Prayables | why so many more kids are depressed today

Published: Sat, 03/26/16

 
The three grand essentials of happiness are:
Something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for.

Saturday March 26, 2016
THE WEEK IN BLESSINGS
 
Worrying about things going wrong isn’t the way to make things right. May you be blessed with a stress-free state of mind. It takes a positive attitude, a can-do spirit, and actions that match, to turn a bad situation into a good one. Oh and another thing or two...there are times you can't make things right and you need to accept it as-is. Prayer is the perfect release for all your worries. 
Don't worry about it. Share a Daily Blessing instead. 
READ: God Thoughts
 
I just read three stunning sentences.

They made me stop and reflect on how they are calling to me. We were talking about “The Problem of God” in our class at Florida Atlantic University. We were asking, what does the word, God, mean? The problem is when people proudly say; "I don’t believe in God”, something inside me wants to respond and sometimes does: “Which God do you not believe in?” More often than not, I don’t believe in that God either... READ MORE
WATCH: Cheer for the Player of the Game  
 
Jake is a special little boy and during one amazing game, his teammates found a way to make him feel the joy of winning. WATCH NOW
LEARN: Why So Many Kids are Depressed
 
Something in modern life is undermining mental health. Specifically, something is undermining young people’s mental health.

We would like to think of history as progress, but if progress is measured in the mental health and happiness of young people, then we have been going backward at least since the early 1950s.

Researchers have a raft of explanations for why kids are so stressed out, from a breakdown in family and community relationships, to the rise of technology and increased academic stakes and competition. But there's another theory too...READ MORE
 
This week's favorite Bible quote is from Psalm 16:11
 "Lord You show me the path of life."  
 
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