by Terry_Powell | Oct 11, 2021 | Depression and Faith
The Bible clearly answers that question, speaking through God’s people who experienced despair. The reason for their emotional lows varied. A few of the following characters were reacting to a specific difficult circumstance or tragedy. A few were often in a state of...
by Terry_Powell | Sep 25, 2021 | Depression and Faith |
In 2020, I wrote a prayer that captures, in abbreviated form, what I often say to the Lord when a depressive episode envelops me. See if you identify with the symptoms I describe in the opening paragraph. Determine if you want to ask the same things of God that I do...
by Terry_Powell | Aug 27, 2021 | Depression and Faith
A Story Showing How My Grievous Disappointment Became God’s Gracious Appointment Have you experienced a setback or disappointment so painful that it broke your heart and spawned tears? Have you thought you were following God’s leading to a new business or...
by Terry_Powell | Aug 2, 2021 | Depression and Faith
Why do you need encouragement? What affliction or reason for discouragement is threatening your joy? Can you identify with any of the following factors? Things that Generate Discouragement *Inadequacy for a called task or responsibility? *Weariness of mind, body and...
by Terry_Powell | Jul 16, 2021 | Depression and Faith |
For most of my 71 years, I’ve bucked against certain frailties and limitations. I’ve viewed my weaknesses as something that must be overcome, feeling frustrated when, decade after decade of my pilgrimage, I still exhibited those deficiencies or...
by Terry_Powell | Jun 22, 2021 | Bible Teaching and Small Group Ministry, Christian Living in the Trenches, Church Leadership and Ministry, Depression and Faith
Do I listen to my pastor’s sermons, or do I just hear them? To listen implies engaging the mind and processing the preacher’s words. To hear means the sound waves are entering my ear canal but I’m not concentrating on them. What a privilege I’ve...
