The depression is not a bad that we can ignore, because, literally, deprive us of the precious life that God wants us enjoy.

Since the first time that was diagnosed, more than 2.500 years ago, hasn’t been able to eliminate the torment that produce and affect so many people, provoking deep havoc in their life. For many experts in this matter, depression cause a bigger suffering that any sickness.

Unable to face the different problems that we are exposed daily, our delicate system doesn’t resist and retreats from reality to defend and shelter, producing often a depressive state that doesn’t allow us to “come out properly”.

One of the major causes of the depression is that we feel separate form the other People. This feeling leaves us without force and without the mood necessary to face the life.

The same happens to our relationship With God. Wanting to live our lives without God’s direction, we parted from Him, and move away from His love.

God, sending His Son Jesus Christ to die for us, clearly showed that he loves us. He suffers to see us suffer and he hurts when we are dejected and depressed by the heavy burdens of life.

The perfect love of God lifts us up, encourages us and inspires us to trust Him above all things. Not that, suddenly, our lives will be free of problems, but we will have the confidence and strength to live because we are sure that God is with us.

One of the best therapy for a depressed person is to study the Scriptures, the Word of God.It isn’t light reading, but a serious study of the Bible.

By doing this, people keep your mind off the depression and what is most important, is face to face with the many and firms promises of God and discover how God’s love motivates us to grow.

Having Jesus as the center of our lives, as a central driver of the same, we have no danger of falling into depression, because Christ illuminates our lives, giving us life in abundance, because He tells us:

“I’m the light of the world; whoever follows me will never walk in darkness.”

(John 8.12)

(Article taken from the brochure CPTLN-Chile, “The Depression”. To read more, request your free brochure)