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Bipolar Disorder Mood Swings Mania and Manic-Depression
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW We all have mood swings. Sometimes on rainy days we may feel gloomy, and on bright cloudless mornings we often wake up with energy and…
What Does it Take to Change?
How does God grow and change us while we live here on earth? What has Christ given to help me with that tough conversation with my spouse last Tuesday night?…
Can People Really Change
Can people really change—not just on the surface, but deep down? Paul Tripp: Not only can people change, they do. Jesus came so that human beings who were stuck would…
Counterfeit Hopes Five Myths About Change
We live in a culture of false promises—a world that promises us we can avoid chaos, live in freedom, and keep our own agenda and pride intact. When you are…
Beating Depression as a Stay-at-Home Mom
A friend of mine has worked almost her whole life. Even in elementary school she helped her parents keep their restaurant going. So it was quite a shock to her…
Depression: God Is Not Silent When We Suffer
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Never has so much been crammed into one word. Depression feels terrifying. Your world is dark, heavy, and painful. Physical pain, you think, would be…
When It Seems Like God Has Abandoned You
You have heard it said that there are no atheists in foxholes. During times of intense crisis, many people who have never had a religious thought are suddenly, with all…
Helping Your Child Avoid the Pornography Trap
Dennis and Barbara Rainey Developing your child’s convictions about pornography will take many different forms. We’ve gone to junior high and high school to talk to teachers who have asked…
Feeling Lost in the Middle of Your Life
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW When we are young, we think like an astronaut; we are always looking up and out. With the majority of life before us, we act…
Where Is God When You Hurt?
1997 was a difficult year for us. Life plowed into us and hit us broadside, gradually taking its toll over a matter of months. In 1996 Gary’s dad died. Processing…
How Do I Escape the Trap of Pornography in My Life?
Pornography has become one of the most destructive forces in our culture today. Never has it been so widespread … and never has it been so easy to find. What…
Grief Finding Hope in the Darkness
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Nothing is more shocking, emotional, or final than the death of a loved one. Facing the death of someone you love—a child, a spouse, a…
How to Lose Your Wife
by Anonymous Note: FamilyLife received the following e-mail, and we were so moved by this story (written by a man who will remain anonymous) that we wanted to pass…
Help for Addicts
When your allegiance is to something other than God, you will simultaneously feel both in control and out of control.
Our Daily Temptations
Our culture has become so sexualized over the past few decades that it’s easy to become hardened by the number of images and temptations that bombard us each day. Walk…
Help for the Caregiver
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW George is not the same man he used to be. A year ago he had a stroke that partially paralyzed him. Not only did the…
Pornography and the Integrity of Marriage
R. Albert Mohler, Jr. Rightly understood and rightly ordered, marriage is a picture of God’s own covenantal faithfulness. Marriage is to display God’s glory, reveal God’s good gifts to His creatures,…
Help for the Suicidal
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Are you having suicidal thoughts and feelings? Perhaps you are convinced that life is not worth living. You feel like your world is collapsing in…
Pornography Was Killing Our Marriage
I found my dad’s stash of pornographic magazines in the basement of our home. I was only 7 years old. Like any kid, I was curious. But that initial curiosity…
Help for Those Grieving a Suicide
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Someone you know has committed suicide. And now you are facing a very hard, dark reality. You feel rocked, hurt, betrayed, and confused. You are…
Self Centered Sex
Editor’s Note: On the October 26, 2003 “FamilyLife Today” web-only audio Dennis Rainey mentions that Joshua Harris’ book Not Even a Hint gives practical ideas for dealing with masturbation. Following…
How Do I Deal with My Guilt
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Do you ever feel guilty? Guilt feels terrible. What you did keeps playing and replaying in your mind, and you are filled with regret and…
Taking A Stand Against Pornography in Your Home
It is extremely important for you as a parent to discover and disarm the pornography traps that await your child. But the ultimate and best action we can take against…
Living With an Angry Abusive or Violent Spouse
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW It shouldn’t happen. You married someone you trusted, and you gave yourself to that person. How could it be that the person you once trusted with…
What Is Hugh Hefner’s Legacy?
I confess that my first impulse on learning about the death of Hugh Hefner was neither sympathetic nor merciful. The day of a man’s death is not the day for…
Living with Debilitating Fatigue
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW After my heart surgery, I told my wife, “I feel like someone who took his car in for repairs. The car I got back turned…