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Tag Archives: depression
SPIRITUAL MALAISE…
For the past few weeks I have been suffering from ‘spiritual malaise’. I love the word malaise as it describes exactly how I have been feeling – ‘dissatisfied, unhappy but feel unable to change, not knowing what is wrong’. The … Continue reading
BE PREPARED…
“God will, generally speaking, not compete for our attention. If we will not withdraw from things that obsess and exhaust us into solitude and silence, He will usually leave us to our own devices.” Dallas Willard One of the major … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Forgiveness, Prayer
Tagged depression, failure, friendship, God, grace, hope
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Friendships…
I received this photo from a friend with the following caption: “I took this photograph in Bettys Bay. It triggered the thought in me that…even if everything is dry and hostile, I always have you as my best friend”. My … Continue reading
WASTED MINUTES
Have you ever sat and reflected on how many minutes and hours of a day you waste feeling that you will never reach your full potential – your book will never be published, your public and preaching ministry will … Continue reading
LIVING IN A BLUR
“The instrument through which you see God is your whole self. And if a man’s self is not kept clean and bright, his glimpse of God will be blurred”. C.S. Lewis Often my relationship with God and how I see … Continue reading
COMBATING DEPRESSION
A wise person once told me to go and read Lamentations 3:17-26 whenever depression or sadness or hopelessness or despair overcame me. I thought they were joking because the writer of Lamentations, Jeremiah, is known as the ‘weeping prophet’ and … Continue reading
Posted in Depression, Forgiveness, God
Tagged #hopelessness, #Lamentations, #ministry, depression
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ADDICTIONS…a headless chicken
When God begins a spiritual healing work in your life you may often feel like a headless chicken running around. We receive our healing but it sometimes takes a while for that fact to sink in and become a reality … Continue reading
Posted in addictions, Death, God
Tagged addictions, depression, failure, forgiveness, grace
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IF ANYONE IS LOOKING FOR ME, I AM ON THE UPPER ROAD!
“I’m going by the upper road, for that still holds the sun I’m climbing through night’s pastures where the starry rivers run; If you should think to seek me in my old dark abode, You’ll find this writing on the door, … Continue reading
WE NEED DEEP, DEEP ROOTS
These past few weeks I have found myself wallowing in thoughts of the past, a feeling of self-pity has slowly started to seep its way into my psyche and a sense of failure has gripped me. Mainly a sense of … Continue reading
FIGHTING THE SINKING SAND OF DEPRESSION
Sometimes when we come face to face with our own darkness, inadequacies, guilt, sins, worthlessness, anger and jealousies it feels like we are walking into sinking sand. The more we fight and struggle the quicker we are pulled under. It … Continue reading
