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Helping Groups Heal presents “The Healing Cycle”, a grace-based model that facilitates healing and growth in groups. It has been tested with a variety of settings and can be adapted to nearly any small group, from sex-addiction therapy to marriage therapy to Bible studies.

Although he holds a doctorate in depression, author Greg L. Russ chose to create this audiobook from a patient's point of view. Having suffered five clinical bouts, Russ offers a graphic look inside the dark abyss while chronicling the insights he learned when his depression intersected God's mercy. The audiobook extends an invitation to families, friends, churches, and their pastors to become part of the comforting process.

Whether you’re struggling to make anything work in your youth ministry or finding that most things are clicking along, this book will help you develop a practical theology—to ask what is happening, what should be happening, and how you can make it happen. Each chapter is followed by discussion questions to help you process in a group or on your own.

Does the phrase church discipline sound like an oxymoron? The church’s message is about grace, we reason, while discipline feels like the opposite of grace. In fact, Jesus taught his disciples to practice church discipline because it’s one way congregations grow in holiness and imitate God’s own love. In this audiobook, Jonathan Leeman presents biblical answers to questions about the nature and application of church discipline, conveying that Scripture presents church discipline as both loving and necessary.

Is the Church ignoring some of its greatest resources? The author of this small book believes that this is the case. Elderly, disabled and infirmed believers have noteworthy limitations. However, in the economy of the church, their challenges only increase their value. This book is a call to arms - a rallying cry - for every single believer to value and encourage those believers who appear to be most limited. They are vital to the function and work of the Church on this earth. Whether you are a believer who is currently struggling with your physiological limitations or you are simply close ...

With all the conveniences of the modern world, it seems like people would be happier and more peaceful than ever before. In reality, it is the exact opposite. In fact, many people are struggling to manage depression and anxiety like never before. When chaos hits your life, it is tempting to feel condemnation and shame. But when you see the redeeming fingerprint of God in your life, you can boldly announce that the God—who healed, delivered, and set you free—will do it again!

Have you felt disconnected from God? Do you need clarity around your purpose? Have insecurities and people's opinions held you back? Then this book is for you! In this book, you will learn how to shift from people-pleasing behavior to finding peace and purpose in God. Performing for the audience of one, our Heavenly Father, is key to our potential becoming unclogged and our purpose being released! God is waiting for you to realize that your purpose is not just about you. There is a higher calling on your life, and God wants you to unleash your undeniable impact by saying yes to Him!

Courageous stories of healing are emerging from the global battle against COVID-19. Pastor and author Tim Doyle provides glimpses from his own healing journey and shares personal and insightful examples of lessons learned from his recovery from the disease. Listeners will be encouraged and challenged by his thoughtful and creative observations, drawing life lessons that apply to anyone battling chronic illness or difficulty.

Forgiveness... Learn how to forgive and let go. Sometimes life doesn't seem to make sense or "add up". We have life circumstances that make us question whether we can truly have a full life. Divorce. Death. Sickness. Financial losses. And life doesn't seem fair. Whatever your circumstances, we believe every listener can benefit from what we share in these words, whether you've endured varying levels of pain or struggle in your own life or you know someone who has.

Sexual assault is an invasive event of traumatic evil. You were victimized, and now you are suffering. Whenever sexual abuse occurs, love is not part of the equation. Rather, the perpetrator uses power, domination, and control to injure innocent victims. In CCEFs Sexual Assault: Healing Steps for Victims, David Powlison gently leads those who have been wounded sexually to a deeper relationship with God—beyond the pain—with biblical action steps.

Remember the Prisoners is a brave and undiluted transparency chronicling the events in the life of a man, like so many others, who's fears and insecurities lead him far from home. Alone and imprisoned, he ultimately finds freedom in the very place designed to represent its forfeiture. There, The Holy Spirit would lead him on a courageous journey of redemption, and reveal to him the true identity of The Son of God. This audiobook has the ability to bridge the gap between the incarcerated, and the loved one(s) left behind, by affording a glimpse into the heart of a rescued soul.

If you want to overcome life-controlling issues, then this brand-new book by Deb Runge reveals how every person can understand how to be redeemed. This book is written out of the obedience to the one who saved her life, her Lord and Savior Jesus.

El 3 de noviembre de 2020, Tim y Aileen Challies recibieron la impactante noticia de que su hijo Nick había muerto. Estaciones de aflicción incluye una selección de las reflexiones de Tim en las que comparte la intensidad del duelo temprano, las dudas y temores que nos atormentan durante la pérdida, y la fe y el gozo que nos sostienen durante el dolor.

Come Closer, God – It Hurts combines personal experience, professional expertise, and biblical truth to help you navigate life after you lose a loved one. Shelley Beam writes from the candid and compassionate lens of a mother who witnessed the death of her daughter and from the perspective of a professional counselor who has over a decade of experience in the mental health industry. This biblically sound resource takes an honest look at life during grief and walks with you through your grief into a place of emotional healing.

Life doesn't always go the way we hope it will. Whether it's singleness, childlessness, or some other big disappointment, it's hard to be content when life lets us down. Author Jennie Pollock knows what it's like to feel discontent. Drawing on encouragements from the Bible and the stories of others, this book helps listeners to trust in God's plan for their lives and enjoy true contentment through a genuine conviction that Jesus is better than even our most keenly felt hopes and longings for this life.

Grief and loss...topics no one wants to talk about and yet, there they are in front of you. Checking the widow box was never in your plans. You may be angry...you may just be... nothing. Or the pain may be too great for words. Maybe its not the loss of a loved one; maybe it’s the loss of a dream or a job or your expectations of what should have been. God's promises are still true EVEN WHEN you are broken-hearted, heavy-burdened, bone-weary. He's there through every circumstance and every situation. God is your Provider, your Protector, and your Planner as His Word says in Psalm 23.

Over the last 25 years, pastors Angela Yousey and her husband Chris have hosted marriage conferences and provided biblical counseling for many couples. Their church, Spirit of Love Ministries, evolved from the many marriages they’ve helped. If you already feel the call to help build strong Christian marriages, learn how to fulfill that calling with What You Need to Know to Lead a Marriage Support Group.

Are you a Christian woman who is wrestling with sexual strongholds? You are not alone. This is often presented as a man’s issue, but there are many women who are hiding in the shadows of shame with unwanted sexual feelings and behaviors. Amy Riordan, author of Longing for Intimacy, shares her own story of overcoming sexual strongholds in this book, along with tools that have helped many women she has ministered to over the past several years. If you are wrestling with pornography, masturbation, fantasies, or lust toward men or women, this book is for you. Sexual strongholds dull our sense...

This is the hardest book I have ever written. It was emotionally exhausting. I think I will call this work a recording of my testimony—a collection of memories I have managed to piece together despite my years and years of trying to forget them. For many years, I was ashamed of the cracks in my pot. But now, I recognize that the light shines beautifully through all the cracks in my pot and casts a beautiful, unique shadow upon everything as I walk through life. I now am Unashamedly Flawed.

Unmasking the Mask: The Spiritual Battle Behind Mental Illness brings together the secular and biblical perspective on mental illness. Paul talks about the spiritual struggle, which involves two kingdoms. You will find that Unmasking the Mask will expose the enemy behind mental illness. You will discover holistic ways that may reverse or help you manage mental health.