I can still remember how much I dreaded Mother’s Day.
I remember what it felt like to ‘mute’ friends on social media when they shared a few too many pregnancy–update photos.
There were too many bedrooms in our new house. There were too many needles involved in the prospect of IVF. There were too many years on the clock.
Right, let’s start with a questionnaire. I am going to give you a few different scenarios that (theoretically) you could experience this week, and for each one I want you to choose one of two options to describe how that potential scenario makes you feel. Option A is that you feel something along the lines of positive, strong, optimistic or energized. Option B is the opposite; you feel negative, weak, apprehensive or drained.
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John is a 38 year old Christian man. He ends most days physically and mentally exhausted having spent almost no time before God in prayer, Bible reading, or quiet reflection. Most nights he feels guilty about being lazy. The thought occurs to him that, if – after tucking in the kids to bed – he could just muster a final ounce of effort, he could read a chapter of the Bible before collapsing on the couch.
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It is not uncommon for families to be convinced that they ought to do family worship, to want to do family worship, to talk about doing family worship, and yet fail ever to establish a consistent pattern of actually doing family worship. Men in particular seem easily intimidated, seeing themselves as inadequate, fearful they won’t know what to do, or that they won’t know what to say. We assembled The Family Worship Book hoping to alleviate these fears. All the necessary resources may be found there
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The preacher got up and looked at the congregation. ‘Too many of you are taking tablets for your depression. Where is your joy in the Lord? If you were depending on God, you wouldn’t need to take medication!’ I wish I could say that these words are fictional, but they are not. I have heard of depressed and anxious people having guilt added to their distress by such careless words.
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As a publisher of Christian books, one of our greatest joys is to hear stories of how lives…
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It is amazing how God provides for his people – and one of the most important means of pr…
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As a publisher of Christian books, one of our greatest joys is to hear stories of how lives…
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As a publisher of Christian books, one of our greatest joys is to hear stories of how lives…
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