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God loves us and wants us to love Him, each other, and ourselves. God never intended anyone to be victimized, and it is important that we love and respect ourselves, holding ourselves in high regard. Domestic violence is sin, and violent interactions break the greatest commandments. Violence is incompatible with love, and that s why it is important to embrace God s word to find out exactly what it says to us about God s love. Furthermore, we know the Holy Spirit neither produces nor condones abuse, for love and gentleness are Fruit of the Spirit according to Galatians. We are precious to Him. We are valuable to God, and His sacrifice for us proves that. No matter what we have been told, what experiences we have had, what mistakes we have made, God loves us and wants us to be loved. We do not have to labor in an arena God never intended for us to labor in, He wants us to be free. If you are in a relationship that threatens your mental and physical health, your soul and your temple, seek guidance and strength from a God who knows your struggle. He is ready to deliver you because you have dwelt long enough on this mountain.
This book is an autobiography of my life. In the Life speaks about how I got into the trap of being in a lesbian lifestyle. I speak of the trials and triumps in my life which lead to this decision. Homosexuality is very accepted today in this world while; God's word still remains the same today, yesterday, and forever more. I believe that God has layed on my heart for me to help others that struggle in this area. Remember, the enemy comes to dismantle, and disrupt your destiny through your mind and misinformation. Also, our toungue plays a very important role in our life because, we shape our life through our words. Everyone needs help and encouragement along the way to their journey. You life is not in vain No You have a purpose I have been placed on this earth to help others through my experiences. My hope is that someone will press their way to success. In sharing my experiences, I hope to inspire each and every one of you You can come out of traps and experience freedom. Don't stay there Climb your way out The light will shine again
"The Journey of a Christian Counselor" is written for the individual who feels drawn by the Holy Spirit to counsel, with or without formal training in the profession. It is a story within a story, a chronology of the spiritual and professional journey of a young woman searching for the meaning of a vision that she saw at the birth of her son. This vision changed her life, but it was not until the brutal death of her son that she gained the courage to release the vision and accept its purpose in her life.
"A Beacon of Hope" presents a collection of poetic letters that author Reveral L. Yeargin has been writing since 1986. He has been inspired by the Lord to write words of encouragement and inspiration to share with those who believe in God. Through Yeargin's inspiring poetry, God has spoken with His Spirit so that everyone can read, study, and apply the wisdom from them to their everyday life. Each of these poetic letters is an inspiration of people, places, and things. These letters have been written to clarify our views because all of us are searching for answers to many of life's challenging questions without knowing where to search to find the answers. "A Beacon of Hope" is vessel for gaining peace of mind for those things that we don't understand, thus allowing us to understand and embrace the paths that have been set before us in love. " My prayer is that you receive this with an open heart and after
you get it continue to trust in God
"A Beacon of Hope" presents a collection of poetic letters that author Reveral L. Yeargin has been writing since 1986. He has been inspired by the Lord to write words of encouragement and inspiration to share with those who believe in God. Through Yeargin's inspiring poetry, God has spoken with His Spirit so that everyone can read, study, and apply the wisdom from them to their everyday life. Each of these poetic letters is an inspiration of people, places, and things. These letters have been written to clarify our views because all of us are searching for answers to many of life's challenging questions without knowing where to search to find the answers. "A Beacon of Hope" is vessel for gaining peace of mind for those things that we don't understand, thus allowing us to understand and embrace the paths that have been set before us in love. " My prayer is that you receive this with an open heart and after
you get it continue to trust in God
"In Progressive Solution Prayers for Fruitfulness and Fulfillment," author Dr. Pauline Walley-Daniels shows you it is possible to transform your prayer life, improve your prayer language, and be connected with the Holy Spirit to facilitate a deeper relationship with God. Walley-Daniels discusses the common problems people face in everyday life, and she provides strategic solutions-with the aid of Scripture-based intercessory and warfare prayers-that instruct you how to approach the throne of God in a focused and strategic manner. She shows you how to apply different types of prayers to specific issues relating to you and your loved ones in order to achieve results with prayer topics ranging from situations concerning your progressiveness in the natural, spiritual, and secular realms to the realm of relationships. "Progressive Solution Prayers for Fruitfulness and Fulfillment" also teaches you to pray effectively to uproot curses and evil seeds that have been planted. It provides you with the wisdom to break through any evil, and it demonstrates how to offer effective prayers that transform problems into lifetime solutions. Presenting practical principles, Walley-Daniels helps you gain a deeper understanding of the different types of prayers, and she helps you discover the power and purpose of prayer for personal fulfillment.
"In Progressive Solution Prayers for Fruitfulness and Fulfillment," author Dr. Pauline Walley-Daniels shows you it is possible to transform your prayer life, improve your prayer language, and be connected with the Holy Spirit to facilitate a deeper relationship with God. Walley-Daniels discusses the common problems people face in everyday life, and she provides strategic solutions-with the aid of Scripture-based intercessory and warfare prayers-that instruct you how to approach the throne of God in a focused and strategic manner. She shows you how to apply different types of prayers to specific issues relating to you and your loved ones in order to achieve results with prayer topics ranging from situations concerning your progressiveness in the natural, spiritual, and secular realms to the realm of relationships. "Progressive Solution Prayers for Fruitfulness and Fulfillment" also teaches you to pray effectively to uproot curses and evil seeds that have been planted. It provides you with the wisdom to break through any evil, and it demonstrates how to offer effective prayers that transform problems into lifetime solutions. Presenting practical principles, Walley-Daniels helps you gain a deeper understanding of the different types of prayers, and she helps you discover the power and purpose of prayer for personal fulfillment.
In 'Taking Your Life to the Next Level' Jimi offers unique insights that will help readers live a fulfilled life on a daily basis. In order to live the God-kind of life, you must possess divine wisdom, which will lead you to make wise decisions in life. This book will inspire and motivate you to live with more faith, divine love, peace, hope, and joy. Jimi reveals seven simple yet crucial principles that when understood will help you become all that God has formed you to be. The author uses down-to-earth analogies which help you to easily understand his messages, and supports them with biblical scriptures. The text contains personal testimonies that will inspire and uplift you. In 'Taking Your Life to the Next Level' Jimi addresses topics such as depending on God and not on men, opening your spiritual eyes, the power of loving God and men, securing your God-given destiny, and the benefits of always thanking God for the good and bad times. As you practice Jimi's easy-to-understand principles, you will be amazed at how colorful and stress free your life will become.
This book is an excellent tool for those wanting a healthy relationship with themselves and with others. It will teach you how to overcome different types of sexual temptation, how to deal with stress and grief, how to avoid fatal attractions, how to manage your finances as well as how to have healthy relationships. It is a must have.
Designed to help those who have suffered from sexual damage or sexual abuse and for those who are called to minister to them. It will give you an understanding of how God created us for covenant sexuality and how sexual imprinting affects us. It will build your faith in that the same God who created you as a sexual being can also restore your sexuality. This book contains chapters on different topics followed by correlating assignments. They will help you get in touch with the Lord and His healing power. It also gives guidelines on how we can protect our children's future. There is nothing more damaging than a child being violated sexually. We must protect our children. My prayer is that the anointing of God heals, transforms and restores your sexuality as you work through this book. While counseling and ministering to individuals, I have seen God do miracles in this area and believe the same power can be released through this material.
"The Journey of a Christian Counselor" is written for the individual who feels drawn by the Holy Spirit to counsel, with or without formal training in the profession. It is a story within a story, a chronology of the spiritual and professional journey of a young woman searching for the meaning of a vision that she saw at the birth of her son. This vision changed her life, but it was not until the brutal death of her son that she gained the courage to release the vision and accept its purpose in her life.
Life is a continuum we must traverse from our beginning until our end. We experience many stages during this journey, and they are all a part of the process of enhancing our development and allow us to experience our destiny and purpose. Despite life's ups and downs, ins and outs, and good and bad, we must learn to hear and understand our purpose and remain steadfast until the end. In Finished Th ings: Th e Promise of Completion author and pastor DeBorah Coleman uses Philippians 1:6 to provide encouragement to stay on the path that God has set out for us. She interweaves Scripture and biblical figures and ideas with her own insights, personal stories, and modern-day elements to show the importance of persevering, despite the obstacles, to reach the pinnacle of our faith. Coleman communicates the importance of concentrating on our goals and staying in the game to fi nish the course. Get ready for some things to change. Get ready for people to change. Get ready for our own change. We are on the course that leads to completion. God promised to complete what he began in us.
Life is a continuum we must traverse from our beginning until our end. We experience many stages during this journey, and they are all a part of the process of enhancing our development and allow us to experience our destiny and purpose. Despite life's ups and downs, ins and outs, and good and bad, we must learn to hear and understand our purpose and remain steadfast until the end. In Finished Th ings: Th e Promise of Completion author and pastor DeBorah Coleman uses Philippians 1:6 to provide encouragement to stay on the path that God has set out for us. She interweaves Scripture and biblical figures and ideas with her own insights, personal stories, and modern-day elements to show the importance of persevering, despite the obstacles, to reach the pinnacle of our faith. Coleman communicates the importance of concentrating on our goals and staying in the game to fi nish the course. Get ready for some things to change. Get ready for people to change. Get ready for our own change. We are on the course that leads to completion. God promised to complete what he began in us.
The Bible says, "Do unto others as you will have them to do unto you." "A Bitter Disease Called Unforgiveness" calls to you to check for bitterness in your heart, toward anyone about anything, and let it go. Bitterness will take a toll on you as though parasites are eating away every organ in your body, at a slow pace. When author JoAnne Smith Hooks battled cancer thirty years ago, she lay in a hospice unit waiting to die, and finally came to a conclusion that the disease stemmed only from bitterness. Molested at the age of thirteen and turning to alcoholism by sixteen years of age, JoAnne knew her pain was the root of her illness, and if she didn't kill that root, it would definitely kill her. So she let it go and forgave. She seeks to encourage you to do the same, strip yourself of all the bitter roots and let go of the pain. If you don't the "unforgiveness" will steal your joy, destroy your peace, and override your love.
The Halo/Sharp is a watershed deck that breaks the influence of the Rider-Waite archetypes and presents an entirely novel and original "new energy" version of the powerful and sacred tarot archetypes. This book provides guidance on how to use the deck in personal spiritual/healing/cartomantic practice, as well as instructions on using the deck in your counseling, healing, or spiritual practice. Each card description provides the "old energy" archetype and the Halo/Sharp new energy version. Each card description also provides a divinatory meaning (cards upright and reversed) that focuses on identifying and removing obstacles and blockages to full spiritual awakening, activation, and ascension. Single card readings and the "three card" Sharp spread are discussed. A glossary of key terms is provided, as well an overview of the emancipating symbology of the Halo/Sharp deck. To purchase a copy of the revolutionary Halo/Sharp deck, visit http: //www.thelightningpath.com/halosharp-deck/
The partial truth about us is hard to accept: We hurt those we love. We fail to step in when others need us most. We do wrong-and we need forgiveness. From others and from God, but also from ourselves. But the full truth about us is liberating and freeing: while we are more deeply flawed than we can imagine, we also are far more valuable and cherished than we can comprehend. To reach the place of self-forgiveness, we must embrace this truth. The gift of God's acceptance frees us from self-blame, guilt, and shame. In this practical, inspiring book, Dr. Everett Worthington identifies six steps to forgiving yourself: Receive God's forgiveness Repair relationships Rethink ruminations REACH emotional self-forgiveness Rebuild self-acceptance Resolve to live virtuously Weaving his own story of struggling with his brother's suicide and his overwhelming feelings of regret, together with psychological insight, scientific research, and biblical truth, Dr. Worthington opens a clear path to freedom from self-condemnation to self- acceptance and most importantly, to the full life that Christ promises.
About This Book This book, Dazzling Secrets For Despondent Saints deals with the positive side of overcoming depression from a decidedly Christian, biblical perspective. It deals with topics and concerns such as: What is the best remedy for depression? How can a Christian maintain a life of joy and victory? What are the causes of depression? How to stay in harmony with God. How to recognize when you are overreaching The relationship between obedience and happiness How to help others who may be hurting. Accepting yourself and others. The power of loving relationships. Turning God's promises into reality.
The need for care and caregiving of Christians and non-Christians alike is an art form requiring skills and a heart of compassion. The needs of human beings are complex, and the solutions to these complex problems require knowledge, insight, and understanding.The majority of home fellowship leaders, elders, deacons, and even pastors often avoid the important pastoral function of caregiving. Though most believers do not require long-term care, all need understanding, empathy, warmth, respect, and discipleship, which require knowledge of the kinds of problems people generally face and how to address them with wisdom.In this booklet, the key elements of caregiving for lay leaders are presented with a focus on the biblical, while minimizing the theoretical. A practical solution is presented along with processes to assist in uncovering reasons for maladaptive or dysfunctional behavior and guidance to help someone overcome problems and move forward in their Christian walk.The question for most leaders is not if caregiving will be done, but will we be effective in the process and do no harm to those God has placed in our charge. I hope this book will help the reader to be used by God as a minister of grace and mercy for the precious souls in need of Christian care.
Many people consider themselves Christians but are not sure they're going to heaven. Do you know how to help them, how to answer their questions, how to pray for them as well as how to pray with them so they will know how God really forgives, not how they think He does? Always Ready features dozens of examples of real people who have been led out of their confusion to genuine faith in Christ. "More than ever, pastors and serious Christian lay people need the message and challenge of this book. It flows easily from the heart and life of one who has walked the pathway of following the mandate of Jesus to take His message to the hurting, the sick, the wounded, the lonely, the confused of this world. It will send a sensitive pastor to his knees to ask God for a burning heart, and he will share that with the flock committed to his care. Ronald Hotrum has spoken his heart...a heart that has lived every moment of this Christ-honoring record." --Robert L. Morris Professor, Greek, Bible, biblical and pastoral theology Bethel College, Mishawaka, Indiana "I recommend this book to every Christian who is seriously interested in sharing their faith with pre-Christians and making a difference in Kingdom expansion. The book, Are You Ready? is, by far, the most helpful one I have read on how to pray and the need to clearly understand and articulate forgiveness. Pastor Hotrum's personal stories and experiences of leading people to Christ will keep you motivated to read more. This book is a simple treasure in assisting the Church to more effectively bring in the Harvest " --Dr. J. Dale Erbele Director of Harvest Ministries of the Evangelical Church
In this extensive and vividly presented study, Mr. Hanhardt provides a model of how the spiritual life emerges at times of change and suffering in our lives. He presents a new view of ancient structures in the human psyche-the relationships that are our greatest gifts and that emerge into the realm of the spiritual. This study is based upon decades of research into multiple traditions but fully relies on the description of the most powerful healing structures we have, which are found in each member of the Christian Trinity. To achieve the goal of the growth of love, the ultimate purpose of human suffering, we must invite God into the process. This book is designed for all who are involved in the healing process and is written in a language that is both accessible to the general public and also challenging of the traditional training and practice of psychotherapists and counselors. Mr. Hanhardt also presents throughout the book many techniques and structured self-studies and meditations for healing for clients and seekers who are directing their own healing process.
Dr. Stan DeKoven is a licensed Marriage, Family and Child Therapist in California, specializing in working with families in crisis. He is the Founder and President of the International Training and Education Network and Vision International University. Dr. DeKoven is also the founder of The International Association of Christian Counseling Professionals and the Family Care Network. He is the author of over 40 books in practical Christian living for the maturing of God's people. Dr. DeKoven is a widower, and has two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel, and three beautiful grandchildren. About This Book "On Belay" is a French mountain climbing term indicating that all is secure for the climb up the mountain. This text presents a thoroughly Christian introduction to effective care and counseling, with the goal to assist trained and compassionate men and women to help others overcome the mountains of life. Home fellowship leaders, pastors, counselors, and caring Christian lay leaders can benefit from this book. Among the important topics covered: Why Christian Counseling? The Biblical Mandate How We Become Who We Are Problems in Human Dynamics The Process of Counseling Ministry Spiritual Dynamics of Christian Care-giving
The Chinese have a symbol for crisis, which means both danger and opportunity. People in crisis, whether self-inflicted or externally caused, provides for the person and those they touch just such an opportunity. In this very practical book by Dr. Stan DeKoven, a counselor for over 30 years, the essential steps to help someone process through to a healthy resolution of crisis are presented. Topics include: A biblical view of crisis Dealing with loss The A B C D's of crisis management Facing and preventing suicide .... and much more. Dr. Stan DeKoven is the Founder and President of Vision International University. After many years as a successful Christian family counselor, he expanded the work of Dr. Ken Chant into a dynamic university program with colleges in over 120 nations around the world. Dr. DeKoven is the author of more than 35 books and numerous study guides in counseling, leadership and practical theology.
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