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A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.

Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 1. Jesus Christ, Our Life (John 1:1-4) 2. We Must Be Born of God (John 1:12-18) 3. The Love of God Revealed through Jesus, the Only Begotten Son (John 1:15-18) 4. The Truth That John the Baptist Testified (John 1:19-28) 5. The Biblical Evidence That Jesus Bore All the Sins of the World (John 1:29-39) 6. The Faith of Believing Only in the Word of God (John 1:1-8) 7. We Couldn’t Be Happier than This (John 1:29-31) 8. With What Kind of Look Did Our Creator Visit Us? (John 1:1-13) 9. Who Is John the Baptist? (John 1:19-42) CHAPTER 2 1. We Are Happy If We Accept Jesus into Our Hearts (John 2:1-11) 2. We Can Taste the Blessings from God Only If We Obey the Word of God (John 2:5) CHAPTER 3 1. We Have to Be Born Again by Knowing and Believing in This Way (John 3:1-6) 2. Do You Believe in the God-given Gospel of the Water and the Spirit? (John 3:1-8) 3. What Makes It Possible for Us to Be Born Again? (John 3:1-15) 4. Do You Really Know God’s Love? (John 3:16) 5. Let Us Do Spiritual Work by Faith (John 3:16-17) The Love of God Revealed Through Jesus Christ. It is written, "No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him" (John 1:18). How perfectly did Jesus reveal the love of God to us! How perfectly did Jesus deliver us! What perfect Truth of salvation is the gospel of the water and the Spirit! We have never regretted receiving our salvation through our faith in Jesus, who came by water and blood (1 John 5:6). I hope that all of you believe in Jesus Christ who has revealed the love of God, keep the faith in His love in your hearts, and live daily for the sake of spreading that love. I hope that you will acquire the blessing of the remission of sin by meeting with God through the gospel of the water and the Spirit. The New Life Mission https://www.bjnewlife.org