By We might not always think of ourselves in terms of “spiritual depression”, but the signs are often all too clear. Each of us are different, but normally the signs of spiritual depression include some combination of the following. emotional discouragement feeling generally unmotivated or even lazy thought patterns that go
You, Your Trials, and Your Bible
Trials never seem right when we experience them. And yet the believers who have gone before us by 2000 years were encouraged by words like “Count it all joy when you meet trials” (James 1:2). In more recent years a Christian woman, after the loss of a child, contemplated the
A Testimony of Counselling Bad Behaviour
From a personal vantage point it often seems best not to deal with bad behaviour. The humiliation of acknowledging our own bad behaviour, or the perceived consequences to ourselves in addressing the bad behaviour of others, often results in endless relational headache. From a more objective vantage point, we know
Godliness can be very complex or very simple
Our situations in life often require different kinds of counsel. Sometimes all we need is a “Just do it!” or “Stop it” command, other times we need a long and very detailed set of instructions to fulfil our daily responsibilities before God. The same is true of God’s counsel to
By God is not vindictive
We know that God is against the wicked and will condemn them for all eternity, but at times we feel God is against us who believe too and holds every little sin and foolish decision against us. God is not vindictive. God does not promise “No Condemnation!” (Rom 8:1) and