Clinging to God Through the Pain of Depression (Part 1 of 2)
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Sarah Robinson struggled with suicidal ideation and depressive thoughts that plagued her soul. Sarah shares her story of clinging to Christ and gives practical help to those in need. (Part 1 of 2)
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| 0:00.0 | Hey parents, parent here, if you're searching for Biblical and practical tips for your kid's |
| 0:05.1 | specific age, you know with all that extra time you have, well you can stop. |
| 0:09.8 | Focus on the family has weekly age and stage emails that bring the tips to you. |
| 0:14.3 | Each week I get an email for my son that I can read on my phone and put directly into |
| 0:17.9 | practice. |
| 0:18.9 | No more sifting through junk on the internet. |
| 0:21.0 | I can focus my time on being intentional. |
| 0:23.9 | It's easy, visit mykidsh.com, add your kids age, and get to parenting better. |
| 0:29.4 | Jesus is God with us, he's a manual. |
| 0:34.2 | He's going to be with me in my suffering. |
| 0:37.3 | And he's not going to bail on me, he's not going to leave, he doesn't lie to me, and |
| 0:42.2 | so no matter how dark it gets, even if I make my bed in the pit of hell, he's going |
| 0:47.5 | to be right there with me. |
| 0:50.8 | What a powerful statement of faith coming from Sarah Robinson as she describes her struggle |
| 0:55.7 | with depression and suicidal thoughts. |
| 0:58.8 | She's joining us today on focus on the family. |
| 1:01.6 | Your host is focus president and author Jim Daly, I'm John Fuller, and let me note that |
| 1:06.7 | this program does contain some mature themes, and so please use your headphones or earbuds |
| 1:11.4 | or listen later online or by using our app. |
| 1:15.2 | John, we speak sometimes about having a dry spell in life, but sometimes the struggle |
| 1:19.8 | is more serious. |
| 1:22.0 | Many people experience an intense depression and pain that wreaks havoc on their mental |
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