When Darkness Will Not Lift...By John Piper

I found this book online-you can download it for free on Adobe. It's about fighting for joy-which I am seeking the Lord in right now. Joyfulness/contentment/anxiousness/fear have all been a struggle for me lately in various areas. He has another book that he has written regarding not having joy. Well this is taken from it as well. Click below on the "READ" this book online.

Interesting and encouraging book. Here is the description. Here is the website also.

When the Darkness Will Not Lift

Doing What We Can While We Wait for God—and Joy

Even the most faithful, focused Christians can encounter periods of depression and spiritual darkness when joy seems to stay just out of reach. It can happen because of sin, satanic assault, distressing circumstances, or hereditary and other physical causes. This book, which is an expansion of a chapter in When I Don't Desire God, aims to give some comfort and guidance to those experiencing spiritual darkness.

Readers will gain insight into the physical side of depression and spiritual darkness, what it means to wait on the Lord in a time of darkness, how unconfessed sin can clog our joy, and how to minister to others who are living without light. Piper uses real-life examples and sensitive narrative to show readers abundant reason to hope that God will pull them out of the pit of despair and into the light once again.

Read this book online (358KB PDF).