victory over

the prophets of bail on Mount Carmel.

Amazing to see that this topic turns up so soon after a huge victory, right?

So turn to First Kings 19 and let's join Pastor Jady for a message titled

When Godly People Get Depressed.

All right, I am not a huge fan of movies that have weird endings that don't really

resolve. I realize that some of you would lose respect for me on that and you're like oh but those movies are just so much more realistic and it's just better art because it's more like life.

I realize that but I don't go to movies to experience life, okay? I go to movies to take a break from life.

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