"Hope For The Depressed"
Strengthening Mental Health Series
June 10, 2018
Warm up
Do you find the weather affects your mood? If so, how?
Read 1 Kings 19:1-18
Message Recap
Main idea: God loves depressed people
Signs of depression: feelings of hopelessness and sadness, loss of perspective, change in physical activities, loss of self-esteem, social withdrawal, desire to escape, oversensitivity, change in thinking, anger, guilt, state of dependence.
How to care for a depressed person:
1. Ensure physical needs are met
2. Listen
3. Provide meaningful work
4. Inject spiritual truth
Questions for discussion
1. Have you ever had to care for someone with depression? Describe that experience.
2. Do you have or have you ever suffered from depression? What helped?
Application
- If someone in your Connect Group was depressed, what practical things do you think the group could do to help?
- Why do you think the grandmothers in Africa were more effective in treating depression than the professionals? What is the application of this for our church?
