I’m Adopted

I’m Adopted – “I still struggle with depressive cycles. At times, I still feel unwanted, unloved and discardable. At times, I’m triggered by events and people in my present that reinforce the trauma of my past. And yet, God is faithful.”

Unburden Your Soul To God

Unburden Your Soul To God – “Prayer is the means God has given us for unburdening our souls. This is important to consciously, biblically affirm. Otherwise, we may feel weighed down with anxiety, with guilt, with discouragement, or with sorrow and yet have no solution for these soul burdens.”

Contributing Factors to a Crushed Spirit According to Proverbs

Contributing Factors to a Crushed Spirit According to Proverbs – Proverbs provides insight into the crushed spirit and relief for those crushed.

How to Get Up When You’d Rather Not

How to Get Up When You’d Rather Not – Here are some helpful truths for those suffering under despondency and depression.

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Are You Afraid of the Dark? – This refers to the darkness of fear, discouragement, doubt, and depression.

How Can I Get Out of My Bad Mood?

How Can I Get Out of My Bad Mood? – “We look to God and not ourselves, we turn away from self-pity to serve others. We endeavor to stop thinking of ourselves and think more on Jesus Christ and his Cross because it is there that we find the answer to our sorrows and pain.”

The Hardest Season of All: How to Fight for Joy in Winter

The Hardest Season of All: How to Fight for Joy in Winter – “Why do so many people feel crushed after the holidays? Why are so many people hurt, sad, angry, and confused coming off a season usually marked by joy, peace, and anticipation?”

How God Helped Me Cope with Depression

How God Helped Me Cope with Depression – “All around us are people in silent pain because of something in their nagging past, their anguishing present, or their dreaded future.”

How to Despair Well

How to Despair Well – “The question in David’s heart in Psalm 13 is the question in the hearts of many in times of testing: How long, Lord? Have you forgotten us? Have you left us? When will this end? Will it ever stop?”

Five Things to Say to Help a Depressed Christian

Five Things to Say to Help a Depressed Christian – “Here are five things you can say to help a friend who is struggling.”

 

Sometimes I Need a Sunrise

Sometimes I Need a Sunrise – “The trouble with discouragement is that you can set up camp there in complete obscurity and isolation. If you don’t call out for help, you might just stay for a while.”

When the World Weighs Heavy

When the World Weighs Heavy – “I don’t watch the evening news, but I’m still flooded with the sometimes unspeakable suffering across our globe.”

 

Leading in Lament

Leading in Lament – “What’s your knee-jerk reaction to frustrations and hardships? When things don’t happen as planned, I think we tend to default to three responses.” God has a better plan.

When the Troubles of My Heart Are Enlarged

When the Troubles of My Heart Are Enlarged – “We may not be able to identify with the reason David felt desperate, but we sure can identify with desperation. And as we pray in our desperate situations, what are we asking God for? Is there a deeper reason than just our desired outcome?”

Three Practical Ways to Battle Depression

Three Practical Ways to Battle Depression – While there are many issues and tools to consider, these are three simple approaches that will likely help.

What to Do When Life is Miserable

What to Do When Life is Miserable – “So what do we do when life is miserable? What did Paul and Silas do? They reached into a miserable, painful, hopeless situation in the dead of night with prayers and songs.”

God Hears Tears as Well as Prayers

God Hears Tears as Well as Prayers – The last part of Hagar’s story is full of hope for every person who feels emotionally abandoned or spiritually wounded. Hagar discovered that she was deeply loved by God.”

How to Pray When You’re Feeling Depressed

How to Pray When You’re Feeling Depressed – “Let me give you five phrases to guide you in the what of prayer.”

How to Pray When You’re Feeling Anxious or Depressed

How to Pray When You’re Feeling Anxious or Depressed – David Murray provides counsel on praying through difficulties like anxiety and depression.

You’re Not Alone in the Cave

You’re Not Alone in the Cave – “I think it’s fair to say that the presence of Psalm 88 in the Bible was a key factor in my reviving confidence that God had not socially distanced himself from me or his broken world.”