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Depression is not natural
You can feel the joy that's inherently yours.
Concern over depression among college students has gained a lot of attention in the press recently, leaving the impression that finding a clear and decisive cure is largely hopeless. Many who treat depressed patients do all they can to provide improvement through psychotherapy and prescribed drugs, but few offer hope of absolute freedom from feelings of dejection, stress, and loss. Yet complete healing is possible.
In the sidebar to this article, a woman discusses how she found freedom from severe depression solely through prayer. Instead of choosing a form of treatment that might foster a dependency on drugs, she opted to discover more of God and of herself as His perfectly balanced child. She acknowledged her spiritual inheritance of pure good and held to Jesus' promise that no one can be robbed of joy. As a result, she was healed of debilitating depression. The promise of complete freedom from this thief of happiness is available to anyone.

April 3, 2000 issue
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To Our Readers
Russ Gerber
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YOUR LETTERS
with contributions from Carolyn Gill, Ward R. Quincey
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items of interest
with contributions from Luis D. Leon, Michael Meehan
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Depression is not natural
By Colleen Douglass
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SEVERE DEPRESSION HEALED
Vicki A. Turpen
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Can I get to the church on time?
By Robert C. Lewis
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Learning from mistakes
By Clifford Kapps Eriksen
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Intelligence gaps? God can help
By Alma Chico Green
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Building on a stable foundation
By Judith H. Hedrick
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Every puppy has its place
By Sarah A. BRITTON
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Dear Sentinel
Ashley Schoenfeld
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Malignant tumor dissolved
Leonora Thuna
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Prayer heals severe knee pain
Hope B. Quartey-Papafio
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Child's injured arm and wrist quickly healed
Kenzie J. Jones
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God—our constant companion
By Robert A. Johnson
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Brothers, sisters, and strangers
William E. Moody