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Introduction: Depression does not just come suddenly. It is actually the climax stage of a series of negative thoughts and feelings that has been building up for a period of time. I will be sharing on 4 things that can help us prevent the kind of negative thoughts and feelings that can lead to depression and stop such negative thoughts from building up in us. These things can also help someone who has depression and suicidal thoughts to overcome such feelings and thoughts.  The 4 Things I will be sharing with you are: 1. Moderating your perfectionism & your desire to please people. 2. Preserving your testimonies & focusing more on the positives. 3. Strategic self-awareness & self-management  4. Talking to someone when you are down MODERATING YOUR PERFECTIONISM & YOUR DESIRE TO PLEASE PEOPLE -  It is good to desire to be perfect, but we must not take this desire to the extreme. We must also be patient and ready to grow through the challen

I was a year one student in school and by God’s grace, together with some wonderful people, I had just started a campus fellowship. The inaugural program was very successful and about 30 people came out to receive Christ into their lives. But very strangely, immediately after the program a very strong negative feeling came on me. I began to feel like I had bitten more than I could chew and that I was going to disgrace myself and let God down. It was like I was hearing a voice say to me “what have you gotten yourself into”? With all these negative feelings weighing down on me a terrible fear just filled my heart and I could not do anything any longer.Then one day I decided to end it all. I was wearing a white shirt and a black trouser and I had all the money I had at the time in my pocket. I took a bus and travelled down to Sapele town and after highlighting from the car I decided to linger around for a while so that it could get dark before I walk towards the bridge and

What do you do when you get an inspiring thought for example about an article or something else to write, but there is no writing pad or device around you to write down or capture that thought? Do you feel frustrated or you just let the thought slide; probably in the hope that you will remember it later when you have something with which to write it down? I’ll tell you what I do. I write it in the air. I literally look up to a clear space and construct the words and thoughts as much as I can; especially the basic points with which I can use to develop the main article later. So I kind of zoom out of everything happening around me for a moment and I zoom into that thought and I make progress on constructing it and making it tangible. By doing this, I am programming that thought into my memory for future retrieving and use. I do this a lot while travelling or on the move; especially when my phone battery goes down. In his book – 7 Habits of Highly Effec

Ifoghale Efeturi is a creative writer and speaker and he is passionate about helping people maximize their potentials in life and in God.    He has held various administrative and managerial positions in various organizations and he has carried out staff training for both hospitality and multimedia organizations. He has also given several career discovery trainings in secondary schools in Benin City. He is an ordained pastor in Church of God Mission International and he has served as the National Coordinator of Christian Fellowship International – the Campus outreach arm of Church of God Mission International. In 2007 he started a church in Sapele, Delta State and pastored it for seven years before he was transferred to Benin City where he now serves as an associate pastor. In 2010 he lectured in the Christian Character Management Centre, Benin City. His lecture was based on the book - 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey.  As a writer, he proof