1. When the waters of anxiety and depression rise, there is One who understands.
  2. We do not choose our struggles, but there is One who has chosen to always be with us.
  3. The Lord assures Jeremiah he has not forgotten him. He is there and will rescue him.
  4. Lord, remember us to remind us, that we may know all good things come from you.
  5. Lewis takes us to the planets to satisfy our cravings for spiritual adventure, which, as he says, “sends our imaginations off the Earth,” in the first place.
  6. This is an excerpt from “Finding God in the Darkness: Hopeful Reflections from the Pits of Depression, Despair, and Disappointment” by Bradley Gray (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  7. We may not all be mass-murdering Nazis. But we all have the same root sin that causes the most egregious criminal activity on the face of the earth. We all have the desire to be our own God.
  8. This is an excerpt from part two of “Finding God in the Darkness: Hopeful Reflections from the Pits of Depression, Despair, and Disappointment” by Bradley Gray (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  9. The Parable of the Lost Sheep bursts through the confines of convention and demands that we embrace the messiness of life and the unpredictable ways in which God's grace and forgiveness operates.
  10. We live for the most part, on the strength of our moral fiber, under the law, by our zeal for God and all that which tickles our proud fancy.
  11. Prayer is not just about asking for things. It's about receiving what has already been given to us in Christ.
  12. God wants his word of promise to be the only thing we bank on, the only thing we have confidence in.