Need to talk? Power to Change offers a free mentoring program where you can talk privately with a trained mentor. This is supposed to be a season of joy and happiness, but many people don't feel it. Many people suffer from bouts of depression or the blues at different times during the year. During the holiday season people encounter...... >Read More

Tags: Christmas, Culture, depressed, depression, health, LIFE, lynette hoy, Men, mentor, mentoring, Women

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'Tis the season to be … gloomy? Feeling low this Christmas season?  You’re not alone.  Amid cheery songs, festive parties, gifts and good wishes, many lonely people are crying or dying on the inside.  Maybe you’re one of them.  I was. During a horrible year, my wife of 20 years divorced me, my employer of 25 years fired...... >Read More

Tags: becoming a christian, challenges & conflict, Christmas, Christmas blues, depression, divorce, faith & spirituality, God, grief, hardship & suffering, holiday, loneliness, lonely, Rusty Wright, Seasonal Affective Disorder

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Are you hiding behind secrets? Talk to us. "God is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance" (2. Peter 3:9) During my visit in Senegal, West Africa, my daughter and I went to see a dear Senegalese friend. Fatima had just returned from a trip to Mecca and was she ever excited! Her eyes... >Read More

Tags: addictions, Allah, believers, Bible, ceremonies, cross, depression, Devotional, Helen Grace Lescheid, Jesus, Ka’aba, loneliness, lost, Mecca, pride, Repentance, ritual, rote prayers, sacrifices, seeking, Senegal, West Africa, Women

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Do you struggle with the darkness of depression and find yourself without hope? We are here. Talk to us. “Why, O Lord, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?” (Psalm 10:1) On a whim, I stopped at a fast food restaurant to get a cold drink while dashing about with my to-do list... >Read More

Tags: anger, David, depression, despair, disturbing news, doubts, drive-through, email, fast food, grief, Julie Cosgrove, restaurant, trouble

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Do you struggle with the deep darkness of depression and find yourself without hope? We want to pray for you. “Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God” (Psalms 20:7). A few weeks ago I was flipping through the New Year’s edition of a popular sports magazine and... >Read More

Tags: accomplishments, All-American, bill strom, depression, Don Meredith, Egypt, Egyptians, Erica Glasberg, George Steinbrenner, John Wooden, LPGA golfer, physical conditioning, Prophet Isaiah, success, Successes, wealth

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What do you fear and why? Take this online study to think about it. Join us for our Daily Devotional Chat today in our Women’s Chatroom at 10:30 am EDT. Your heart is the well-spring of all of your life. It is the place from which your reactions, your attitudes, your actions all bubble up from.  All that you are... >Read More

Tags: anxiety, attitudes, confidence, depression, faith, fear, fearful, gail rodgers, Jesus, peace, reactions, stress, trust

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The smell of freshly baked gingerbread came from the kitchen and the lights on the tree glowed as I sat for a few minutes and enjoyed the moment. But it hasn’t always been this way. There was a time when I simply did not want to have Christmas at all. Just dragging the tree out and decorating the house left... >Read More

Tags: Bible, challenges & conflicts, Christmas, depression, God, hope, inspiration, Linda Rodgers, Women

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