An Open Letter to a Distressed Sufferer
Mike Emlet (article/letter)
While we can’t penetrate the mysteries of suffering, we can be sure of this: our gracious and strong Lifeguard will not let us be swept away.
How to Diagnose Your Discouragement
Christine Hoover (article)
In whatever you face – discouragement or something deeper – God is with you at every turn.
Grumbling in Paradise: How to Break Through Discontent
Scott Hubbard
(article) For the previous two years, I had wandered through a spiritual wasteland of discontentment, doubt, and morbid introspection. But on one summer day, it all changed...
The North Star for a Weary Heart
Jen Oshman
(Article) Many days I wake up and my first conscious thought is, It wasn’t supposed to be this way...
The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness
Tim Keller
A truly gospel humble person is not a self hating person or a self loving person, but a self forgetful person.
What Does the Bible Say About Self-Pity?
gotQuestions.org When we decide that life has not treated us as we have the right to be treated, self-pity is the result. Self-pity causes us to sulk and obsess over our hurts, real or perceived. At the heart of self-pity is a disagreement with God over how life—and He—has treated us.
Breaking the Power of Shame
Jon Bloom Here are three biblical portraits of people who tried to hide their shame in the wrong places. But the wonderful thing is that all three experienced God’s power to break shame’s hold over them and set them free. And this wonderful experience can also be ours.
The Downward Spiral of My Discontent
Melissa Kruger There’s a crack in my windshield. My husband and I are on edge with one another. My daughter has a cavity. My dog has an ear infection. The ice-maker stopped working last night. I find myself feeling Eeyore-like with a black cloud over my head and a target on my back...
14 Daggers that Help to Kill Worry
Paul Tautges Faith battles are fought in the mind. In other words, what we say to ourselves controls much of what we do, whether right or wrong, true or false, which is the fruit of what we believe. Therefore, counseling ourselves with pithy statements rooted in biblical truth is an exceedingly important, but oft-neglected discipline of the Christian life...
Regular Exercise & Depression
Paul Tautges In his new book Fit for the Master: Glorifying God in a Healthy Body, pastor and physical education enthusiast John Lehman cites a case study illustrating the importance of regular exercise and its benefit as one factor in fighting depressive moods...
Some Thoughts on the Sin of Anxiety
Paul Tautges In Matthew 6:25-34, Jesus provides extensive teaching on the subject of anxiety. Meditating on this passage of Scripture will renew our minds as we submit to God’s truth and feed our sometimes-feeble faith. We learn seven lessons from this passage...
Scriptures to Fight Anxiety
Paul Tautges As I war against the continuing influence of my depravity, one of the chief sins I wrestle with is anxiety. And the more I talk to other believers, the more I realize just how common this struggle is, which is not a surprise in light of 1 Corinthians 10:13. Whether it is worry over tomorrow’s provision, insecurity in our relationships...
Resources: Anxiety, Fear, Panic
Paul Tautges This resource list gives book suggestions and resources to help you counsel yourself and others who are dealing with anxiety, fear, and panic.
4 Ways to Battle Bitterness
Jen Wilkin A young woman asked me to meet with her recently to help her learn how to deal with bitterness. She had suffered harm at the hands of a fellow believer in the form of hurtful accusations and outright hypocrisy. Though months had gone by she found that bitterness toward this person kept creeping back into her thinking...
Christian Conflict: Five Ways to Fight It
Josh Squires I wish I never had to deal with conflict. I am a card-carrying conflict avoider. Whatever the reason (character, context, sin, etc). I would rather run away from conflict than take it head on. It wasn’t until I began my training as a counselor at nearly thirty-years-old that someone explained conflict didn’t always have to do damage...
3 Criteria of Righteous Anger
Paul Tautges One of the most common, ongoing struggles we face in our sanctification as believers is the area of anger. And one of the most common ways we mismanage our anger is by failing to distinguish between righteous and sinful anger, and response.