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What is the Purpose of Trials In Our Lives? Sermon Offers Encouragement

April 3, 2012 By 1 Comment
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"The promises of God are what give us hope in the midst of affliction. . ." Pastor Thorn As we approach Easter, I understand that many people are feeling it hard to rejoice. If God is love and cares about us, why are we going through such physical pain and other hardships? I recently came across a sermon at entitled "Trials (Part 1)" given by Pastor Joe Thorn at Redeemer Fellowship. It looked like a good one and I asked Debbi Farmer if she would listen and let me know her thoughts. Below is her review on this podcast sermon that you can listen to here on Trials. It is an MP3 file. If you hear a fantastic sermon on suffering, illness, pain, etc. that is available to listen to online, feel free to write up what it is about and why it … [Read more...]

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Today Starts Invisible Illness Week

September 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Today starts Invisible Illness Awareness Week. Each day there will be a post at the Invisible Illness Week website (our sister site)  on the podcasts we are "featuring" that day. I began this in 2002 and it's reached out to hundreds of thousands of people over the years, encouraging them that they are not alone. This year we will not be having a "live show." I made this decision earlier in the year for many reasons, and have been glad I listened to the Lord's instruction. August I was sick most of the month from an allergic reaction to a medication. The day after my son returned to school, for the first time in 15 years my computer had it's hard drive go bad. (On an 18-month old computer!) It was at the shop a  week and just I it … [Read more...]

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Cecil Murphy and Twila Belk Beginning Live Call-In Show Tonight

October 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Many of you are familiar with Cecil Murphy, if not from one of his 100+ books, then from the lovely book, “90 Minutes in Heaven” (which we carry at Rest Ministries bookstore!) Twila says, “We’ll have a bit of fun and give you the opportunity to learn the inside scoop on Cec. And we’ll dialogue about a different topic each weeksometimes tough topics.” In light of so much recent news in the media about lawsuits surrounding the issue of sexual abuse, and because Cec is a survivor and has written When a Man You Love Was Abused: A Woman’s Guide to Helping Him Overcome Childhood Sexual Molestation , we’ll discuss that topic during our first show. If you listen to the live streaming, call in with questions and comments at … [Read more...]

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Illness & Marriage – Please Don’t Kiss Me!

April 18, 2010 By 3 Comments
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"I'm not going to kiss you..." Who would ever think that hearing these words from your spouse would be considered a sign of his deep love? As my husband and I celebrated our 14th anniversary recently at a nice hotel on the Oregon Coast, we walked on the beach hand in hand, and finally, after 3 days I said, "Just kiss me!" so he did. He'd been in the state of "getting sick" for the last week on and off. The 1000-mile drive (and all the caffeine I kept handing him on the way to stay awake) had not exactly helped him fight it off. Yep, that kiss was really stepping out of a safety zone. I'm glad to say I didn't get sick. Some of you may laugh. If you don't have a chronic illness, you may think this all sounds a bit odd. I mean, who … [Read more...]

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Amazing Resources of Mental Illness Ministry Conference Now Free Downloads

February 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment

We are always excited to learn about additional resources regarding mental illness & Christian support, so we are happy to be able to pass along this information to you. Presentations from the national summit, "Companions on the Road to Recovery from Mental Illness: Pathways for the 21st Century," are now available on-line as free downloads. (This is a pdf) It was held in October of 2009 in St. Louis, MO. The conference agenda is posted on pathways2promise.org with embedded links to some 20 of the presentations from the conference. Reprinted with permission by Rev. Susan Gregg-Schroeder, Coordinator of Mental Health Ministries … [Read more...]

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Interview with Linda Newton on Finding Blessings

November 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Linda Newton will be joining us Nov. 13th to share about her new book! Last year  I read this Christian counselor's book 12 Ways to Turn Your Pain into Praise: Biblical Steps to Wholeness in Christ & was very blessed by it. She has written for HopeKeepers Magazine & was a guest on my radio podcast, Hope Endures. I know she has blessed many of you with that interview. If you have not had the opportunity to hear our interview yet, I thought you may be interested before reading our interview on Friday. She talks about how we can find the blessings even in the pain. … [Read more...]

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Podcast: Starting a HopeKeepers Group

August 29, 2009 By 1 Comment

Have you ever been to a support group? If you have, you likely found some parts of it helpful and encouraging. But perhaps you also found some of it depressing, of little benefit, even too much to hear. Although they may be helpful at first, they can have the tendency to become a place where people get together and vent their frustrations and then everyone goes home. One woman says, "I began to feel like I should have just stayed home and taken a nap!" Although secular support groups have benefits, they are rarely a place where you can talk freely about your faith and your spiritual walk. For the Christian, support groups can be frustrating because they rarely encourage a person to share their spiritual struggles, growth or … [Read more...]

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