Download or read book Overcoming Church Hurt Abuse Freedom From Past Hurts Freedom to Soar written by Erin Lamb and published by Bowker Identifier Services. This book was released on 2019-07-07 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are a victim of any form of abuse by professing Christians and are carrying around buried emotions that negatively affect your life, you need a resource that will help you unpack and release these silent killers. You deserve to heal and feel peace! Overcoming Church & Abuse lovingly guides victims of abuse out of victimhood and into freedom, using faith-based tools and powerful soul-healing exercises. This book offers hope, healing, and freedom to victims of abuse by clergy, professing Christians, and those who misuse the Bible. Erin is also the author of I Thought I Knew What Love Was and Confident & Free, two powerful books that, in the words of readers, "help draw them closer to the heartbeat of God."
Download or read book Captive No More written by Scott Silverii and published by Five Stones Press. This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Suck it up.” Those words empowered and encouraged me as a boy. They injured me as a man. When we talk about pain, we first think of physical pain from injury or accident. There is a masculine, internal block on the notion of our emotions or feelings being hurt. How could they be, we’re men after all! That was my stubborn mindset for years until I realized that my unresolved pain had devastated most of my adult life and held a lasting effect on me. Once I dropped the macho facade, God showed me how to get free from the stranglehold of what living a life of hurt and hate had caused. I want to share what I’ve learned through that journey with you. I’ve led thousands of wounded men along this path to freedom and personal restoration. Are you ready to be free?
Download or read book Surviving Abuse written by Marie Cook and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A little girl hides, quietly crying and listening to her brother's sharp howls of pain and pleas to stop as their mother beats him. She hopes she is not next. But she knows it won't be long; she can't hide forever. There is no way to escape. Life was not always this way for Marie Cook and her family. She once lived in the suburbs of Detroit, and life was wonderful. After moving outside of Detroit, something snapped and her mom began physically and mentally abusing her children. And her father turned a blind eye to the abuse that was going on in his own home. When she couldn't trust her earthly father to protect her, how could she have faith in her heavenly Father? It was not until years later that she would have a relationship with God, and it was this relationship that brought understanding. In Surviving Abuse: A Journey to Forgiveness and Freedom, Marie Cook shares her horrifying story of abuse with readers so that they might be inspired and, yes, forgive those who have wounded them, as difficult as it will be, to get their hearts on the right track and start living in total freedom. Marie Cook lives in Michigan with her husband.
Download or read book Restoring The Soul written by Minister Janet Lerner LCSW and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-11-09 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Restoring the Soul: Overcoming Sexual Abuse through Christ is a workbook that offers a faith-based structured counseling program for those who have experienced childhood or adult sexual abuse. The introduction describes the skills needed and the most important responsibilities of those who are facilitating the counseling process. Through the thirteen sessions provided, a participant is able to develop coping skills, process repressed, and wounded emotions and better understand the issues related
Download or read book Getting Past the Hurt written by Steve McVey and published by . This book was released on 2013-09-09 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is The Book That Will Free You From Hurts in Your PastMelanie writes: I was a little girl of about five or six when my abuse began. My grandfather was the one person in my life who gave me love and affection. I was a middle child, so I felt like I didn't get much attention from anybody, but my grandfather would come over and let me dance on his feet. He'd set me on his big shoes, hold my hands, and walk around the room as I danced. He'd sit me on his lap, and swing me around in his arms. I remember so many times just being held and cuddled by him. That was very important to me. I didn't get that kind of affection from anybody else.But then the time came when that stopped being the kind of attention he gave me. Although I felt very safe with him in the beginning, I came to realize that he didn't necessarily love me because of who I was. He wanted to be around me because of what I was-I was a little child, and he was a child molester.From that dark place, hurt evolved into resentment and eventually turned into complete hatred for her offender. It was only when she received a call from her mother telling her that her grandfather was dying and her response was, "Good! He'll finally get what he deserves," that Melanie saw how crippling her pain had become to her emotional and spiritual wholeness.This book describes how she came to find freedom and healing in that place. Steve and Melanie have counseled hurting people for over forty years and have seen many experience freedom as Christ led them along the pathway you'll discover in this book. In these chapters, you will learn:* How to recognize the effects of internalizing painful events that have happened to you.* How to identify the hurts done to you that need to be resolved.* How to take four biblical steps that will free you from the past.* How to deal with ongoing emotions about what happened.* How to relate to the person who hurt you.* How to handle it when somebody continues to hurt you.Christ alone sets us free and heals our wounds. "Getting Past The Hurt" is nothing less than a description of the pathway of grace that He walks us through to experience that healing. Many have found the healing they needed, and so can you. Would you go to the top of this page and click the "Buy" button on the right? Because you will be helped, and because your Heavenly Father certainly wants you free.
Download or read book Church Daggers written by Rasheda McGuire and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful book on dealing with those who hurt you within the church community. A self-help guide.
Download or read book Church Hurt How to Heal Overcome It written by Stephanie Franklin and published by . This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millions of people across the globe are wounded and are hurting because of church hurt. Some remain in the church for the sake of nowhere else to go, while others run out never returning. Millions of Christians can identify with this book. "Church Hurt" is from a realist point of view. It grabs the heart of the truth about what really goes on in the church that hinders, helps those who have been wounded to be real, to heal, and to fully recover. Church Hurt also provides a reference of scripture reading that will help those to release and receive total freedom. The church has malfunctioned and has gone away from the true call of the function of the church. It has formatted itself to fit the people's selfish desires, rather than the desire and the call that God has placed on the church. God never ordained the church to function from a flesh state, but from a Spirit state. As a result, it has formulated what is called a click spirit-organizational groupings, rather than the leading and the grouping of the Holy Spirit. Church Hurt explains how the people of God and the body of Christ that make up the church is on a mandate to grab a hold of the heart of God, His plan and purpose for His church; and to bring His anointing and power of His Holy Spirit back in the hurting church. God is full of mercy and grace. He wants to give the church the complete victory in every area where it has been contaminated and stolen. He wants to heal and restore those who have been wounded, hurt, abused, and pushed out of the church to be restored.
Download or read book Breaking Free from Body Shame written by Jess Connolly and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You were made for more than a love/hate relationship with your body. It's one thing to know in your head that you were created in the image of God. Yet it's quite another to experience this belief in your body, against the cultural ideals of a woman's worth. And between the two lies a world of frustration, disappointment, and the shame of somehow feeling both too much and never enough in your body. Jess Connolly is a bestselling author, sought-after speaker, and trusted Bible teacher who knows this inner conflict all too well, and this book details her journey--and yours--of setting out to discover how to break free from the broken beliefs we all hold about our bodies that hold us back from our fullest life. The truest thing about you is that you are made and loved by God. And the truest thing about Him is that He cannot make bad things. This book will help you believe it with your whole self, as Jess guides you through an eye-opening, empowering process of: Renaming what the world has labeled as less-than Resting in God's workmanship Experiencing restoration where there has been injury And becoming a change agent in partnering with God to bring revival to a generation of women Far from a superficial issue, self-image is a spiritual issue, because God has named your body good from the beginning. Whether your struggle is with eating and exercise habits, stress or trauma, infertility or injury, this book makes space for you to experience God meeting you in this tender place, and ring His freedom bell over your body in a whole new way.
Download or read book I Love Jesus But I Want to Die written by Sarah J. Robinson and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Runaway Radical written by Amy Hollingsworth and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2015-03-03 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel the world, change lives, save souls. (Note: Results not typical.) A young idealist heeds the call to radical obedience, gives away all of his belongings and shaking off the fetters of a complacent life, travels halfway around the world. There he discovers, among the poor and the fatherless of West Africa, that he has only surrendered to a new kind of captivity. There is no doubt that young people today are fully invested in social and human rights issues. They start their own nonprofits, they run their own charities, they raise money for worthy causes. Books on saving the world abound, topping the bestsellers’ lists, fueling the drive to prove not only commitment to the world but devotion to God. Now there is a new crop of books starting to emerge, detailing the consequences of trying to save a world that is not ours to save. But none of these books tell the story thatRunaway Radical tells; this is the first book to highlight the painful personal consequences of the new radicalism, documenting in heartbreaking detail what happens when a young person becomes entrapped instead of liberated by its call. His radical resolve now shaken, he returns home to rebuild his life and his faith. Runaway Radical serves as an important and cautionary tale for all who lead and participate in compassion activism, in the art of doing good— both overseas and at home— amidst this new culture of radical Christian service.
Download or read book Freedom Class Manual written by Brian Brennt and published by . This book was released on 2007-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Atlas Girl written by Emily T. Wierenga and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2014-06-24 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disillusioned and yearning for freedom, Emily Wierenga left home at age eighteen with no intention of ever returning. Broken down by organized religion, a childhood battle with anorexia, and her parents' rigidity, she set out to find God somewhere else--anywhere else. Her travels took her across Canada, Central America, the United States, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. She had no idea that her faith was waiting for her the whole time--in the place she least expected it. Poignant and passionate, Atlas Girl is a very personal story of a universal yearning for home and the assurance that we are known, forgiven, and beloved. Readers will find in this memoir a true description of living faith as a two-way pursuit in a world fraught with distraction. Anyone who wrestles with the brokenness we find in the world will love this emotional journey into the arms of the God who heals all wounds.
Download or read book Unshakeable written by Christine Caine and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God is bigger than your current story. Bigger than fear or shame or that voice in your head that whispers that you are not enough, too broken, or too flawed. Join Him in a closer relationship--one rooted in truth and Unshakeable. In this daily devotional Christine Caine encourages you to find confidence to live as the person God created you to be. Unshakeable is a great 365-day devotional, if you want to: Learn from inspiring personal stories and powerful scripture that will equip you to live boldly and courageously Discover how to fully trust our faithful God Be inspired to activate living your life on mission Everything in our world that can be shaken will be shaken. And yet, the Bible assures us it doesn't matter what happens politically, morally, socially, or economically in the world around us if we have Christ in us--if we have the kingdom of God within us--because His kingdom is Unshakeable.
Download or read book Hush written by Nicole Braddock Bromley and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Childhood sexual abuse is running rampant, yet it's the best-kept secret in our nation today. Its victims grow into adulthood with their little child's heart trapped in the pain and torment of their past. Nicole Braddock Bromley shares her own story and the steps to moving from silence to healing. Hush exposes the harsh realities of childhood abuse, explains the pain it causes, examines the false beliefs it creates, and empowers survivors to begin a personal journey toward healing by breaking the silence. With words of understanding and comfort, Nicole tells the real-life stories of those whose voices would otherwise never be heard. She is straightforward enough to pierce the hearts of those in a survivor's circle of influence, yet careful to tread lightly on what could be tender words.
Download or read book What Happens When Women Say Yes to God written by Lysa TerKeurst and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2007-03-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Add beauty to your quiet time or delight a friend with a gift they will treasure. This edition of Lysa TerKeurst's popular What Happens When Women Say Yes to God (more than 170,00 copies sold) embraces her powerful message of obedience and fulfillment that is changing women's lives around the world. In each chapter and Bible study portion, Lysa, president of Proverbs 31 Ministries, shares inspiring stories and compelling insights about what it means to partner with God in all decisions and actions. This adventure leads you to discern the voice of God and say yes to His call experience the deep joy of wholehearted obedience let God affect lives around you in remarkable ways This is your invitation to embark on the transforming journey of faithfulness as you seek God and boldly ask for and expect more from the Christian life. Say yes!
Download or read book Christ the Lord The Road to Cana written by Anne Rice and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2010-08-03 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Road to Cana, Anne Rice’s second book in her hugely ambitious life of Christ, begins before his baptism in the Jordan and concludes with the miracle at Cana. It is a novel in which we see Jesus, the man, living quietly in Nazareth as he has for many years. He is still known as Yeshua Bar Joseph. And he is enduring a winter of no rain, endless dust and looming trouble in Judea. Legends of a virgin birth have long surrounded Yeshua, yet for decades he has lived no differently than the others who come to the synagogue on the Sabbath. All who know and love him find themselves waiting for some sign of the path he will eventually take. And at last we see this quiet man emerge from his baptism to confront his destiny–and the Devil. We see what occurs when he takes the water of seven great limestone jars and transforms it into cool red wine; when he is recognized as the anointed one; when he is urged to call all Israel to take up arms against Rome and follow him as the prophets have foretold. Like Out of Egypt, the first novel in Anne Rice’s series on the life of Christ, The Road to Cana is based on the gospels and on the most respected New Testament scholarship. The book’s power comes from the profound feeling its author brings to the writing and the subtlety with which she summons up the presence of Jesus.
Download or read book Discovering the Word of Wisdom written by Jane Birch and published by Fresh Awakenings. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a lively exploration of the amazing revelation known to Mormons as the “Word of Wisdom.” It counsels us how and what we should eat to reach our highest potential, both physically and spiritually. New and surprising insights are presented through the perspective of what has been proven to be the healthiest human diet, a way of eating supported both by history and by science: a whole food, plant-based (WFPB) diet. WFPB vegetarian diets have been scientifically proven to both prevent and cure chronic disease, help you achieve your maximum physical potential, and make it easy to reach and maintain your ideal weight. In this book, you’ll find the stories of dozens of people who are enjoying the blessings of following a Word of Wisdom diet, and you’ll get concrete advice on how to get started! You will discover: What we should and should not eat to enjoy maximum physical health. How food is intimately connected to our spiritual well being. Why Latter-day Saints are succumbing to the same chronic diseases as the rest of the population, despite not smoking, drinking, or doing drugs. How the Word of Wisdom was designed specifically for our day. How you can receive the “hidden treasures” and other blessings promised in the Word of Wisdom. Why eating the foods God has ordained for our use is better not just for our bodies, but for the animals and for the earth. You may think you know what the Word of Wisdom says, but you’ll be amazed at what you have missed. Learn why Mormons all over the world are “waking up” to the Word of Wisdom!
