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My Story 10 – my Eureka Moment
After my turning point moment when I experienced God’s loving acceptance, I felt that my first priority was to find a church. God had other ideas: ‘Look after your family and your new baby, I’ll find you a church.’ And … Continue reading
My Story 9 – Repentance, it’s not what you think
‘Most people think of repentance as a heavy, sombre religious duty. In reality, authentic biblical repentance is a life-giving art, renewing the entire soul.’ (John Mark Comer, ‘My Name is Hope: Anxiety, depression and life after melancholy.’) In my last … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, bible, God's love, Jesus, mental health, new way of thinking, relationship with God, repentance, repentance not what you think
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My Story 7 – Why? Why did God come when he did?
Why did God come when he did? I’d not been to church in years, didn’t read the bible, rarely prayed – and then God came, and let me know that he accepts me, he loves me just as I am. … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, acceptance, bible, god, God's love, Jesus, obedience, thankfulness
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The Cleansing Power of Love – Soul Fast update 8
This concludes my journey through ‘The 40 Day Soul Fast: Your Journey to Authentic Living [Kindle Edition]‘ by Cindy Trimm. You can find details of the book here: http://www.amazon.com/The-Day-Soul-Fast-Authentic/dp/0768440262/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342619111&sr=8-1&keywords=cindy+trimm+40+day+soul+fast or http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Day-Soul-Fast-ebook/dp/B0064O9M32/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1338819455&sr=8-3 Day 1 – our relationship with God was likened to … Continue reading
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Tagged 40 day Soul Fast, acceptance, Cindy Trimm, community, God's love, Jesus, relationship with God, telling your story, tolerance
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My Story 6 – The Turning Point
I’d been advised to have a break from teaching. Where to next? A degree is no training for anything, unless it’s a vocational degree. After a few weeks, I found a job as a laboratory technician at a plant that … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, bible, born again, childbirth, depression, experience of god, god, God's love, mental health, pregnancy, RBD, recurrent brief depression, resurrection, spiritual, thankfulness
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Where’s your Focus? – on what you have, or what you don’t have?
In the last Soul Fast post, I commented that many of us with mental health problems focus on our lack rather than being thankful for what we have. Jeremy Statton has a timely post on what we can do with … Continue reading
Posted in inspiring, mental health
Tagged acceptance, making the most of what we have, mental health, thankfulness
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Wholeness (Healing) leads to Balance leads to Peace – Soul Fast update 2
Week 2 continues to emphasise the importance of spending time with God: connecting with God increases our ‘capacity to grow… to love… to change, to modify our behaviour…’ ‘The 40 Day Soul Fast is for the purpose of creating in … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, balance, bible, DBT, forgiveness, God's love, obedience, prayer, repentance, thankfulness, willingness, worry
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Originally posted on Fortuitous Forty!!!:
First of all, I think only I would start off a post about second chances by accidentally publishing an empty blog entry! I suppose I need a second chance writing this entry! I can’t even…
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Tagged acceptance, appreciation of life, brain injury, grace, healing, joy, meaning, mental health, purpose, thankfulness
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Physician heal thyself: treasure in jars of clay – Soul Fast update 1
Whilst writing this blog, I’m very conscious that I need to be putting the skills into practice in my own life. That is why I’m following the 40 day Soul Fast: to put my own house in order. The main … Continue reading
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Tagged 40 day Soul Fast, acceptance, bible, change, faith, God's love, Holy Spirit, Jesus, love, mental health, repetance, Spirit of Truth, thoughts, truth
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Originally posted on hometogo232:
Today I’m thinking of just life in general and the fact that we never know what the next day holds in store for us. We can’t know and I don’t think we would want to know.…
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Tagged acceptance, emotions, joy, mental health, serenity prayer, worry
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