Download or read book When Helping Hurts written by Steve Corbett and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2014-01-24 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 450,000 copies in print, When Helping Hurts is a paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty alleviation. Poverty is much more than simply a lack of material resources, and it takes much more than donations and handouts to solve it. When Helping Hurts shows how some alleviation efforts, failing to consider the complexities of poverty, have actually (and unintentionally) done more harm than good. But it looks ahead. It encourages us to see the dignity in everyone, to empower the materially poor, and to know that we are all uniquely needy—and that God in the gospel is reconciling all things to himself. Focusing on both North American and Majority World contexts, When Helping Hurts provides proven strategies for effective poverty alleviation, catalyzing the idea that sustainable change comes not from the outside in, but from the inside out.

Download or read book God s Power to Help Hurting People written by Colleen Birchett and published by Urban Ministries Inc. This book was released on 2006-03 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover how to help those who are hurting through this practical and encouraging study. Each chapter tells the story of one person's emotional crisis, a soul cry for help, and a corresponding Bible personality who had the same ardent crisis. Learn to effectively minister God's power over 12 commonly experienced emotions by hurting people including, guilt, insecurity, loneliness, fear, anxiety, low self-esteem, grief, and anger.

Download or read book Helping Without Hurting in Church Benevolence written by Steve Corbett and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a low-income person asks your church for help, what do you do next? God is extraordinarily generous, and our churches should be, too. Because poverty is complex, however, helping low-income people often requires going beyond meeting their material needs to holistically addressing the roots of their poverty. But on a practical level, how do you move forward in walking with someone who approaches your church for financial help? From the authors of When Helping Hurts comes Helping Without Hurting in Church Benevolence, a guidebook for church staff, deacons, or volunteers who work with low-income people. Short and to the point, this tool provides foundational principles for poverty alleviation and then addresses practical matters, like: How to structure and focus your benevolence work How to respond to immediate needs while pursuing long-term solutions How to mobilize your church to walk with low-income people With practical stories, forms, and tools for churches to use, Helping Without Hurting in Church Benevolence is an all-in-one guide for church leaders and laypeople who want to help the poor in ways that lead to lasting change.

Download or read book Real Faith Answers to the Top 100 Questions about Christianity written by Mark Driscoll and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book How to Help Hurting People written by Colleen Birchett and published by Urban Ministries Inc. This book was released on 1990 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A companion to How to Pray & Communicate with God, the Leader's Guide offers suggestions for using biblical guides and enhancing the study. It also contains answers to study questions.

Download or read book Leadership Pain written by Samuel Chand and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to be a better leader? Raise the threshold of your pain. Do you want your church to grow or your business to reach higher goals? Reluctance to face pain is your greatest limitation. There is no growth without change, no change without loss, and no loss without pain. Bottom line: if you're not hurting, you're not leading. But this book is not a theological treatise on pain. Rather in Leadership Pain Samuel Chand—best-selling author recognized as "the leader's leader"—provides a concrete, practical understanding of the pain we experience to help us interpret pain more accurately and learn the lessons God has in it for us. Chand is ruthlessly honest and highly practical as he examines the principles and practices that make our pain a means of fulfilling God's divine purposes for our churches, communities, and us. These features are included in this leadership treasure trove: POWERFUL, personal stories from some of the finest leaders in the world, such as Craig Groeschel, Benny Perez, Mike Kai, Lisa Bevere, Mark Chironna, Dale Bronner, Philip Wagner, Michael Pitts, and numerous others REVEALING INSIGHTS into the growth that occurs through pain in leadership roles PRACTICAL EXERCISES to help you apply the valuable principles you are learning

Download or read book Celebrate Recovery 365 Daily Devotional Healing from Hurts Habits AndHang Ups written by Johnny Baker and published by HarperOne. This book was released on 2021-05-05 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you on a recovery journey? Do you need a daily resource of hope to get you through every day? The Celebrate Recovery 365 Daily Devotional includes brief daily encouragement for the millions on the road to recovery from various hurts, pain, or addiction of any kind. Readers will find: deeper application of the 12 steps and 8 principles a year's worth of devotions, giving ongoing support and hope for the road ahead Scripture verses and focused prayers for each day guidance on how to recover from alcoholism, divorce, sexual abuse, codependency, domestic violence, drug addition, sexual addiction, food addiction, gambling addiction, and more reminders of God's goodness, grace, and redemption inspiration to support others struggling with hurts, habits, and hang-ups Celebrate Recovery is more than a 12-step recovery program; it is a means toward lasting life changes through Christ-centered 12 steps and 8 principles based on the Beatitudes. Through daily entries with scripture and prayer, you'll discover the key to long-term recovery. Whether a self-purchase or a gift for someone you care about, Celebrate Recovery 365 Daily Devotional is designed to inspire readers during moments of strength and growth and encourage them in times of weakness. This year-long devotional will bring comfort and encourage strength for each day and provide words of hope, courage, and triumph.

Download or read book Hope Prevails written by Dr. Michelle Bengtson and published by Revell. This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neuropsychologist Offers Hope to Those Struggling with Depression As a board-certified neuropsychologist, Dr. Michelle Bengtson sees the devastation of depression. Early on, she practiced the most effective treatments and prescribed them for her clients. But when she experienced depression herself, she found that the treatments she had recommended were lacking. Her experience showed her the missing component in treating depression. In Hope Prevails, Dr. Bengtson writes with deep compassion, blending her training and faith, to offer readers a hope grounded in God's love and grace. She helps readers understand what depression is, how it affects them spiritually, and what, by God's grace, it cannot do. The result is an approach that offers the hope of release, not just the management of symptoms. For those who struggle with depression and those who want to help them, Hope Prevails offers hope for the future.

Download or read book I Forgive You But written by Karen Jensen Salisbury and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2017-06-13 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever been hurt, betrayed, used or done wrong? At some point in life, we all experience wounds from others. But, staying hurt is not okay. When we refuse to let go of the hurt, it turns to unforgiveness and unforgiveness is like drinking poison and expecting the other guy to die. It eats our lunch. This book is all about HOW to forgive...

Download or read book Being There written by Dave Furman and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone has friends or family who suffer from sickness, disability, depression, or the death of a loved one. Often times, the people who love the hurting also struggle in their own unique ways. They tend to suffer in silence and without much support from others. Writing from the unique perspective of one who needs extra help on a daily basis, Dave Furman offers insight into the support, encouragement, and wisdom that people need when helping others. Furman draws on his own life experiences, examples from the Bible, and wisdom from Christians throughout history to address the heart and ministry of those who are called to serve others. Deeply personal and powerfully pastoral, this book points readers to the strength that only God can provide as they love those who are hurting. Afterword written by Gloria Furman, the author's wife.

Download or read book Loving People Who Are Hard to Love written by Joyce Meyer and published by FaithWords. This book was released on 2022-09-13 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned Bible teacher and #1 New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer teaches readers to love the people in their life who are hard to love. We’re never going to be able to prevent people from saying or doing things that hurt our feelings. We will always have opportunities to get offended. But if we do things God’s way, we can choose to save ourselves a lot of misery and hardship. This doesn’t mean we allow people to abuse us. No, there is a time for confronting people and dealing with situations. However, the Bible commands us to love our enemies and forgive those who have wronged us, even when it feels impossible. Everything the Lord asks us to do in the Bible is ultimately for our good. In fact, when we choose to love our enemies and forgive those who have hurt us, we are actually helping ourselves more than anyone else. Because whatever the Lord commands us to do, He is going to give us the power of the Holy Spirit to accomplish it—and that includes loving and being good to difficult people! God’s love flowing through us is strong enough to melt even the hardest hearts, so use kindness as a weapon to overcome the meanness in people. A Study Guide is also available for purchase.

Download or read book Healing Your Church Hurt written by Stephen Mansfield and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-02-17 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you’ve been part of a church, you have probably suffered a “church hurt”—or know someone who has. Maybe the pastor had an affair or the congregation fought over money or the leaders were disguising gossip as “prayer.” Stephen Mansfield knows how it feels. Though he is now a New York Times bestselling author, he was a pastor for more than 20 years, and he loved it—until he learned how much a church can hurt. Yet he also learned how to dig out of that hurt, break through the bitterness and anger, stop making excuses, and get back to where he ought to be with God and his people. If you’re ready to choose the tough path to healing, Mansfield will walk you through it with brotherly love, showing you how you can be better than ever on the other side of this mess—if you’re willing to start Healing Your Church Hurt. Previously published as ReChurch.

Download or read book Effective Intercultural Evangelism written by W. Jay Moon and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in a multicultural society, but many Christians hesitate to engage those of other faiths about Christianity. Exploring evangelism from the perspective of four major worldviews, Jay Moon and Bud Simon unpack the intercultural dynamics at hand when sharing the gospel across cultures, offering contextual evangelism approaches that are relevant, biblical, and practical.

Download or read book Mindfulness and Grief written by Heather Stang and published by Ryland Peters & Small. This book was released on 2018-12-06 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Without proper support, navigating the icy waters of grief may feel impossible. The grieving person may feel spiritually bankrupt and often the loss is so painful that the bereaved may lose faith in what they once held dear. Mindfulness meditation can restore hope by offering a compassionate safe haven for healing and self-reflection. While nobody can predict the path of someone else's grief, this book will guide the reader forward through the grieving process with simple mindfulness-based exercises to restore mind, body and spirit. These easy-to-follow meditations will help the reader to cope with the pain of loss, and embark on a healing journey. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of grief, and the guided meditations will calm the mind and increase clarity and focus. Mindfulness and Grief will help readers to begin the process of reconstructing the shattered self that is left in the wake of any major loss.

Download or read book Hurt People Hurt People written by Sandra D. Wilson and published by Our Daily Bread Publishing. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know someone, perhaps even a Christian, who seems impossible to get along with? From the people in the pews to the members of our families, we are surrounded by people who hurt other people. And they do so, the author tells us, because of the seemingly inescapable pain in their own lives. In this book, Dr. Wilson brings her years as a professional counselor to bear on a difficult topic that affects many of us. Let her warmth and insight lead you toward a heart of compassion and a ministry of healing for those who hurt others.

Download or read book Walking with God through Pain and Suffering written by Timothy Keller and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author of The Prodigal Prophet Timothy Keller—whose books have sold millions of copies to both religious and secular readers—explores one of the most difficult questions we must answer in our lives: Why is there pain and suffering? Walking with God through Pain and Suffering is the definitive Christian book on why bad things happen and how we should respond to them. The question of why there is pain and suffering in the world has confounded every generation; yet there has not been a major book from a Christian perspective exploring why they exist for many years. The two classics in this area are When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Rabbi Harold S. Kushner, which was published more than thirty years ago, and C. S. Lewis’s The Problem of Pain, published more than seventy years ago. The great secular book on the subject, Elisabeth Ku¨bler-Ross’s On Death and Dying, was first published in 1969. It’s time for a new understanding and perspective, and who better to tackle this complex subject than Timothy Keller? As the pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, Timothy Keller is known for the unique insights he shares, and his series of books has guided countless readers in their spiritual journeys. Walking with God through Pain and Suffering will bring a much-needed, fresh viewpoint on this important issue.

Download or read book What Grieving People Wish You Knew about What Really Helps and What Really Hurts written by Nancy Guthrie and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2016-09-14 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We want to say or do something that helps our grieving friend. But what? When someone we know is grieving, we want to help. But sometimes we stay away or stay silent, afraid that we will do or say the wrong thing, that we will hurt instead of help. In this straightforward and practical book, Nancy Guthrie provides us with the insight we need to confidently interact with grieving people. Drawing upon the input of hundreds of grieving people, as well as her own experience of grief, Nancy offers specifics on what to say and what not to say, and what to do and what to avoid. Tackling touchy topics like talking about heaven, navigating interactions on social media, and more, this book will equip readers to support those who are grieving with wisdom and love.