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...
by Terry_Powell | Jan 12, 2022 | Depression and Faith
Have you ever felt uneasy in the presence of someone who just lost a child or a spouse to death? Do you feel awkward when it comes to saying something to a person experiencing debilitating physical pain or paralyzing depression? Have you ever stayed away from a...
by Terry_Powell | Dec 25, 2021 | Depression and Faith |
How can a truth be both humbling and exhilarating? How is it possible that a concept from the Bible exposes our finiteness and cognitive limitations, yet stirs our soul, prompting us to worship God? Keep reading, and see a truth that rescued me from my doldrums today...
by Terry_Powell | Dec 5, 2021 | Depression and Faith |
During the weeks we celebrate Advent, leading up to Christmas day, there’s an escalation of depression in the United States. For example, among persons already diagnosed with a mental illness, 24% report that the holidays make their condition “a lot...
by Terry_Powell | Nov 23, 2021 | Depression and Faith
A NOTE FROM TERRY: This is the story of Sarah J. Robinson, written by Phil Callaway. This article first appeared in the Winter 2021 edition of Servant, a magazine published by Prairie Bible Institute in Alberta, Canada. Used by permission. As soon as I read this...
