6. Prayer and Depression (Psalm 42)
Anxiety and depression are skyrocketing, especially among younger Americans. But through God, depression doesn't have to have the last word. Psalm 42 is a psalm written by a depressed person. But instead of bowing to his depression, the psalmist reminds his soul in the darkness of the truths he learned in the light. Refusing either to ignore his pain or to treat it as ultimate reality, the psalmist instead takes his pain to God, trusting that even in the dark valley of depression God will meet him in grace and love.