We left off in our last blog exploring how to biblically move from discouragement to praise. However, when the discouragement will not lift and there is a prolonged season of constant hopelessness and despair then you could be experiencing severe depression. Some...
The Bible speaks often about discouragement, despair and hopelessness. The word “depression” is not found in Scripture, but it should comfort us that many men and women of God, including Jesus, struggled with these troubling emotions. David, the man described as being...
“My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.” (Galatians 4:19–20) Paul is directly and passionately urging the Galatians to not be drawn...
Regardless of our political involvement or opinion regarding the events of the last forty-eight hours, we have all experienced a variety of emotional responses. These responses may include disbelief that this could be happening in America, skepticism that the facts...
Potential Energy is “the energy possessed by an object as a result of its position or condition rather than its motion.” A child at the top of a slide, snow on the top of a mountain, a parked car on the side of a hill … all examples of potential energy. These objects...
“Head knowledge without heart knowledge is worse than useless; but when the head and the heart join forces, it changes our lives forever.” - David Jeremiah During the Christmas season, Jesus Christ is mentioned in songs and displayed abundantly across social media and...
“If COVID doesn’t kill me, then the loneliness will.” This heartbreaking statement was made by a man in a nursing home who had not been able to see his loved ones for months. A close friend of ours has not been able to see her aged mother in a nursing home for over 7...
I was recently sharing our counseling ministry with a pastor friend and he asked this question: “What exactly is biblical counseling?” I appreciated his transparent honesty. How would you answer? If you do a quick internet search you will be bombarded with a variety...
