#55 Avoid sin _ _ _ _ Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If any one loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boostful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world (I john 2:15, 16, NASB). -..-..-..-..-..-..-..-..-..-..-..-..-..-..-..-..-..-..-..-..-..-..-..-..-..-..-.. The person who is depressed should ask himself what he is doing to make himself depressed. He may discover that he is living a life-style that is clearly against God. If that is the case, then he needs to stop doing those things, and ask God to forgive him for his past actions and attitudes. All humans have infeeriority feelings, and we tend to compensate for these feelings by yielding to the lust of the flesh (e.g., sexual sins), lust of the eyes (e.g., buying everything in site), or the pride of life (power struggles or status-seeking behavior). God wants us to accept the fact that in Him we find our own worth, and to quit using these foolish, immature, sinful, and worldly behavior patterns to compensate for false feelings of inferiority. They can result only in an ultimate lowering of self esteem and an increased rate of depression.
