Category Archives: Anxiety

When we feel vulnerable and weak

Posted on January 10, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

How to face the vulnerability of living, suffering, and dying in a finite, fragile and fallen world. Continue reading →

Posted in Anxiety, Defeat?, discouraged, Discouragement, Fear, Fear of death, feeling hopeless, J. I. Packer | Tagged II Corinthians 12, power in weakness, thorn in the fleash | Leave a comment

Anxiety loses!

Posted on November 21, 2021 by Wisdomforlife

Total, Total, Total attack on anxiety! Continue reading →

Posted in Anxiety, Christian Counselor, Counseling, Fear, Peace, Worry | Tagged Anxiety, Fear, Peace, Philippians 4:7, Worry | Leave a comment

The science of hope

Posted on May 16, 2021 by Wisdomforlife

Intriguing look at hope and science. Hope is real, proven by science, and willpower is the switch (The right stimulus) that triggers this amazing ability to change for the better… Continue reading →

Posted in 18 Year factor, Anxiety, Depression, Despair, feeling hopeless, Hope?, Neuroscience, Science | Tagged Despair, hope and the brain, loss of hope, power of hope, science of hope | Leave a comment

Four servants of God who battled fierce despair

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Wisdomforlife

Four servants of God. Each one reached an extremely low point in life. All of them felt that life was no longer worth living. Continue reading →

Posted in Abuse, Addiction, Anger, Anxiety, Assurance, Bitterness, Broken Relationships, Call to ministry, Character, Childhood trauma, Christian life, Comfort, Complaceny, Conceit, Conflict, Contentment, Crisis, Depression, Despair, discouraged, Discouragement, Divine Lottery, Doubt, Elders, elders in the Church, Emerging Leaders, Emotions, Encouragement, Failure, Faith, Fear, feeling hopeless, Freedom, God's Patience, God's Heart, God's Love, Grace, Gratitude, Grieving, Hope?, Kindness, Leadership, Life of a pastor, Loss, marriage problems, Meaning of life, Mercy, Middle life, Mind Renewal, Nihilism, Pain, Pastors, personal, Praise, Prayer, purpose, Questioning God, Repentance, Sadness, Seeking God, Selfishness, Spiritual Detox, Spiritual inventory, Spiritual transformation, Suffering, Suicide, Temptation, Trials, Truth, Victory, Walking with God, Will of God, Wisdom, Worship | Tagged burn out, Despair, Discouraged, feeling lost, helpless, hopeless, loss of perspective, spiritual exhaustion, Suicide | 1 Comment

The expanded role of medical doctors

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Wisdomforlife

Although doctors are primarily charged with caring for physical health, over the last three to four decades, doctors have been called to take the role that was once reserved for a different profession. Continue reading →

Posted in ADHD, Anxiety, Biopsychology, Christian Counselor, Counseling, Depression, Despair, Doctor, Holistic ministry, Medicine, Neuroscience, Psychology, Social work, sociology, Wisdom | Tagged Anxiety, holistic treatment of patients, medical doctors at risk, new difficulties for medical doctors, pharmachology, role of medicine for depression | 1 Comment

How does it feel to be so rich?

Posted on November 17, 2017 by Wisdomforlife

Do you think of yourself as one of the wealthiest people of human history? The facts about wealth should challenge the way most of us think and live. Continue reading →

Posted in Andy Stanley, Anxiety, Belief, Character, Chesterton, Confession, Gay, George Beverly Shea, Graduates | Tagged feeling discontent, how to get rich, rich people, Statistics on wealth, wealthy people | 1 Comment

Feeling discouraged?

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Wisdomforlife

We all know what it is like to feel discouraged. Take a moment and consider four recommendations for times of discouragement. Continue reading →

Posted in Anxiety, Assurance, Burnout, Christian worldview, Comfort, Defeat?, Depression, Despair, discouraged, Discouragement, Encouragement, Eternal life, Eternal security, Fear, Fear of death, God's Love, Grieving, Hope?, Mercy | Tagged feeling defeated, Feeling depressed, feeling discouraged, feeling down, Feeling hopeless, what to do when discouraged | 1 Comment

How to overcome a condemning heart

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Wisdomforlife

Assurance of our standing before God is not a static propositional truth to believe. Assurance is experienced in the active transformed life of Christlike love. Following the example of what Jesus did for us through acts of sacrificial love is a strong means for assuring our heart before God. Continue reading →

Posted in Anxiety, Assurance, Eternal life, Eternal security, Peace, Salvation, Security of salvation, Wisdom | Tagged assurance of my salvation, doubt about my standing with God, Overcoming guilt | 1 Comment

The anxiety we feel in death

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Wisdomforlife

Our Creator did not allow death to have the final word. Life in our present physical bodies is not our only existence. Continue reading →

Posted in Afraid to die, Afterlife, Anxiety, Assurance, Atheism, Comfort, Death, Eternal life, Fear of death, Jesus Christ | Tagged afraid to die, Death, Fear of Death, Heaven, life after death, Resurrection | 1 Comment

Discouragement – a “dis” on courage

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Wisdomforlife

We cannot adequately encourage those who have lost perspective without discouraging them from a frame of mind that binds them to their discouragement. (Read it again).

Getting out of the fog of despondency often requires a little loving admonishment. Caring friends will cross this line with love and sensitivity when they sense we need a better perspective. Continue reading →

Posted in Anxiety, Attitude, Bitterness, Christian Counselor, Christian life, Christian worldview, Comfort, Complaceny, Complaining, Confession, Counseling, Depression, Despair, Discouragement, Encouragement, Faith, Holistic ministry, Joy | Tagged Counseling, dealing with discouragement, Depression, Despair, Discouraged | 4 Comments