Life With Jesus is Better
Revisiting the last few years of my life with you over the last few months has been rewarding and therapeutic for me on a number of levels. One such reward is that I now have a deeper understand Paul's message surrounding suffering. Now before you @ me on this, I understand completely that Paul's suffering …
On days like today I must take a moment and fast forward my story to the events of the last few days. One reason is very selfish. It is therapeutic for me to be open about my inner workings. By vocalizing the mental and physical struggles to others it robs them of their power to …
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A variety of treatments would be required to rectify the autoimmune disorder that was causing my severe anemia. Appointments were made with a local oncologist and I began weekly treatments with more drugs. These medicines would weaken my immune system in an attempt to “reboot” my body. But in spite of the dangers and potential …
Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.” Matthew 12:25 In Matthew 12 the pharisees accused Jesus of casting out demons in the name of Satan. Jesus used logic to show them how silly their ideas …
Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.” John 3:3 I once took a train under the English Channel from London to the coast of France. The train ride was so smooth that it barely felt like we were moving, we sat and …
I have been an Auburn fan since middle school. Growing up in Kentucky, no one cared much about college football, but I loved Bo Jackson and that made me an Auburn fan. Now Auburn fans are a unique bunch. We don’t like getting our hopes up too high and we certainly don’t like broadcasting high …
One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon. Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts. When he saw …
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Psalm 147:3 Depression makes me grumpy. After being transferred to the inpatient rehab facility at Vanderbilt it took a while to get everyone on the same page. Much like my experience at UAB the lack of communication between doctors and staff members on my team …
The hand of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones …
Pulling into town we were greeted by dozens of people who stayed up late to welcome us home. The Core 4 Powells were all exhausted as we unloaded the powerchair, lift and myself back onto Union City soil for the first time in six months. An amazing crew had built a ramp for me in …
Jeremy Powell 