Of course it is wrong and destructive to tell your fellow brother or sister that they are disobeying God, in their experiencing depression. “Just get up, read this verse, believe it, and move on in your life!” No, don’t do that. Change, in the really important stuff, rarely happens by the “read this verse, and […]
THe Familiar Voice of Depression Read More »
Depression is one of the most dreadful enemies of the soul, because we often can’t see it coming, and if we do, it’s an enemy that has no bodily form. We swing at it, and our punch goes right through. It doesn’t feel like a fair fight. And so we try to avoid it, and
The Black Dog, the Dark Cloud, the Painful Nothing … Read More »
I have said, since I arrived here, that the “main thing” is threefold: Word, prayer and fellowship. This is because they are means to God’s sovereignly-appointed and happily-given grace, His gifts. They are the way God gives us Himself, in His Son, by His Spirit, until we see Him face to face. And now, one
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