The number of people suffering from anxiety and depression continues to rise in the United Kingdom. There are six million people experiencing either depression or anxiety just in the UK, according to the most recent data from Psychiatric Morbidity Survey. “Historians will probably call this present era in the Western World that we are living …
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. —Isaiah 26:3 (ESV) “As our nation prepares for the worst, our prayers are with those who are suffering as a result of the coronavirus,” Franklin Graham posted on Facebook Thursday. “There are those who are sick, those who have lost family …
Are fear and anxiety about the coronavirus paralysing your friends and family? Are you wondering how this global pandemic will end? The people who lived in Bible times were no strangers to trials. But many were also well-acquainted with the character of God—a loving, protecting Father quick to console His people. He comforted them then and comforts us …
For millions around the world, the coronavirus is bringing day-to-day routines to a halt. As we face an unpredictable future, what’s something tangible you can do in response? Franklin Graham shared the following thoughts Monday on Facebook. Many years ago, the great writer and theologian A.W. Tozer made this profound statement, “A scared world needs a …
“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” —Lamentations 3:22-23 Sometimes the world seems hopeless. With the frightening onslaught of the coronavirus affecting multiple facets of people’s lives, one can easily fall into a tailspin of anxious thoughts. Where’s all the good news? “My hope does …
“My mother didn’t have a very happy life, and now that she’s gone I wonder what kind of a life she’s having in Heaven. Is she happy and free from worries, or is she still kind of depressed and anxious? I worry about this.
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“I know the Bible says we shouldn’t worry, but isn’t that a bit unrealistic? I could name a dozen things I worry about every day, and they aren’t going to go away just because I hope they will, or because I pray they will.
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“Is it a sin for me to take medicine for depression? I worry about this, because someone in my church said that if we’re right with God we won’t be depressed. The medicine really helps me, but I need to know if I’m doing something wrong.”
“My husband says I’m a worry wart, but I can’t help worrying about all the things that might go wrong. The world is a pretty scary place, and a lot can happen. Am I wrong to be concerned?
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Unexpected events—whether they’re personal catastrophes, regional storms like the deadly tornadoes in Nashville or the rapid, global spread of the coronavirus—can prompt us to pause and wonder what God is doing. Is He trying to tell us something? Billy Graham encountered questions like these during his six-plus decades of ministry, and his Bible-based answers still ring true today. …
This article was originally written in 1962. Unspoiled and unsoiled, the new year lies before us—365 days of golden opportunity. We stand at the dividing of two streams; one called Yesterday, and the other, Tomorrow. We know every bend and every turn in the river Yesterday, but the river Tomorrow stretches out into an unknown …
Nowhere does the Bible teach that Christians are to be exempt from the tribulations and natural disasters that come upon the world. It does teach that the Christian can face tribulation, crisis, calamity and personal suffering with a supernatural power that is not available to the person outside of Christ. Thousands of Christians have learned …