"As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God." (Psalm 42:1) How often do you feel sad? Sadness can be a fleeting feeling in the middle of a busy day, or it can overwhelm us for weeks and months. We're going to talk about sadness (or depression or "feeling down") this week -- but we're not going to talk about how to fix it.

"And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption." (Ephesians 4:30) Jesus makes it clear that Christians should behave differently from everyone else -- how you should be able to tell on the outside that we're not normal. But the huge idea is that we're really different on the inside. At the moment you were saved, God placed His Spirit inside of you permanently.