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Category Archives: Depression
Depression – a balanced understanding
This is a good time to revisit and better understand the dark shadows of depression that creep over the souls of many. Continue reading
Posted in 18 Year factor, Depression, Despair, discouraged, Discouragement, Doctor, Holistic ministry, Loss, Medicine, Psychology, Sadness, Suicide, Wisdom
Tagged Death, Depression, Despair, loneliness, lonely, loss of hope, Suffering, Suicide, winter blues
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Remedy for discouragement
Gratitude is the one of the best remedies to discouragement. “What I have found is that the rhythm of divine renewal beats in the pulse of a purposefully grateful heart” (Ellen Vaughn, Radical Gratitude). I need divine renewal when my heart … Continue reading
Loneliness
Encouragement for difficult times… Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Depression, discouraged, Discouragement
Tagged anxious, Depressed, Discouraged, lonely
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Great leaders battle depression
Should the power of depression be more than ordinary, do to think that all is over with your usefulness. Continue reading
Posted in 18 Year factor, Christian Counselor, Counseling, Depression, Despair, discouraged, Discouragement, Encouragement, Loss, Sadness, Suicide
Tagged Depression, Despair, disappointment, feeling discouraged, fighting depression, Grief, hope for depressionn, loneliness, lonely, Loss, sad, Sadness
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Normal sadness or depressive disorder?
Have we lost our ability to distinguish biologically based depression from normal sadness? Continue reading
Allured by love
He promises to draw us apart, for there he can best deal with us, and this separated place is not to be a Paradise, but a wilderness, since in such a place… Continue reading
Posted in Depression, Despair, Disciple-making, Discipleship, discouraged, Discouragement, Doubt, Fear of death, Glorify God, God, God as Potter, God's Heart, God's Love, God's Protection, God's Will, Godly sorrow, Questioning God, Seeking God, Spiritual disciplines, Suffering, Trials, Walking with God, Will of God
Tagged doubting God, God's ways not our ways, hard times, Questioning God, struggling, temptations, Trials
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Finding our way out of despondency
He became so despondent that he sat down under a tree and prayed to die. ‘I have had enough, Lord,’ he said. ‘Take my life” Continue reading
Posted in Depression, discouraged, Discouragement, Elijah, Fear, feeling hopeless, Sadness, Suicide
Tagged afraid, Anxiety, despondent, Discouraged, want to die
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When life feels difficult
I’ve often asked God for green pastures and still waters. God has been faithful to provide times of rest and refreshment. Continue reading
Posted in 18 Year factor, Depression, discouraged, Doubt, personal, Personal thoughts, Questioning God, Suffering, Trials
Tagged confused about God, difficulty, setbacks, struggles, Suffering, Trials
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The human will and the findings of Neuroscience
Sometimes life is not easily reduced to raw choosing. If we treat people only as volitional beings, we fail to relate to them based on the Imago Dei and the human fall from it. One must consider matters related to nurture and nature when addressing complex issues of life in this world. Continue reading
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