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Pastor Bryan Lowe
I truly love Jesus, who saved me from destruction. I am His, completely and totally. I have deep issues, but these only enhance His love for me.
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Some Things Are Just Brutal
So much has been written already from the perspective of suffering Christians. We live in a painful world, with plenty of cuts and bruises for each believer. Yet each blow we take is disturbing. I’ve met so many who have … Continue reading
Posted in believer, danger, darkness, devotional, discipleship, encouragement, endurance, Jesus Christ, joy, lessons learned,, life lessons, mental illness, pain, personal comments, Serving Mentally Ill Christians, spiritual lessons, strength, suffering, taking risks, theology, trials, understanding, Very helpful
Tagged acceptance, brokenness, christian, discipleship, faith, God, Holy Spirit, humility, joy, life, mental illness, pain, personal comments, sin, suffering, theology, trials, understanding, wisdom
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When the Storms Rage On and On
”Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord will personally go ahead of you. He will be with you; he will neither fail you nor abandon you.” Deut. 31:8, NLT You can go to the British Museum in London, England and … Continue reading
Posted in believer, compassion, confusion, danger, discipleship, endurance, failure, faith, Jesus Christ, lost causes, personal comments, protection, rest in God, Serving Mentally Ill Christians, spiritual lessons, understanding, Very helpful, weakness
Tagged afflictions, discipleship, faith, Galilee, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Lord, personal comments, Sea of Galilee, testing, trials, understanding, wisdom
Safe Haven
This poem is written in the Triolet form. I really love this form because it has the perfect amount of repetition, with lines 1, 4, and 7 being the same, and then lines 2 and 8 being the same. I have found … Continue reading
Posted in accepting Christ, battle, danger, difficulties, following Jesus, hope, Jesus Christ, life, Linda Kruschke, poetry, protection, rest in God, Serving Mentally Ill Christians, trials
Tagged christian, christianity, hope, Jesus, Jesus Christ, John, peace, poem, poetry, promises, safe haven, suffering, trials
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Wrestling with Pythons: Clinical Depression
“I have studiously tried to avoid ever using the word ‘madness’ to describe my condition. Now and again, the word slips out, but I hate it. …’Madness’ is too glamorous a term to convey what happens to most people who … Continue reading
Posted in Bryan's editorial, danger, darkness, depression, despair, despondancy, difficulties, mental illness, mood swings, paranoia, personal comments, Serving Mentally Ill Christians, understanding, Very helpful
Tagged depression, lost causes, Major depressive disorder, mental illness, mood, personal comments, sin, spiritual warfare
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A Big Batch of TNT
“On the whole, I do not find Christians, outside of the catacombs, sufficiently sensible of conditions. Does anyone have the foggiest idea what sort of power we so blithely invoke? Or, as I suspect, does no one believe a word … Continue reading →