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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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The Most Recent Posts
- Discipleship is Intimacy
- Understanding Your Pastor
- Following the Lamb
- Color Outside the Lines
- Keeping God on Track
- Wait for the Finals
- Panic Attacks Understood
- I Want Home
- Catching Light
- Being Lured Back to the Dark Side
- My Pretend Jesus
- When Joy Brings You Strength
- On Life Support
- Grace That Teaches
- Numbers Don’t Lie: Mental Illness in America
- The Curious Case of Being Job
- Pushing Back the Darkness
- Worship is All that Really Matters
- When Dreams Become Real
- When It is Far Too Dark
- Bipolar Disorder– Understanding the Basics
- Turning Joy Into Strength
- Superglue and the Blood of Jesus
- Bearing One Another Up
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- Broken Believers ♡
- Deb's Blog
- Linda Kruschke's Blog
- I am a Vessel of God
- A million reasons why
- SOulBLINDministry
- This Day With God
- minima maxima sunt
- I am a work in progress...still
- Food For the Spiritual Soul's Blog
- life of a female bible warrior
- ♥ The Tale Of My Heart ♥
- Haft-Baked Ideas
- Cate Morris' Weblog

Category Archives: personal testimony
A Mighty Fortress, Understood
Martin’s Depression The hymn A Mighty Fortress Is Our God gloriously celebrates God’s power. It was penned by the great 16th-century reformer Martin Luther, who believed God’s power could help believers overcome great difficulties — even depression. Given his pastoral heart, he sought … Continue reading
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Tagged A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, Bible, depression, discipleship, Jesus, Luther, Lutheran Reformation, Martin Luther, mental illness, presence of evil, satan, spiritual warfare, theology, trials, understanding
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The Meat Grinder
I wrote this post some time ag0. I’ve been reasonably stable, but I’m certain that putting it up now maybe timely for some. I’m in a better frame of mind the last 3 months. In May 2011, this is what … Continue reading
Posted in believer, discipleship, failure, faith, life lessons, manic, medications, mental health, mental illness, mixed states, dysphoria mania, mood swings, personal comments, personal testimony, Serving Mentally Ill Christians, stigma, suicide, understanding, weakness
Tagged afflictions, bipolar, bipolar disorder, depression, discipleship, FaceBook, mania, medications, mental illness, mood, understanding
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Rip Tide Lessons
In the late 1990s, Lynn and I were based in a mission station about 200 miles south of Tijuana, Mexico. We would be working in Baja in the sleepy little village of San Telmo. It was hard work, but we would take … Continue reading
Posted in believer, death, deliverance, discipleship, faith, fear, fear of death, Jesus Christ, lessons learned,, personal comments, personal testimony, Serving Mentally Ill Christians, spiritual lessons, trials, understanding, Very helpful
Tagged Beach, danger, drowning, faith, fear, Jesus, Mexico, Pacific Ocean, Rip current, Rip Tide, testing, Tijuana






My Health at This Moment, Sunday, March 10
Follow-up. It’s Sunday morning here in Alaska. We survived already this morning– DST, an earthquake, dog poop on the carpet, and snow, and it’s not even noon yet. (Can’t wait to see what the afternoon will bring.) I had my … Continue reading →