by Terry_Powell | Apr 22, 2022 | Christian Living in the Trenches, Depression and Faith |
Have you experienced severe suffering and pain that wasn’t a direct consequence of a mistake you made or a sinful choice? When you are hurting, what insights about God, gleaned from His Word, provide the most sustenance? Have you ever struggled to reconcile how...
by Terry_Powell | Mar 30, 2022 | Christian Living in the Trenches, Depression and Faith
Who do you most rely on for speaking God’s truth into your mind and heart? Is it a loyal, but honest, accountability partner? A dedicated pastor who studies diligently for every sermon he delivers? A best-selling author who feeds your soul through his or her...
by Terry_Powell | Mar 11, 2022 | Christian Living in the Trenches, Depression and Faith |
A biblical strategy for alleviating depression or discouragement. When we are hurting, whether it is debilitating physical pain or emotional affliction, such as severe depression, we are self-centered. When depression envelops me, I usually think of others only in...
by Terry_Powell | Feb 17, 2022 | Church Leadership and Ministry, Depression and Faith
Can stress that’s caused by work overload and schedule imbalance turn out for our good? How does God redeem burnout? What can we learn from mental, emotional and physical exhaustion? In what sense is a stressful situation a means of God’s grace? Those...
by Terry_Powell | Feb 4, 2022 | Christian Living in the Trenches, Depression and Faith |
In your ministry of Bible teaching, preaching or personal evangelism, does it ever seem that, instead of fruitfulness, your branches are bare? Does discouragement dog you because you can’t see results from your ministry endeavors, or because someone unfairly...
by Terry_Powell | Jan 20, 2022 | Christian Living in the Trenches, Depression and Faith
As a new year approaches, or shortly after it begins, do you reflect on areas in which you see a need to change? Do you ask God to reveal to you areas of life in which He desires renewal for you? Due to past failure in resolution-keeping, and the self-badgering that...
