Help in the Darkness — Resources

God Is With You In The Darkness

What hope do you have when your suffering has not yet been redeemed?

Hope, Help in the DarknessJosh PowellAugust 16, 2023Josh Powell, Darkness, Front Page

How Do We Deal With Unwanted Thoughts?

How to think about unwanted thoughts.

Anxiety, Growing, Help in the Darkness, HopeJosh PowellFebruary 4, 2023Josh Powell, Counseling

How Long O Lord? A Poem

A poem for the weary.

Guest Article, Help in the Darkness, HopeSteve SeringDecember 19, 2022Poem, Steve Sering, Front Page

God Is Aware Of Every Tear You Cry

God counts every tear you cry. God sees your tears fall. He counts them in his bottle according to Psalm 56:8. He does this because He loves you.

Help in the Darkness, Hope, Morning Mercies, SorrowJosh PowellNovember 10, 2022Josh Powell, Emotions, Tears, Darkness, For Those Hurting, Covid

A Fresh Mercy

Grace, Guilt, Help in the Darkness, HopeJosh PowellApril 2, 2022Josh Powell, Mercy, Front Page

How to Leave The Prison of Guilt

How can Christians who have fallen into sin receive freedom from guilt?

Guilt, Help in the DarknessJosh PowellJanuary 31, 2022Guilt, Josh Powell, Front Page

God, The Lifter Of Our Head

When the days are hard, God is working things in your life to comfort you. He is the lifter of your head.

Help in the Darkness, Hope, LifeJosh PowellJuly 26, 2021Comfort, Fighting darkness, life, Josh Powell, Front Page

Books For Suffering Christians

Those suffering and those helping those who suffer need sherpas who have walked the terrain of grief, these books are those sherpas.

For Pastors, Help in the Darkness, SorrowJosh PowellJuly 14, 2021Sadness, grief, Suffering, Josh Powell, Front Page

Lord, Don't Leave Me

Darkness shrouds what is truly there. Darkness is not the reality, darkness is merely the inability to see what is present. Remind me of this when darkness enters, Lord, that you are my light.

A prayer, Anxiety, Fighting Sin, Failure, Help in the Darkness, PrayerJosh PowellJanuary 24, 2021A Prayer, Darkness, Fighting darkness, Sin, Honesty, Josh Powell, Front Page, Tears Article Gallery

How To Wait Faithfully

We all will move in and out of waiting seasons as Christians. Do we ever give much thought to how to wait well?

Growing, Help in the Darkness, Hope, Life, Seminary, Waiting, The PsalmsJosh PowellJanuary 17, 2021Josh Powell, Waiting, Pastor In Waiting, Seminary, Growth, Front Page, Tears Article Gallery

Songs For Suffering

A collection of songs for when you are suffering.

Anxiety, Help in the Darkness, Hope, WorshipJosh PowellJanuary 5, 2021suffering, Darkness, Fighting darkness, Songs, Imagery, Help, Hope, For Those Hurting, Spiritual Darkness, Worship, Front Page, Tears Article Gallery

Satan Tempts You After Sin, Too

Temptation towards sin is only one battle ground for Satan in the life of a Christian. The other place of temptation is after you have fallen.

Romans, Sexual Sin, Repentance, The Gospel, Hope, Help in the Darkness, FailureJosh PowellDecember 17, 2020Sanctification, Hope, jesus, Darkness, Fighting darkness, Sin leads to hopelessness, Front Page, Josh Powell, Tears Article Gallery, Sexual Sin

Have My Sins Made Me Unlovable?

We all bring objections to God’s love for us. The question is, what does God do with our objections?

Are There Lesser Measures of Grace For Me When I Sin?

Perhaps you do not doubt that God forgives and still loves you when you sin. But have you bought into a more subtle theological error? The idea that when you sin, when you fall, when you are at your weakest, you receive a “lesser measure” of grace, than you do when you are faithful and strong?

Doctrines, Fighting Sin, Help in the Darkness, Hope, Sexual Sin, Sin, The GospelJosh PowellSeptember 27, 2020Grace, Josh Powell, Romans, Gospel, Don't give up, Grace for sinners, Front Page, Christmas

Is It Sinful To Be Anxious?

The key to fighting anxiety.

Anxiety, For Pastors, Growing, Help in the Darkness, Hope, LifeJosh PowellAugust 7, 2020Anxiety, Promises, Fellowship, Tender God, Josh Powell, Front Page, Christmas, Tears Article Gallery

Is God Fed Up With Me Because of My Sin?

You have not out sinned His love. The Lord loves us where we are, but He also loves us too much to keep us there.

Fighting Sin, Help in the Darkness, Hope, Matthew, Repentance, Sexual Sin, SinJosh PowellJune 9, 2020Matthew, Jesus, Josh Powell, Hope, Hope for past sins, Darkness, Sin, How Does Jesus See Me?, Front Page

Why Is God So Silent?

What encouragement can we hold onto when silence from God enters our lives? When God Feels far, is there hope?

When The Storm Comes, God Sees Your Tears

In God, we do not have a King so lofty and above our difficulties that He sweeps away our tears with disdain. No, we have a King who has descended into the pain with us. You do not cry alone.

Comparison, Help in the DarknessJosh PowellApril 14, 2020Josh Powell, Front Page