Depression, Suffering, and The Faithfulness of God’s Presence
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- Опубликовано: 11 июн 2024
- This episode comes with a trigger warning for discussions of suicidal ideation. If you or someone you love is in crisis, dial 988 for help. Other resources to check out include Anthem of Hope and Psychology Today.
Jackie and Preston sit down with Brenna Blain who - as Jackie puts it from her first impression online - gives “exvangelical energy.” Brenna is a wife, mom, and contemporary theologian who says she “wrestles with the intersection of faith and suffering.” She has a powerful story of the ways Jesus has rescued her, from the time she joined YWAM (Youth With a Mission) as a way to run away from God, to her eventual bipolar diagnosis and time spent in psych wards. Together, Brenna and the Perrys discuss depression, mental health crises, and how loved ones can be like Jesus and enter into suffering through the power of presence.
Pre-order Brenna’s book, Can I Say That?: How Unsafe Questions Lead Us to the Real God, out on August 14, 2024. Listen to her podcast by the same name too, Can I Say That?
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RUBBING my feet together while eating my dinner because one thing about me is I love hearing people speak about the LORD !!!
Loll mee!! 😂
Amennn😂🤍
This is such a black thing to say 🤣🤣 and yesss!!!!
Me too😊
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I listened to the podcast and I was in tears! When she said the woman who prayed for her said God told her to “Go get her”. My God! Jesus loves us so much that he will literally go any depth to get HIS CHILDREN. May God always keep her covered. Whew the Lord LOVES US!
So good. I think on the fact that the road to the cross was ended in such brutality, blood & flesh shed. Jesus looked grotesque. At the same time he died while / for our grotesque sin. Things God hates everyday the sin but not the sinner. The Triune God exceeds our feelings and mindfulness as to what is worth His love. I'm thankful he is patient and knows my frame
Amen!
This hit me so hard, Jesus is truly love. He will never leave us nor forsake us. ❤
Right! I thank GOD for that woman's obedience
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Love that she mentioned Jesus being the Man of Sorrows because that is who He revealed Himself to be to me during my season of infertility. Also shout out to the prayer team at the first GLORY event who prayed for my womb to open because in God’s perfect timing, it sure did! Expecting our first baby after 9 years of marriage next month!!! 🤍
Congratulations 🎉🙏💙💗
Glory!!! And congrats!! May you have an abundant and safe delivery!!
God is good!!!!
Congratulations 🥹🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾hallelujah
God bless you ❤
I just prefer this content so much more than the latest sin scandals and buzz topics in the world and even in the church that I notice a lot of Christian content makers run to react to. There’s a place for that , I’m just tired of it . This type of content is practical and causes me to look inward at my own walk with the Lord rather than at other’s walks
I AGREE SO MUCH!! I have stopped following too many bc that's all they can find to focus on in the Kingdom is someone else's sin & fall disguised as Christian "concern." And that I find sad & pathetic! I'm so glad I'm not the only one! ✝️✝️
@@hell2joy517 YES! We’re not alone ..the Holy Spirit doesn’t make mistakes He’s guiding and leading us, this I know . And their captions to lure us in be killing me too but enough that haha .God bless u
AMEN! Been feeling the same way. We do need to know sometimes what’s going on, but it has become like a witch hunt and although I despise heretical teachings, I have seen a lack of grace when some influencers present these things. Don’t sugar coat, but have some grace and pray! We need things that will help us GROW spiritually…especially now…AMEN again! 🙏🏽✝️
Me too. I love this podcast and Lecrae's. They are a blessing to me.
Yes you describe it so well- sin scandal !
"Everyone has a thing that could keep them away from God and that's the tool of the enemy"
We really are all going through something!
God’s “Go get her.” And her husbands, “I’m not mad at you, I’m right here.” is so touching and beautiful. God wants to use us to display his love for others through us. 💕
This really made me feel like it’s okay to not be okay. Even in our suffering, we can find the Lord, just being WITH US in the struggle. It makes me approach life so differently ❤
Amen🙏🏽
I said the same exact thing. The struggle sometimes can have us feeling like “God where are you” BUT this is confirmation that even in the darkest of times…God is with us!
Thank you for your comment, i feel like i needed to hear it, to see it, to let the Lord fully communicate it to me, you know?
As someone who God has healed from bipolar depression after 36 years & a psych ward stay after suicidal ideations, I am blown away by this episode. My baby brother completed suicide 70 days ago. Why I was healed & he was not plagues me. BUT, I know that I know that I know that God is still good!!!
Indeed sis, God is still Good!
Sending love and condolences!
Sister Im so sorry to hear about your brother 😞 and at the same time so grateful for your life 🙌🏼🙌🏼
Grieved to hear about your brother, thank you for sharing some of your own story with us, Heather.
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All of this is SO powerful and I loved her testimony! I think Christians can unintentionally make God to sound like a genie who’s gonna take all your problems away and your life will be easy, but that’s NOT the case lol. Yes some chains God will break instantly, but other chains He’ll break slowly over time as you grow and develop in your relationship with Him. Either way God is always in control and wants us to endure and grow our trust in Him. ✨
I love this side of Christianity! People need to know God is with us in all things! ❤
"There has to be some type of death, for us to experience some kind of ressurection." - Jackie Hill Perry
This podcast has blessed me so!
I love what Jackie said about depression not being something to simply get over or move past. Sometimes it is a weight to bare. Sometimes it simply needs to be endured. - SO True! I needed that reminder.
I have seasons of depression. What makes it worse is the self talk of “okay, here I am again. I thought I was over this. Shouldn’t I be rejoicing in the Lord always? I have so many blessings why don’t I feel like rejoicing? Well obviously I’ve made no spiritual progress.
Perhaps I’m simply evil …. So on..”
The conversation that needs to be had is NOT analyzing and judging my own thoughts and feelings. Nope!
The next time I’m sleeping back into anxiety and depression, the conversation needs to be “okay God, I’m here again. Please meet me in my suffering. Please be with me”
While Jesus May not immediately heal me in my timing, he WILL in his. There is hope and peace in that!
This whole convo was tear jerking but when Brenna brought up her husband telling her he wasn't mad & being at Starbucks to get to her on time because he loves her so much & is present 🙌🏽 ooh wee, had me boo hoo crying. I want to truly experience that love/presence from God & my future husband
Same I cried too🥺🥺
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I cried as well Sis! Listennnn God hasn’t forgotten about us! He’s sending us our person !
She just said, JACKIE,
Its not about being straight. Its about being HOLY! AMEN
She was quoting what Jackie had said in a previous interview, saying she wished she had someone to say that to her during her struggles. 😊
I lost a friend 2 weeks ago to suicide and it is still not making sense. So many questions and so much regret. This episode has been hard to watch but most encouraging. May God be our very present help in time of need, always. RIP JJ.
i’m so sorry , RIP
Im sorry for your loss ❤
I lost my brother to suicide 2 years ago. Sending you love ❤ That kind of loss is a different kind of pain. RIP
Today is the 1 year anniversary of my cousin taking his own life. Still feels unreal
I grew up in a household with a single mother that suffered with bipolar. This allowed me to see her when I didn't know how. All I want to do is obey our Father and honor my mom but her illness has made it hard. Thank you Jesus for unlocking a chamber in my heart to see my mom.
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Sending lots of love!! My mother was the same way and she was not diagnosis until years later. However, what I will tell you it does get better! My mom is becoming one of my greatest friend !
@@divinecreator279 thank you!! 🙏❤️
Praying for you and your mum 🙏🏾
Wow. God truly gives us sight and wisdom.
Oooh wee. The moment of her describing her moment of being in isolation once that metal door closed. It was a physical experience of what isolation from the Lord for all eternity would be if we continue to run from Him. wow! Thank you Jesus!!
Well said.
What kind of God is with you at Sunday school but not with you when you’re being taken advantage of? What a profound and authentic question…
Brenna, Brenna, Brenna...this was so much food to my soul. May God bless you beyond measure and continue to always be with you. Love your Sister in Christ.
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This is my testimony! Even down to being in a mental hospital three times (two back to back). Was diagnosed with bipolar disorder Jan 2023, went into hospital being told so many things and not having access to any creature comforts. Had to trust and rely on God in my fear. Then ended up on a unit full of other believers in Christ. Even a nurse who played gospel music for us. He took care of me. Since June/July 2023 I've been struggling with my faith wondering if I'm even saved anymore, but the Lord told me to tell my story today. So I will
Same here! Bipolar 1 and 3 hospital psych stays. 10 long years of suffering but now I’m approaching 4 years of remission. God is good and He will NEVER leave you or forsake you! ❤
Legalism ignores the compassion of God. 💯❗️🗣
Wow" the God I served wasn't big enough for my problems " transparency is enlightening... I felt that deeply.
As a bipolar baddie I felt so seen and this gave me so much encouragement!!
I’m currently in Masters program for Psych NP. I love Brenna is discussing mental health and same sex attraction! God has put it on my heart to serve Him within the realm of MH support groups for women. I’m terrified of this prospect, I’m introverted, I fear failure. Please pray that God gives me the strength to follow His will no matter what and to reveal His plan. I have passion for theology as well, I identify a lot with what Brenna has shared.
Jackie said something about each trial we face gives us an opportunity to share in Christ’s sufferings and endure, just as He did. That will stick with me. I will pray for Brenna and all of us suffering from mental health issues. Listening to this episode was a test for me because I have self-harm OCD and typically avoid anything that discusses the topic. I’m leaving here encouraged though, praise God! Brenna’s story just shows the faithfulness of God in each step in her path. We are being struck down, but not destroyed. Continue to pursue Him daily!
I am so sorry that you have had to experience such pain. I have a 16 year old who self harmed in Oct 2023. If you haven't had someone tell you I will tell you what I told my darling child, I am so sorry that you are in such pain and I know it all happened so fast but you are safe and you are loved. we are going to get through it and you will get through it. There is a testimony in this even when we can't see it.
That day was one of the hardest days of my life, but Good Lord I know that Jesus is good and he is working all of it out for your good. I encourage you to speak with someone God bless you.
When that girl said “I was dead in my sin… tears came to my eyes and I started praising the LORD! My GOD! HALLELUJAH!!
I listened on Spotify twice then ran here to watch it again. I’m not a commenter but I couldn’t not comment on this one. I love what Brenna said about presence. It’s so important to know that God is with us in the suffering and the struggle and the dark times. He never leaves nor forsakes us and instead of asking Him to just remove the struggles sometimes just asking Him to be with us in the trials is so much better. Having a joy and peace that makes no sense. I’ve been in psych wards and now that my mind isn’t fighting me anymore it sometimes feels like my body is falling apart on me and fighting me. But I know God is with me. So even as I lay in the hospital bed I know God is with me. ❤❤
Her testimony was powerful. It was a reminder to me that God doesn’t just want to answer our prayers but he desires connection, to be WITH US. That’s relationship. May God Bless you Brenna and the Perry’s
I cannot stop the tears! When she said “Would you just be with me”! So Beautiful! Thank you Jesus for being with us in the depths!
Such a honest conversation about Christianity and how it's not all rosy with songs & dance. I love that through it all the presence of God was with her. He is with you in the storm ❤
To be honest, I’m a born again Christian. Grew up in church and all that good stuff. But struggled with a lot of anxiety, depression, and feelings of being unwanted for a longgggg time. Something about this podcast did something to me and I’m just so grateful for platforms that share the REAL LIFE situations that help you to know you’re not going crazy and those unrealistic human ways that God works in. Thank you Perry and Jackie for starting this and thank you Brenna for your genuine love and honesty through this podcast. 💙
You can truly see Preston’s love and compassion for God’s image bearers. This was such a great interview! Kudos to Mr. and Mrs. Perry 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
This was a very great show. I was starting the cry then straight to laughing when Jackie said she had to start thinking about bunnies so she wouldn’t cry. 😂
What a husband she has been given! Jesus! The emotional intelligence! The fact that the Lord left her with the capacity to hear the love from him, the fact that he was still with her in such a vulnerable, low, embarrassing moment in her life. I’ve been here. I still struggle to forgive myself…😢
i literally never comment, but this is the best episode of the podcast ever.
This is were you need to shift into Tim Ross style and let this thing be 3 hours long… cause Lord. This is prophetic any many ways and profound.
"The embodiment of Jesus Christ in Austin's life to me was just being there"!! Wowwww!! 😭😭😭
For we have not a high priest who’s not touched by the feelings of our infirmities but in all points is tempted like we are
This beautiful guest just opened my eyes to Jesus weeping and mourning with mary and Martha , he felt what they felt , he mourned with them even when he knew Lazarus would be raised.
He would always understand and feel what we feel even when we know he’s our Healer❤
I’ve never been this emotional while watching the Perry’s podcast but my eyes couldn’t stop sweating while listening to this young woman’s testimony 😩.
As someone who has always considered themselves to be a “melancholy” person, and someone who has struggled with anxiety and depression, this video was an incredible encouragement to me. And very timely as well! I tend to be hard on myself and I get frustrated with my sadness, anxiety, depression, etc. But this was a great reminder that it’s okay to not be okay. Jesus enters into our suffering & He doesn’t leave us. I can draw near to Him knowing that He understands my suffering. I can commune with Him as I get to take part in His suffering.
Thank you for sharing 🩷🙏🏻🙌🏻
I resonate so much with Brenna. I’ve struggled with mental health. I’m struggling now. I lost my dad 11 months ago to alcoholism. My sister in law is fighting stage 4 cancer. Two days ago we learned she has 2 months to live. I’m sitting here praying “God where are you? I know you can heal her!” I needed to hear this. God is with me in my suffering and in family’s suffering.
Praying for you ❤
God bless her! her vulnerability was beautiful to watch and needed for me! Thank you Jesus for using her as your vessel to speak to people who may feel like their struggling alone!
I call that Martha & Mary moment a healthy confrontation
"Jesus if you would have been with us..."We where taught not to confront Jesus or Question God. I learned 2 things : #1 if Jesus is my friend my homie then me & my homie can have talks, secrets, make memories & have healthy confrontation. #2 I serve a suffering God so life is tough sometimes. It's how I found my Faith asking God Why? What Now? & Can you hear me!!? God spoke to me and said I heard! I hear you! Learn to wait your turn sometimes Im busy working on what your asking for. Made me feel like a kid bothering a parent It humbled me. Lord knows this GENERATION & Age needs Brenna & her testimony. We need more weeping and metal health healing. We need more Jesus in the wilderness talk.
So glad I tuned in what a great Wed Hump Day Hallelujah Time yall The Perry's Bless my Soul Every Time 💥
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This episode really brought me to tears...the part where her youth leader just said those simple words...it wasn't a long lecture or preaching but just letting her know she is wanted and loved...I always pray that young people in the church struggling have persons like that around them...who wont condemn them but just comfort them by letting them know there presence in the body of Christ is a gift and blessing
I never ever comment and I just want to say that this particular episode resonated so overwhelmingly that I was appalled . I have never had thoughts of suicide but God’s unconditional love and grace as she spoke on her story speaks volumes. Thank you so much for these conversations.
This one…This one. ❤ Even in the suffering God is Faithful. This was Beautiful.
As a mommy of 4 and wife who also struggles with mental illness, and previously suicide attempt, depression, and postpartum rage - I absolutely feel seen and resonate deeply with wrestling with the intersection of faith & suffering. I became devoted to Christ through His willingness and persistence to continue to show His faithfulness for me in my deepest, darkest, non-traditional, and unassimilated seasons of my life. When I think about the times of the embodiment of "God with us" being His proof of existence in my life in the most unnatural ways... it brings that fire in my soul, too. I am eternally grateful for the ability to REMEMBER. This was one of the best episodes I've heard personally. Definitely will be pre-ordering.
The Perry’s podcast has been literally my fav pod
So glad that you didn't demonize her illness & allow her to feel.
I'm going through depression for the first time in my life. I'm still struggling to see the light at the end of the tunnel and feel a dark cloud over me every day. This video gives me some encouragement that its okay to be sorrowful but I'm just so tired and need deliverance
“ the God that I was told about is not big enough for the problems I’m experiencing.” 😮 this question hit me 4 yrs ago @ 35 & compelled me to confront the misconceptions by writing my 1st book Diary of a Confused Christian
This is going to be my first podcast With The Perrys. I can't wait to listen! The peace I saw was so raw and gave me the words for The Chronic experience I have been living the last 4 years, I must hear the rest of the testimony! So empowering!🙌🏾
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Same !!! 🙌🙌
Wow wow wow! Thank you for this!
This will not be your last... they are such an encouragement and a blessing...
Lord continue to use me, even when I don't understand. Keep me in my moments of anguish. Give me the strength to endure! Lord I thank you in advance! ❤️
50:05 "Their questions are too tabu, their suffering is too great, their doubts are too heavy" SO accurate. Millenials feel trapped and just told to get a job or wrap it up. That's a growing bubble inside society and church that'll gonna break or bless the world. Lord help us all!!!
Thank you for this. My mom has been suffering with cancer. She’s stage four and has not been doing well. I had been asking God to heal her and why He had let this happen if as a family we are faithful in our service to Him in our personal lives and ministry. I have been wrestling with the fact that He might not heal my mom but He still loves her and is a good God. Really needed this! Love y’all!
Praying for you and your family 🙏 My father has stage 4 prostate cancer. Cancer sucks!!! But God is FAITHFUL! Stay encouraged!💗🙏
@@katrinabrown7871 Thank you!♥ I will be praying for you and you and your dad as well.
This podcast was deep. I relate to BB. When she said she asked the Lord to just be with her. I said the same thing. The Lord is always right on time. Right on time. Right on time. Even when it looks too late. This message was right on time. This is what the people need to hear because there are many struggling with mental health.
I say this as a kind correction, when there’s an intense moment in the interview, just stop fusing with the camera frame and just let the conversation go…you brought a level distraction, that was taking AWAY from what the message was trying to do. The frame is fine. Remember to be listening to the Holy Spirit too when you’re filming and a pause and pray and you also being present in the room, is needed and will guide you in the capturing of what the Holy Spirit is doing in media. ❤🙏 God Bless, this was an Amazing interview! Thank you
Possibly one of the best episodes that features a guest ! This was so transparent and beautiful! Praise Jesus ❤❤❤❤
I've suffered with depression most of my life. I was emotionally neglected as a child, abused, had multiple failed relationships and a marriage. I've felt utterly abandoned and beyond broken to ever be loved by anyone for long, and this message spoke so closely to my heart. I've often wondered why Jesus hadn't healed me, but like you crying out, "Jesus be near me!" This is what true Christianity is about, not about showing up to a one man show, putting on the Christian face and then wondering where Jesus is for the rest of the week.
May everyone who listens to this come to Him with their questions and doubts!
AMEN!!
This testimony made me weep but also gave me hope and assurance that I am never alone. I thank God for his presence and his word and for Jesus! May god continue to bless Brenna and hide her life in Him. In Jesus name, Amen.
Broke my spirit in a much needed way. Thank you Brenna and thank you Jesus for restoring Brenna’s life.
This is beautiful. I have struggled with depression my whole life. In a season of tremendous sadness, I was on my knees in prayer and I heard "dama". I had never heard that word in my life before. The closest thing was a woman I knew named "Damaris". Well I thought I just was hearing gibberish...but the Lord pressed me to look at the meaning of the word. I found out it was the Hebrew word, meaning "to weep". When I looked it up in the bible, it was used a few times...once in the story of Jesus weeping with Mary and Martha. I knew at that time that Jesus was with me in my heartache. ❤️
Definitely of one my favorite guest appearances. I don't know if Brenna can possibly get what this episode has meant and how it has ministered to so many. So thankful the Lord reminded you of His sustaining Presence in your suffering.
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I thank God for your podcast ministry. Every time I happen to listen, it’s always something I needed to hear. ❤
d e l i v e r a n c e.
It’s so important to have knowledge on how unclean spirits operate in oppressing us through past trauma, generational curses, and open doors through willful sin.
A lot of Christians do need deliverance. It’s very necessary within the sanctification process.
I pray the Lord will reveal deeper knowledge and wisdom to my brothers and sisters to help them combat the enemy and be set free in every aspect in Jesus name. 🤍
As a Christian with bipolar disorder, this hit home so hard. Takes a lot to bring tears to my eyes but these stories are so similar to my own. It’s not easy….
Reading all the comments while I start listening. 🙌🙌🙌
This testimony just changed my perspective on suffering. I thank God!
Not hormones and demons 😂 we need this sermon Minister Jacky
Lol bc fr and in real life !
"When we own our suffering and our struggles, that displays the compassion of God." DANG.
Cried through most of this episode. It made me think of the song, He Understands by Chandler Moore. He sees us through the pain and He is with us in it always even when we don't feel it. 💕
Thank you Perry’s thank you Brenda. I love you my son/ my heartbeat my GG/ GodsGrace. Rest up, I’m fighting every day to be ok without you here. Rest up Gramps. I’m living by you and GG words of wisdom. I love and miss you both so very much❤🙏🏽❤️🪽🪽. Lift me up God. I love you in my suffering.
“The power of presence.” 💯
Her story is similar to mine! Just crying tears over here! I’m so thankful for this community Jackie and Preston have created! Praise be to God!
This episode got me doing dishes with my jaw dropped. So so good. It always amazes me when God uses other people to speak directly to us. God is powerful and in the details for sure.
I found this podcast much more encouraging than one of those stories of how God healed me stories! Let’s be honest, most of us don’t get that healing, although I do know that he does heal some people. But that leaves the rest of us feeling like the unwanted step child. Ive often thought that if I’m not going to be joyful unless God does what I want then isn’t that just me wanting his stuff ( his blessings, etc) and not him? Thank you for your openness to share!
Best episode yet. It's the Father will still use me as I actively battle through my mess, all He wants is a yes.
Just here to say that this episode was so moving. The raw transparency and beautiful testimony was a joy to watch. Glad to have learned of Brenna and her ministry through this episode and will be praying for her continued victory over suffering. ❤
THIS EPISODE BROUGHT ME SO MANY TEARS I DIDNT KNOW NEEDED TO COME UP!
Same sis
Her testimony is powerful. Thank you for sharing. To God be the glory
Worship Worship Worship! God is faithful! where would we be if not for You LORD❤❤❤
Brenna idk if youll ever read this. But there was sonstjing so clear, so honest and tender about how you communicate. I struggle to feel confide t in speaking and so no this wasnt a speech class but just the sinplicity and truth of how and what you soeak about was liberating and wholesome.
Secondly, as a 20 year old whom this year is really tring to surrender to Christ, and has dealt with her own trauma, your testimony made me tear up, and just something you said that i was thinking about "He may never heal me" but his presence will be with us, idk smth about it was like dang can i be content with my suffering and how life is now, if it means I'll never be apart from Him even if he diesnt show up how i wish. Is that enough to keep me going.
The last thing was, i felt a sadness of "where were these conversations when i was knee deep in the dirt" when i was sobbing my heart out or b4 id been with xyz. I wonder lord why am i only getting to hear this stuff, this language, now?
And its funny, i was never seeking Him in the first placewhen i was in those dark spaves, it was only when i was tryi g to find Him, that id be drawn to certain people and conversations that i wish i wouldve had sooner. God is with me.
Thank you for sharing❤ shalom
Whew! When I first saw this drop a feeling of anxiety washed over me. I wasnt going to watch it but my friend sent it to me and I decided to watch and I am so glad I did. Breanna's pain is so palatable and so real in ways that dont make her imperfect or broken but a beautiful beautiful butterfly, a butterfly thats making and finding her way. Its this realness about her that Ill never forget. Keep fighting, keep living!! It doesnt have to be perfect nor does it have to make sense. It just has to be 💓
Jackie: I liked your explanation about “maybe we are just hangry”. So true. Also, your makeup is so pretty. (I’m not a regular makeup wearer, so I won’t have any follow up questions.😊)
I love y’all’s YT channel.❤
Just listened to the end. Another amazing and thought provoking episode.🤯
Such content is very much needed as a Christian in this day and age.
Brenna, your testimony has moved and helped me so much!
May God continue to be with you always.
Beautiful. My nephew suffers from schizophrenia and is homeless. His mom is ill and he wanders for days. Seeing him Lord I know you are holding him. I’m not sure how much of his own suffering he is even aware of. Thank you for his life and safety and for keeping him when it feels like we as a family are failing him. Amen
Wow praise God, the God of compassion and all comfort. Part of my testimony was being healed from my depression, but I’ve been hit with it in such a way I couldn’t understand it. did God really heal me? Did He touch my soul but didn’t heal my mental illness? I feel a burden of anxiety, loneliness, I pull my hair… the thought of death has also re-entered my mind. I cry out to God and still feel like nothing is changing. if I’m being completely honest I’ve felt my heart turn bitter. BUT God! His loving kindness always leads me to repentance. Last night I had a dream I was walking through a psych ward where people were both mentally ill and demon possessed but in the dream God gave me a word it said 2 Corinthians. I read only the first chapter when I woke up and I knew God was speaking and believe that He will heal me again! This episode serves as further confirmation. Thank you, Jesus. Be with us as we suffer, relying on your grace to get us through and never loosing hope knowing that you will heal… again and again. Amen. I began therapy last week ❤️
One of the best pods I’ve ever seen. I think more believers will have more understanding of their own walk because of this video and be more encouraged in understanding that God is not a superhero but that he desires to be with us in every detail. Beautifully done, thanks so much for this!
I’m so grateful to have come across this channel and get familiar with all 3 of you. Wow!!! This was powerful.
What a powerful message and so needed in today’s world. Satan seeks to destroyed through depression, praise God for His desire to walk with us in EVERYTHING. Be encouraged God loves you and sees you!
Oftentimes especially Charismatic Christian’s like myself we have an “over realized eschatology” thinking that the fullness of the new heavens and new earth are here when that is a future very real hope. Man I am so inspired by the Side B community love you all!!! Because they embody the reality the mystery of human life in a fallen world but at the same time the present and future reality that we can fully live full thriving lives with Christ even in the midst of our very real suffering and the unanswered questions. I’m inspired by our Catholic brothers and sisters as well it seems they have a robust understanding of suffering the “dark nights of the souls”. Shoutout to my fellow Charismatic brothers sisters we can help others that may have the opposite problem an “under realized eschatology” Jesus have given us power to cast out demonic forces to experience the baptism the joy of the Lord Holy Spirit. In conclusion we truly need to learn and walk with one another Church.
I listened to this podcast yesterday. Powerful is an understatement.
Wowwww! My makeup got messed up this morning when BB began talking about the Lazarus part 🙏🏽 I felt that all the way! Jesus loves us! Powerful testimony ❤
That was so good n so refreshing! I pray that she never succeeds in any suicidal attempts because she is needed💯ty God
You guys made me weep… I didn’t cry I weeped. This was too good and her testimony was too good. As a Christian, as a therapist and just as a human this rocked me. God bless her
Jackie you know you’re gonna have to give us a makeup tutorial or two lol 😂 ❤
Jackie mua 😂
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I was thinking the same thing lol
God bless you and all that you were made to do in His image. ❤
Brenna gave me language I didn’t know I needed. Simply a life changing testimony. Thank you Perry’s
I listened to this podcast before coming to watch it. It was two completely different but moving and inspiring experiences
Thank you for having this brave woman on. Such a blessing.