Your Hope Renewed: Christian Mental Health
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“HOW YOU GONNA ACT?”
This is a question my oldest son has asked. And it’s an excellent question. We will explore this question today, but we will not answer the question for you: only you can do...
Being Good Enough…
Have you ever asked the question: “Why is it nothing I do is ever good enough?” I know I have. And it’s a good enough question…I guess. There are times our actions are...
Renewing the Mind
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Mental health issues are complex
Welcome to the Christian Mental Health blog. Managing depression, anxiety, bipolar, thought disorders and other mental health issues can be lonely, complicated and discouraging.We believe you will...
Are You a Saint?
1 Corinthians 1:2 To those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours. Are you a...
"Music has immense power in our lives: to speak to us, to teach us, to move us, to speak for us and to heal us."
Click on the pictures to enjoy the healing power of music.
About Us
Our Calling
We are called by God to be stewards of the Hope Renewed Christian Mental Health ministry which exists to “…equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ.” Our goal is to encourage and empower those living with mental illness personally, with family members or with friends; “practicing the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head.”
“Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:11 ESV.
“It was he who gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God—a mature person, attaining to the measure of Christ’s full stature. So we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes. But practicing the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head. From him the whole body grows, fitted and held together through every supporting ligament. As each one does its part, the body grows in love.” ~ Ephesians 4:11-16
We believe that because of the integration of body, mind and Spirit, a Christian must have spiritual health to fully experience a healthy mental life. And a Christian must have mental health to fully experience a healthy Christian life.
The goal of this organization to be a part of the healing ministry of Christ. We will provide many links to secular resources that will be very helpful to you, but our focus will be working together with you toward Godliness with contentment.
Music
We pray you will find emotional and spiritual healing through the love of Christ in these pages. We have links to music attached to most pictures on our site as music is an integral part of healing. Please click on each picture to be ministered to by the music.
Prayer
We covet your prayers. We know that prayer brings God’s will. As the Lord lays it on your heart to pray for Hope Renewed Ministries please pray for
- wisdom and discernment for those of us involved in the ministry,
- those who have been touched by God through the ministry experience Healing through God’s life changing love and come to know Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord,
- spread of the ministry to the many others who need Healing through God’s life changing love.
Thank you for your prayer support.
Living Victoriously
Find Support and Build Relationships
Living Victoriously is a ministry of Calvary Church in Naperville Illinois. Encouragement groups are offered weekly and educational classes are also offered periodically.
Managing depression, bipolar or thought disorders and other mental health issues can be complicated, lonely and discouraging. Whether you personally struggle with any of these issues or care for a family member who does, we will arm you with Biblical principles, educational materials and resources to allow you to better cope with the many challenges you face. We offer support and encouragement and, hopefully, healing through the love of Christ. There are no church attendance or membership requirements. Calvary Church acknowledges the presence of hurt in the lives of believers. Encouragement Groups and leader-directed conversations offer hope and healing centered in God’s grace.
About Dorie
About Dorie . . .
Dorothy (Dorie) Nilles is a retired registered psychiatric nurse who resides in Lombard Illinois. She has two grown sons; both gifted and talented, and four beautiful grand children.
Dorie has been called be steward of the Hope Renewed Christian Mental Health ministry that is designed to help anyone who is struggling with mental, spiritual and emotional issues.
Dorie was born at The Willows Maternity Sanitarium in Kansas City, Missouri. This was a home for unwed pregnant women in a day when such situations were not even discussed in polite society. She was adopted into a Dutch Christian family when she was just a few weeks old. Although her adoptive parents raised her in the Christian Reformed church and sent her to an excellent Christian school, theirs was a very dysfunctional family with many abuses, mental and emotional difficulties.
Through these challenges, Dorie learned that her God Jehovah, the God of the Bible, is a loving and sovereign Father. God placed her in an environment in which she grew strong, with support and love from Godly extended family members mentoring and encouraging her. God has used joy and sorrow, opportunity and hardship to mold her into a loving, creative and dedicated wife, mother, grandmother, friend, nurse, entrepreneur, leader. This early education laid the foundation for her to be able to help others who have traveled this same path of childhood abuse and betrayal. If there is anything worse than murder … it is betrayal. When you kill someone you basically put them out of their misery , but when you betray them you leave a wound that continues to fester and hurt and possibly never heal. Only God can heal this type of wound. To this, Dorie has dedicated her life to helping broken people in this broken world.
The above is but a brief glimpse into the life and work of this talented, nurturing and gifted woman of God.
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From Contributing Author Patricia Hajek For years, like so many other people I know, I...
From Contributing Author Patricia Guenette Does that phrase describe much of your...
November 2011 is past. Did you celebrate Thanksgiving? Did you: Have a wonderful...
Just what is prayer? There are formula, planned, and impromptu prayers; supplication,...
Where were you that fateful day of September 11, 2001? Where were you November 22, 1963...
This is a question my oldest son has asked. And it’s an excellent question. We...
Have you ever asked the question: “Why is it nothing I do is ever good...
Mental Health Professionals use CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)… to help their...
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Psychiatric Diagnoses are categorized by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV),...
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