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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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Wait for the Finals
I have gained much from reading Spurgeon over the years. I read this this morning, and I could hear the Holy Spirit speaking into my soul. I need more of this” peaceful perseverance” working in me. From Charles Spurgeon’s “Faith’s Checkbook” Wait … Continue reading
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On Life Support
“And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them. I will take away their stony, stubborn heart and give them a tender, responsive heart,[a] 20 so they will obey my decrees and regulations. Then they … Continue reading
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Tagged afflictions, depression, discipleship, Ezekiel, faith, God, Hosea, Israel, Jesus, Jonah, Nineveh, promises, repentance, sin, trials, understanding, wisdom
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Long Furrows
The Plowers “Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth; Yet they have not prevailed against me. The plowers plowed on my back; They made their furrows long.” Psalm 129:2-3 The farmers here have begun making long furrows. Lord, … Continue reading
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Mental Hospital Blues
I must tell the truth. I have been in a hospital for my mental illness. Actually seven times. And each time was bitter, but I learned something. They would take me of shoelaces, and belts, and fingernail clippers. Basically, I was stripped of … Continue reading
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Tagged afflictions, bipolar disorder, christian, Church, delusions, depression, discipleship, faith, God, Hospital, Hospitals and Asylums, humility, Jesus, Jesus Christ, lost causes, medications, Mental confusion, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, personal comments, prayer, Psychiatric hospital, trials, understanding
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I Almost Killed a Man
In 1987 I was serving the Lord with S.O.S. Ministries in San Francisco, California. I was living in community with other team members in the Mission District on Sycamore St. Everything was rather gritty. (Some would say it was ‘loathsome … Continue reading →