I am so thankful for the internet because without the internet I would not have met the most beautiful lady that I have the pleasure to call my friend. Dr. Michelle Bengtson is the real deal. She is a clinical neuropsychologist with over 25 years of experience. Her story is one that movies are made of she is the doctor who helps patients and ends up being the patient suffering from a disabling depression.
She is her quiet time is asked by God to share her story. Yes, a story that could cripple her professionally or would it be the story to help potentially millions of people. She steps out in faith and faces her fear. She writes Hope Prevails: Insight from a Doctors Personal Journey Through Depression and most recently the companion Hope Prevails Bible Study that shares her journey.
In the Hope Prevails Book from the beginning, the facts grab the reader. The reader is able to apply and grow in her walk with the Lord because Dr. Michelle uses God’s word as a basis for healing and strength. Here are some of the quotes from the chapter “World Laughing but You Are Not”,
“Only when I started to understand what depression does to us spiritually, as well as what it can not do, and then started cooperating with God did I finally begin to experience the chains of depression falling off.”
‘Dark journey affects physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Traditional tx did not address spiritual side of depression.’
‘Shame, pain, “Not until I realized how depression is perpetuated on a spiritual level and addressed the spiritual issues did I start to walk out of the valley.’
[Tweet “‘The enemy of our soul thrives on keeping us in darkness and unable to live in the fullness God created us to be.”
My impression: The offer of having a friend walk with me, I want to turn the page and read more.
Beloved, I have read this book many times and every time I read it, I discover something new. Tomorrow we start the Hope Prevails Bible Study as a small group. I am looking forward to what God has for each of us in this study. If you would like to be in the study, please message me at Diana Manley Rockwell on Facebook or at blessingsrockwell@gmail.com.
Father God, thank you for Dr. Michelle and her journey. I pray that you protect her and those who read her book. I pray that you lift each one of us from the despair of depression. I pray that you protect us from the lies of Satan. May the hope of Jesus fill each of us. In Jesus name, Amen
Have you read Hope Prevails?
Will you wish Dr. Michelle a happy birthday by writing a review at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads?
As always if you desire the book and cannot afford one, please contact me.
I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15: 13
I have nothing but gratitude for my friend. Beloved, also I have gratitude to God for you and prevailing hope.
