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Depression – notes from Dr Steve Critchlow’s talk at the Kilmore Hotel
Here are my notes from the talk that Dr Steve Critchlow gave last night at the Hotel Kilmore in Cavan. I didn’t get everything down, but hopefully this may be of some help. Dr Critchlow will be speaking again this coming Monday (13th Feb) at 8pm in the Kilmore Hotel on the subject of suicide.…
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A helpful bereavement prayer
I came across this helpful prayer and pray it may help those of us missing loved ones at the moment: Lord Jesus Christ, you have conquered death, and for those whose trust is in you its sting has been removed forever. Thank you that it is no longer to be dreaded or feared, but that…
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God’s tapestry
Joseph’s brothers were terrified. Their father had just died and the brother they had mistreated was now the second most powerful person in the world. Perhaps the only reason he’d been kind to them up until this point was for the sake of their father, surely now that his father was gone he would seek…
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A new identity
Donald Trump has a new identity as President, but Christians have an even greater new identity as the following reflection on Galatians 2 makes clear: Taken from ESV Men’s Devotional Bible
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A wobble at the top and a substitute
As we saw in a reading last week, the Bible isn’t a book about heroes to copy, Joseph almost seems to be the exception, but in Genesis 44 is there a wobble? Joseph’s brothers have filled up on grain and then are heading off, Joseph has ordered his steward to put the brothers’ money back and…
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Rise to Power
As I read of Joseph’s rise to power in Genesis 41-42 this morning I couldn’t help but contrast him with Donald Trump. As a young man Joseph had been proud and perhaps a little unwise in sharing his dream about his brothers bowing down to him (Gen 37), he had been humbled, brought very low…
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Family Fall-out
If you’ve been reading through Genesis with the 5 day Bible Reading Plan then you’ll have heard about a pretty dysfunctional family! The Jesus Story book Bible rightly tells us that the Bible isn’t mainly a book of heroes – in fact as we look at each of them we see almost all of them…
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After Blue Monday…
Yesterday was Blue Monday – calculated to be the most depressing day of the year. But for those suffering with depression it doesn’t stop after Blue Monday. Here are some descriptions of how people suffering with depression may feel: ¨ “a complete absence: absence of affect, absence of feeling, absence of response, absence of interest.”…
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World Watch List 2017
World Watch List 2017 “Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.” (Hebrews 13:3) The author to the Hebrews is talking about those who are in prison and mistreated becauseof their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. He tells…
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A prayer for the lonely
Heavenly Father, so many things in life can make us feel lonely: losing a loved one or the breaking of a friendship, being compelled by illness or infirmity to stay at home, feeling that nobody understands us, or that those around us are criticising or laughing at us. Lord we pray for those who are…
Light and Momentary Troubles 