Category Archives: encouragement

Our Salvation Is Quite Sure

February 22, 2012 · by · in accepting Christ, believer, Bible promises, confidence, encouragement, faith, faithfulness, following Jesus, forgiveness, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, legalism, Linda Kruschke

My favorite of all the apostles is John, “the disciple whom Jesus loved.” I love his Gospel, and the three epistles that he wrote, and of course,  Revelation. There are a couple of things I love about John’s writings: He reminds his readers that he was an eye witness to Jesus life, death, and resurrection. [...]

Many Sons!

February 20, 2012 · by · in believer, Bryan's comments, discipleship, encouragement, God, grace, helpful, intercession, Jesus Christ, personal comments, Serving Mentally Ill Christians, spiritual lessons, suffering, trials, understanding

“For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.” Hebrews 2:10, ESV “God is the One who made all things, and all things are for his glory. He wanted to have many children share his glory, so he made [...]

A Pain That Can Be Healed

February 13, 2012 · by · in affliction, believer, devotional, discipleship, encouragement, Jesus Christ, pathetic, personal comments, prayer, quite useful,, rest in God, Serving Mentally Ill Christians, spiritual lessons, trials, understanding, Very helpful, wisdom

I’ve had several experiences with His presence. These are quite astonishing, and I really can’t minimize any of them. What the Father gives, I certainly accept. #1, We were at language school, and broke. We had nothing extra to spend. My son, Benjamin came down with a fever. It was a formidable one. It was a 103 [...]

Pressed Roses

January 23, 2012 · by · in affliction, believer, depression, devotional, discipleship, encouragement, glory of God, Jesus Christ, lessons learned,, mental illness, personal comments, quite useful,, Serving Mentally Ill Christians, spiritual lessons, understanding, Very helpful

“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33, ESV This world is not our friend. And then we often face issues that create ugly things–  a fight with a spouse, poor choices, money problems– a lengthy list [...]

Five Stones to Challenge

January 17, 2012 · by · in encouragement, Serving Mentally Ill Christians, spiritual lessons, understanding, Very helpful, wisdom, working out

Five Lessons About How To Treat People – Author Unknown You might call these “urban legends”. There is no way to know their veracity. The author and compiler left no way to acknowledge themselves. Each story seems quite amazing. And even they don’t mention God, or church, or hymns. The actually seem to be perfect [...]

Waiting On God Who is Waiting on Us

January 11, 2012 · by · in Andrew Murray, believer, discipleship, encouragement, faith, God, grace, Jesus Christ, understanding, Very helpful, waiting

by Andrew Murray  And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will He be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. Isaiah 30:18 We must not only think of our waiting [...]

The Parable of the Good Mormon

January 9, 2012 · by · in accepting Christ, believer, Bible, church life, discipleship, encouragement, eternal life, evil, failure, faith, grace, Jesus Christ, kindness, kingdom of God, personal comments, spiritual lessons, understanding, Very helpful, work, writer, Zoloft

25 Then an expert on the law stood up to test Jesus, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to get life forever?”  26 Jesus said, ”What is written in the law? What do you read there?”  27 The man answered, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.” Also, [...]

Out of the Blue: The Remarkable Role of the Caregiver

January 6, 2012 · by · in advice, believer, bipolar disorder, caregivers, counseling, depression, encouragement, hope, listening, mental illness, personal comments, Serving Mentally Ill Christians, suicide, understanding, Very helpful

~Dedicated to my lovely wife Lynn, who cares for me so well~ How can I help a friend or relative who has bipolar disorder? If you know someone who has bipolar disorder, it affects you too. The first and most important thing you can do is help him or her get the right diagnosis and [...]

Several Things I Want You to Know

December 3, 2011 · by · in administrative, blog, encouragement, understanding, Very helpful

The snow that you see falling is a simple gift from  Wordpress.com who hosts the site Brokenbelievers.  It was an option, and I liked it.  So, whether you like it or not.  The snow will fall on your screen.  Get out your shovel. We also have just surpassed 90,000 hits.  That’s a whole lot of [...]

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