What Does God Say About Suicide

In today’s show we are touching on topping of suicide.  Since 1999 in the United States alone suicide rates have gone up almost 40 percent. Someone actually dies by suicide every 40 seconds. In 2019 suicide was the tenth leading cause of death overall in the United States claiming the lives of over 47,500 people. On average 132 Americans  die by suicide each day and 1.4 million attempt suicide annually. Data also shows that among men of all races men over 65 were most likely to die of suicide closely followed by men of the ages 40-64. It is not common knowledge but as many as 700,000 -1,000,000 people die by suicide every year in the world which is one person every 40 seconds. Therefore it is necessary that we who call ourselves ministers and spiritual teachers begin to have these discussions in a responsible way. And begin to offer people a higher perspective about who they really are as spiritual beings and how they can stand in the face of depression.