The spiritual problems—perhaps more accurately, sin problems—frequently result in symptoms such as depression. It is rather interesting to find that a person who is full of self-pity—he has responded sinfully to the stimuli of life as did Asaph in Psalm 73:2–3, 12–14 (Could not the Christian in the Third World easily fall into the same sinful response?)-will eventually become depressed. In the process, his whole life falls into disarray and he ceases to perform his responsibilities. By dealing specifically
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