Living By Faith Blog

Our self-image has three parts. Here’s how sin distorts our view of each part, and the good news God gives.

Tuesday afternoon I was weighed down with discouragement. 30 minutes later the discouragement was gone. Here’s what happened —

Christian was a prisoner of Giant Despair. But then he remembered that he had something which would always free him from despair. (Do you know what this is?)

Here’s how God freed me from a season of hopelessness — genuinely changing my heart so I experienced deep and lasting hope.

I was driving to an appointment — discouraged by problems and disappointments. Five minutes later the discouragement had vanished. I was changed by one word. One Spirit-empowered, heart-changing word.

When he felt hopeless David Brainerd took an unusual step — a step that transformed him from discouragement to comfort and even praise