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A Blue Christmas
At Christmas time, many people are susceptible to feelings of depression for various reasons. I often have bouts of depression because of memories surrounding Christmas that are very negative and painful. While I am not a professional counselor, I have…
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The Awesome Power of God
In our technology saturated world, we are bombarded by the latest and greatest gadgets, the fastest computers and the smartest phones. On the big screens, movie producers wow us even more with the technological advances of their special effects. We…
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The Transparency of Confessing Sin
I was looking out the window one autumn day while I was eating lunch and noticed the absence of leaves on the trees. Their bareness made me think of sin and my transparency with God. During my quiet times with…
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Counting your Blessings
On this Thanksgiving, I would like to pause to remember the blessings God has showered me with over the year. I am so glad that I have the opportunity to physically stop life and have a day in which to…
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Prayers to Relieve Anxiety
I deal with anxiety on an ongoing basis due to my generalized anxiety disorder. The triggers are varied and come often. My morning could be going great then one of my triggers will set my anxiety off like a match…
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Secure Fortress Amidst Bipolar Upheaval
I do not know how long I have had my mental illness. It wasn’t until December of 2007 when I was finally diagnosed with having bipolar disorder. Trying to find stable ground since then has not been an easy road…
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Lost in Sin Found in Jesus
In Luke Chapter 5, Jesus was invited to a different sort of party with a different kind of crowd. Jesus had just called Levi, the tax collector, to become one of His disciples. In celebration of Levi’s new calling, Levi…
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Casting Cares Through Prayer
How healthy is your prayer life? Does God know when you are afraid of that test result? Does He know when you are overjoyed because you are expecting a baby? Do you ever offer a prayer just to talk about…
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Valleys of Depression Move with Faith
When I have been in the valley of bipolar depression and surrounded on all sides by hills of anxiety and fear, I like to remember one of my favorite passages in scripture, “I lift my eyes to the hills, where…
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Facing Giants with God Substitutes
When difficulties come your way, do you rely on your family, friends, money, career or health? Or is there something else? These things are not inherently bad. However, if we look to these God Substitutes to support us in the…
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Blessings Over Leeky Onions
After spending some 400 years as slaves in Egypt, the Israelites spent another 40 years wandering in the desert. In the end, that generation of God’s chosen people were not permitted to enter the Promise Land. “So we see that…
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