Cures for Depression -
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So what are the causes of depression?
First of all, there may be physical causes for depression. For example, if you are going through menopause and find yourself depressed, there may be specific physical imbalances, or problems in your body that are causing your depression. Please visit my page on menopause depression for more details.If the cause of your depression is physical, herbal remedies for depression may also provide the cures for depression you need.
However, a second and perhaps more important cause of depression is not physical but spiritual. We were created as spiritual beings, but for many people that spiritual side is dead, not alive.
If you are spiritually dead, depression is a natural result. You are longing for spiritual life! You can deaden the symptoms of that longing by taking antidepressant drugs, but that approach will never truly deal with the problem. If, on the other hand you deal with the problem of spiritual death, and find spiritual life, your depression will probably become a thing of the past.
Please don't misunderstand me, I'm not saying all your problems will disappear. What I am saying is that you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free. In our world today many people want to pretend that you can't know truth, or that truth is relative, but nothing could be further from the truth.
When I taught school, I used to say to my students, "Reality is not changed by what you believe about it, but your actions will be."
If we believe lies, we will act as though they were truth, but that will not change the facts. A lie is always a lie.
Depression is many times a symptom of basing your life and actions on lies. In that case the cures for depression are found by learning to base you life on the truth instead of those lies.
Spiritual Cures for Depression
If your depression has a spiritual cause, you will only find the cure for your depression when you deal with the spiritual cause.I referred to one cause in the previous section. Without spiritual life, you will always be prone to depression because you have a built in longing for spiritual life. I've heard preachers put it this way, "You have a hole in your heart that only God can fill."
We have tried to find and use all kinds of things as substitutes for the relationship with God we were created to have, but nothing else will truly provide the cure. For more specific information about this visit my page on Spiritual Health or if you'd rather, feel free to contact me directly either through email or by phone.
But maybe you're reading this page and saying, I know I have spiritual life, but I'm still depressed. I don't doubt for a moment that you're telling me the truth.
Christ said "I came to give life -- life in all its fullness." But many Christians today instead of having fullness of life, struggle with depression.
If you are in that situation, there is hope for you too, but you won't find it in psychotherapy, or in antidepressants. You will find it in the Word of God.
Just because you know Christ doesn't mean you may not be living your life based, at least in part, on lies. In second Corinthians chapter 4, verse 4 the Holy Spirit through Paul tells us, "The devil who rules this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe." Just as the unsaved are blinded to the truth of God's plan of salvation, many Christians are blinded to God's plan for fullness of life.
Satan has blinded us to many truths of God's Word through the media and the worldly culture we live in. Many of us, who call ourselves Christians, know more about the stars of Hollywood than we do about the truth of God's Word. When this is the case, we frequently live our lives by the lies of the world instead of by the Truth of God.
Any time our lives are based on lies, depression will be a frequent symptom.
Christ said, "If you love me, you will obey my commands", yet many people who call themselves Christians don't think God has the right to tell them what to do! If you live by that lie, don't be surprised if you struggle with depression.
What is the cure?
Learn the truth of God's Word and live by it.
That sounds easy, but it isn't, it is a life long project. Learn to love the Lord and obey Him. Walk in the light of His Word. As you do that, the darkness of depression will disappear.
When you fail to do that, (and we all do from time to time) follow God's remedy for forgiveness and restoration found in I John 1:9. "But if we confess our sins, He will forgive our sins, because we can trust God to do what is right. He will cleanse us from all the wrongs we have done."
When we have been cleansed, we no longer need to feel guilty and hopeless because we know we are right with God again.
God's formula for success in life is given in Joshua chapter one, verse eight. Learn that verse by memory and then spend time thinking about it.
After that, start doing what it tells you to do. It won't make your problems go away, but it will enable you to overcome them.
Conclusion:
If you are depressed, you need help.If the cause of that depression is physical, then natural remedies or herbal remedies will provide the cures for depression you need.
On the other hand, if the cause of your depression is spiritual, all the physical remedies in the world will only provide a short term fix.
The cures for depression depend on the cause of depression. Depression caused by physical problems are cured by physical supplements.
But, if the depression is caused by spiritual problems, either spiritual death, blindness, or disobedience, only fixing those problems can provide lasting cures for depression.
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