Here is a brief summary on the book by Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones called "Spiritual Depression", which was recommend by my pastor as I have been struggling with my hand injury as well as other personal issues for the last two months.
We human being suffer depression from time to time, and most of the time we will get over it as time goes by. However depression caused by a sudden illness, death, or relationship breakdown can scars us for a long period, sometimes for the rest of our life.
But how can us Christian suffer from this kind of deep depression, why are we unhappy when we holds our future salvation in our Lord Jesus Christ. Well, the cause of all this is our unbelief, and lack of faith.
Dr Lloyd-Jones (a trained medical physician himself) provided a quite detail analysis of the difference between the view on our inner self from the secular world and through the biblical view, in which he divided in to sins, regrets, fear of future, feeling, work, disciple, trials....
He point out most of the spiritual depression are cause by not having a good grounding on scripture, and lacking a Christ centred mind when comes to term with crisis.
The best cure is to learn how to walk with God, and live as a Christian wholeheartedly, with conviction and confidence in order to receive the joy from peace with God.
I can do all things through him who strengthens me. - Philippians 4:13
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