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Peace and Happiness

When we face complex problems, we may feel that happiness and inner peace are elusive. Yet, the Bible has helped countless people to cope with daily pressures, to ease their physical and emotional distress, and to find meaning and purpose in life. The Bible can help you to be happy too.

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Make Life Better​—Emotional Health

We benefit when we develop the strength to control our emotions.

AWAKE!

Make Life Better​—Emotional Health

We benefit when we develop the strength to control our emotions.

Coping With Tragedy

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Is Life Worth Living When Disaster Strikes?

When a Parent Dies

The Best Help for Those Who Grieve

What the Bible Says About Suffering

Suffering​—Is It Punishment From God?

How Can I Deal With Tragedy?

A Real Hope for a Better Tomorrow

A Glimpse Into a Wonderful Future

Will Terrorism Ever End?

What Should I Know About Sexual Assault?​—Part 2: Recovery

Does God Care About Our Suffering?

Why Does God Allow Suffering?

Why Did God Allow the Holocaust to Happen?

The End of Suffering Is at Hand!

Life Without Suffering—A Trustworthy Promise

When a Loved One Dies

When Tragedy Strikes—Loss of a Loved One

Coping With Grief​—What You Can Do Today

Is Life Worth Living When a Loved One Dies?

When Children Grieve

When Your Child Asks About Death

Hope for the Dead​—How Can You Be Sure?

Extreme Weather—Can the Bible Help You to Cope?

Coping With Natural Disasters

When Disaster Strikes​—Steps That Can Save Lives

What Does the Bible Say About Natural Disasters?

Philippines Typhoon​—Faith Conquers Adversity

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Physical and Mental Health

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How to Deal With Stress

Ways to Improve Your Health

How to Deal With a Sudden Health Problem

The Bible’s Viewpoint on Health

Disease​—How to Reduce the Risk

Attitude Makes a Difference!

Make Life Better​—Emotional Health

The Way of Happiness​—Physical Health and Resilience

Protect Yourself From Misinformation

Seven Keys to Food Safety and a Healthy Diet

How Can I Lose Weight?

Young People Talk About Healthy Lifestyles

How Can I Have a Balanced Diet?

Make Life Better​—Physical Health

How to Age Gracefully

Fresh Air and Sunshine—Natural “Antibiotics”?

Living With Chronic Illness—Can the Bible Help?

How to Help Those With Mental Health Challenges

Is Life Worth Living When You Have a Serious Illness?

What if I Have a Health Problem? (Part 1)

What if I Have a Health Problem? (Part 2)

What if I Have a Health Problem? (Part 3)

“I Refuse to Dwell On My Illness”

Finding Strength Out of Weakness

Jairo’s Eyes​—His Way to Serve God

Serving God Is His Medicine!

Living by Touch

Braille Bible—“Without It, I Would Feel Lost”

Jehovah Has Given Me More Than I Deserve

I Found Hope When I Needed It Most

What Does the Bible Say About Caregiving for Elderly Parents?

When Your Child Is Disabled

What if My Parent Is Sick?

When a Loved One Is Terminally Ill

When a Spouse Has Special Needs

Virus Outbreaks—What You Can Do

What You Should Know About Mental Disorders

Anemia​—Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

Diabetes—Can You Reduce Your Risk?

What You Should Know About Epilepsy

Gum Disease—Are You at Risk?

Food Allergy and Food Intolerance​—What’s the Difference?

What You Should Know About Malaria

Meeting the Challenges of Menopause

What Does the Bible Say About Depression?

Why Go On?

When Life Seems Unbearable

Teen Depression​—Why? What Can Help?

How Can I Avoid Negative Thinking?

Disturbing Decline in Teen Mental Health—What Does the Bible Say?

Why Do I Cut Myself?

How Can I Deal With Depression?

Can the Bible Help Me if I’m Depressed?

How Can the Bible Help Those With Suicidal Thoughts?

How to Control Worry

Anxiety in Men​—How the Bible Can Help

How to Deal With Isolation

How to Beat Pandemic Fatigue

How Can I Deal With Anxiety?

Can the Bible Help You to Deal With Anxiety?

What the Bible Says About Anxiety

Stress—Keys to Managing It

The Challenge: Overwhelming Demands

How Can I Prevent Burnout?

When Your Teenage Daughter Is Stressed Out

Am I a Perfectionist?

How to Deal With Change

How to Overcome Feelings of Insecurity

Can a Christian Accept Medical Treatment?

When a Loved One Is Sick

Medical Alternatives to Blood Transfusions

Blood Transfusions​—What Doctors Are Saying Now

Refusing Blood Transfusions Helps Witness Patients Do Better

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Employment and Money

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Are You Doing Too Much?

A Balanced View of Money

Hard Work​—Is It Outdated?

A World in Turmoil​—Protect Your Livelihood

Job Loss—Bible Principles That Can Help You to Cope

What the Bible Says About Work

How to Deal With Burnout

Is Money the Root of All Evil?

Make Life Better​—Financial Stability

What Does the Bible Say About Money?

The Way of Happiness​—Contentment and Generosity

Can Education and Money Guarantee a Secure Future?

Why Do We Buy?

Is a Fair Economic System Possible?

Three Things That Money Cannot Buy

Anxiety About Money

I Found True Riches

How to Live on Less

Young People Talk About Money

Money Problems and Debt—Can the Bible Help?

Managing Money

How to Control Spending

How Can I Control My Spending?

When You Must Return Home

Dealing With Debt

Should I Borrow Money?

Hope for the Homeless and the Poor

What the Bible Says About Poverty

Is a World Without Poverty Possible?

Does God Care for the Needy?

Immigration—Dreams and Realities

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Relationships

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Who Are My True Friends?

How Can People Make Peace?

How to Forgive

Make Life Better​—Family Life and Friendships

What Makes a Good Friend?

What’s a Real Friend?

How to Make Real Friends

Should I Expand My Circle of Friends?

How to Deal With Loneliness

Why Don’t I Have Any Friends?

What if I Don’t Fit In?

How to Leave Work “at Work”

How to Keep Technology in Its Place

What Should I Know About Online Photo Sharing?

Be Social-Network Smart

What Should I Know About Texting?

How to Show Texting Manners

Am I Ready to Date?

Is Flirting Harmless Fun?

Friendship or Romance?​—Part 1: What Signals Am I Receiving?

Friendship or Romance?​—Part 2: What Signals Am I Sending?

What Can I Expect From Marriage?​—Part 1

What Can I Expect From Marriage?—Part 2

What Should I Expect When Dating?

Is It Love or Infatuation?

What Does the Bible Say About Living Together Without Marriage?

Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Have Rules About Dating?

Dating​—Part 3: Should We Break Up?

What Is True Love?

When a Courtship Ends

Why Should I Apologize?

What Does the Bible Say About Anger?

What Is Forgiveness?

The Way of Happiness​—Forgiveness

What Is Prejudice?

Prejudice​—A Global Problem

Prejudice​—Are You Infected?

Tolerance—How the Bible Can Help

What Does the Bible Say About Racism?

How to Break the Cycle of Hatred​—Be Impartial

Prejudice​—Expand Your Circle of Friends

Is Racial Equality Only a Dream?—What Does the Bible Say?

A World Without Prejudice​—When?

Can Love Conquer Hatred?

I Wanted to Fight Injustice

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Habits and Addictions

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What Should I Know About Alcohol?

What Is God’s View of Smoking?

What if I’m Addicted to Pornography?

How to Harness Your Habits

How Can I Resist Temptation?

Can the Bible Help You Overcome Drug Addiction?

Alcohol Consumption​—How Can You Stay in Control?

What Does the Bible Say About Alcohol? Is Drinking It a Sin?

Is Smoking a Sin?

I Got Fed Up With My Lifestyle

Do You Use Digital Technology Wisely?

Protect Yourself From Misinformation

What Should I Know About Electronic Games?

Who’s in Control​—You or Your Devices?

What the Bible Says About Gambling

Is Gambling a Sin?

Pornography​—Harmless or Toxic?

Does the Bible Condemn Pornography?

Why Reject Pornography?

What Does the Bible Say About Pornography and Cybersex?

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The Bible Changes Lives

People from all walks of life explain how they have found meaning in life and now enjoy a good relationship with God.

When Someone You Love Dies

Has someone you love died? Do you need help in dealing with your grief?

Your Family Can Be Happy

You can have a happy marriage and family by applying Bible principles.

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Why Study the Bible?

The Bible is providing answers to life’s big questions for millions of people around the world. Would you like to be one of them?

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